we picked up some delicious strawberries from a farm stand and annoyed some cows . the highway continued along tamales bay , and we stopped of at nick 's cove for some chowder . we did n't order oysters ; we were saving those for hog island oyster co. in marshall , california . marshall is a speck of a town on the shore and consists of aging boats , oysters , and shacks on stilts over water .

Based on the preceding passage, answer the following question Why may the narrator be surrounded by so much water ?
The narrator is on vacation .