Post #3763 by Tangaroa on Mon, Jul 15, 2002 11:51 AM

I was in Laguna Beach yesterday - sadly, The Royal Hawaiian tikis are decomposing at a rapid pace...
Of the two that were originally under the sign, one is completely gone, and the other looks like someone went at it with a sledgehammer. The large one with the light-bulb eyes seems to be falling apart also...
Then we went to Crystal Cove - which is a very nice little stretch of beach just north of Laguna & has all these great bungalows built back in the 20's & 30's - and they are all vacant! The state parks association are fixing these things back up (http://www.crystalcove.net/) - but for now they are just abandoned - creepy, but cool! I really wanted to poke around in them.... Anyway, the point of this long-winded ramble is that there was a 5 foot, wind-blown, disintegrating tiki in front of one! I didn't have a camera, but will try to take a pic next time...