Point Reyes Station and Lighthouse

We took a ride to the coast yesterday to see the Point Reyes National Seashore. Point Reyes Station is an adorable touristy spot with some local cheese farm stores and old western style pubs and saloons. But we did not stay and walk around the town, we headed straight out Sir Francis Drake Boulevard to get to the lighthouse, even though we could see the thick layer of fog! 


But even with the fog we saw the ship wreck, and so many cows and mule deer along the roadside. Then we climbed down to the lighthouse, even though it is clearly posted to be a strenuous return climb equivalent to 30 flights of stairs!! yikes! From January through March they run shuttles to get folks out to the lighthouse to see the grey whale migration! But none to be seen today, we think we will try to get back here during our last week in Petaluma, the week of Christmas. Maybe there will be some whales then!

So, I have some fog pictures and some not too foggy pictures to share. We stopped and ate our picnic lunch at South Beach, where it is posted to be cautious due to the super dangerous surf and it is also posted as a shark area (none sited by us :()

the fog seen on the hill before we got into town

the ship wreck that seems to be most associated with this area, there have been more than 50 wrecks in this area

yes, they have grown! Eating us out of the camper!

our view for the picnic in the truck, too windy and cold to sit on the beach.

this one almost got us!

a foggy farm, so many farms on the coast here in CA! We think they must have the most peaceful cows on earth!

herds of deer! does and bucks!

It is a 0.5 mile walk to get to the dreaded stairs, this is that path!

The Stairs

And the little light house

view of one of the cliffs

Fall at the KOA

Well, we have not done anything exciting lately! A lot of our energy is going toward the big trip home next week! The kids are counting down, and to be fair I too am looking forward to getting back to New England, seeing family and friends, and our house! Even briefly!

I am surprised to say that there is a season change that is noticeable here. And after being in the valley I realize that there is green here too! The leaves are not much for color, but they have and are falling. Mornings are cool again. I could see Gavin's breath this morning when he got up! I am not ready to close all the windows yet, much less turn on the little furnace. It is nice to know that it is there though!

I have taken the camera around the KOA the last couple of days to show you some of the sights. One of the families of peacocks was roosting on a fence behind our neighbors site, so I did a little trespassing to get some nice pics! I keep telling the kids that cannot cross through sites, occupied or not! Do as I say, not as I do ...

leaves on the ground, but they do not really become colorful or vibrant before they drop

sunrise through the field across the street

still some color, but this bush is fading too

our happy little camper, we love this site because it is much quieter than some!

so, there are 2 families of peacocks and 5 of them were roosting on the fence behind our site, as they do daily at some point

the blue necks are boys, the green necks are girls.

the boys do not have their colorful tail feathers yet

the kids used "banana bikes" this weekend with a new friend, they do not stop the whole hour!