At the foot of the Hills

Nipomo California
At the foot of the Hills


Yep, this is the north end of our town. Yeah, it's a bit quiet, but we like it that way.
Nipomo is a quaint town, very rural, slow in a lot of ways. Our high school just opened a few years ago, before that the kids had to be bussed to the next town over, to Arroyo Grande.
Things change through the years, and Nipomo has grown by leaps and bounds. There have been growing pains also; gangs have caused a bit of violence in town, and we also have a bit of traffic congestion. The Post Office moved to the other side of the freeway some eight years ago, before that, we really never crossed the freeway, now to check our mail we have to get caught up in the traffic of downtown Nipomo.
De Mille filmed his epic film The Ten Commandments outside town in the dunes. I know a couple of people who's parents were extras in that film, and a couple who's grandfathers worked on building the set. It is a relic of a bygone era, and sadly most of the set was just pushed over into the sand, it is now being excavated as an archaeological dig for it's film history and significance.
Dorothea Lange took a picture of a woman in Nipomo that became emblematic of the depression, the image titled 'Migrant Mother' has been seen by millions. That photo was taken in a field that I pass nearly daily.
Nipomo is a good town, with mostly good people, and we're happy to be part of the community here.