Dana Point Festival of Whales–I visit the booths.

A highpoint of the annual Dana Point, CA Festival of Whales (March 3-4, and 10-11) is the rows of dozens of booths near Hennesey’s Tavern on PCH. They always have one of those big inflatable slides that the kids skim down, and plenty of non-profit booths handing out information about water quality, save the whales, Dana Point Marine Museum, the toll road, and much more.

I always buy a pair of sun glasses, but only if they have polarized ones. I am always astonished that people even WEAR sunglasses that are not polarized. Polarization reduces glare, hugely. To see an example of how polarization works in sunglasses, go HERE

In CA, ALL sunglasses sold have to be UV protected ones. But how many car accidents happen because someone cannot see a head on car coming at them due to intense glare from the sun, off water, or off a wet pavement.

I like the wrap around style above because your peripheral vision is not blocked. And I love being able to see when there’s intense glare coming at me. EVERYONE should throw away all non-polarized sunglasses and get ones that ARE. It should be a law, the difference in safety is just that great. But don’t look for the sunglasses manfacturing industry to spread the word. They are happy with the reduced manufacturing cost and thus super-huge profit margins in making either just DARK sunglasses, or (in CA) UV sunglasses. —Bill