Zoe's Bay Area Road Trip - Point Reyes
For our annual summer road trip, my cousin Lanie and I took a trip up to the Bay Area the week of July 14-18, 2009. I wanted to do some longer hikes but my cousin wasn't feeling so well for most of the trip so we had to take things easy. I took over 300 photos during this trip. You can see them on my website here. And here are some from our first afternoon at Point Reyes National Seashore.
#1 Why is it that every time I see the Nat'l Park Service arrowhead/logo, I have the urge to take it?
But, I settled for taking a photograph instead. I don't want my National Parks pass suspended or revoked!
#2 During our first afternoon at Point Reyes National Seashore, we took the interpretive Earthquake Trail that details the unique geography of the area. Most interesting is the fact that this area sits on a different tectonic plate than the rest of the United States! The San Andreas fault lies directly under this area and it also created Tomales Bay. That's my cousin in the distance reading the signs.
#3 The trail winds through lots of trees surrounded by tall, golden coastal prairie grass.
#4 I love wooden bridges. Taking photographs on this trail was quite challenging as there was such a great latitude between the shadows and highlights
#5 I think these are either aspen or birch trees. Not quite sure though.
#6 I love trees. There is something about walking silently through a forest and stopping to listen to the wind move through the trees. It's as if the trees are whispering secrets to the universe.
#7
#8 A field of tall golden grasses always reminds me of "The Gladiator."
#9 The most interesting part of the Earthquake Trail is this fence. If you look towards the upper right of the photograph, you'll see the other part of the fence. It used to be one continuous fence until the 1906 earthquake that destroyed San Francisco. During that quake, the fence was split in two and pulled apart 18 feet! Such danger lurks beneath this beautiful place.
#10 The blue fence posts mark the active fault trace. And no, we didn't feel any tremors while on the hike. I'll take earthquakes any day. At least we don't have "earthquake season" like people on the East Coast have hurricane season or in the Midwest where they have tornado season.
#11 Afterwords, we headed over to Limantour Beach.
#12 Pelicans flying overhead. They are quite graceful in flight.
#13 Probably my favorite shot from Limantour Beach.
#14 The weather was so varied during this trip. At the Earthquake trail, we had full afternoon sun with no clouds, but as soon as we got closer to the beach, the fog rolled in and temps dropped about 20-30 degrees Fahrenheit. The fog made taking photos challenging but gave a certain quiet beauty to the place.
#15 After Limantour Beach, we drove around a bit more, and passed through the town of Inverness where we spotted this old boat near Tomales Bay.
#16 A symbol of the difficult economic times that often hits small towns the hardest.
#17 A great ending to our first day at Point Reyes. This spot overlooks Tomales Bay.
We spent more time at Point Reyes, but also visited the Muir Woods and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. I'll post more later. I love the Bay Area and spent four years in the Napa Valley, where I went to college at Pacific Union College, located above St. Helena. The Bay Area is definitely a place to come back to over and over again.
#1 Why is it that every time I see the Nat'l Park Service arrowhead/logo, I have the urge to take it?
But, I settled for taking a photograph instead. I don't want my National Parks pass suspended or revoked!#2 During our first afternoon at Point Reyes National Seashore, we took the interpretive Earthquake Trail that details the unique geography of the area. Most interesting is the fact that this area sits on a different tectonic plate than the rest of the United States! The San Andreas fault lies directly under this area and it also created Tomales Bay. That's my cousin in the distance reading the signs.
#3 The trail winds through lots of trees surrounded by tall, golden coastal prairie grass.
#4 I love wooden bridges. Taking photographs on this trail was quite challenging as there was such a great latitude between the shadows and highlights
#5 I think these are either aspen or birch trees. Not quite sure though.
#6 I love trees. There is something about walking silently through a forest and stopping to listen to the wind move through the trees. It's as if the trees are whispering secrets to the universe.
#7
#8 A field of tall golden grasses always reminds me of "The Gladiator."
#9 The most interesting part of the Earthquake Trail is this fence. If you look towards the upper right of the photograph, you'll see the other part of the fence. It used to be one continuous fence until the 1906 earthquake that destroyed San Francisco. During that quake, the fence was split in two and pulled apart 18 feet! Such danger lurks beneath this beautiful place.
#10 The blue fence posts mark the active fault trace. And no, we didn't feel any tremors while on the hike. I'll take earthquakes any day. At least we don't have "earthquake season" like people on the East Coast have hurricane season or in the Midwest where they have tornado season.
#11 Afterwords, we headed over to Limantour Beach.
#12 Pelicans flying overhead. They are quite graceful in flight.
#13 Probably my favorite shot from Limantour Beach.
#14 The weather was so varied during this trip. At the Earthquake trail, we had full afternoon sun with no clouds, but as soon as we got closer to the beach, the fog rolled in and temps dropped about 20-30 degrees Fahrenheit. The fog made taking photos challenging but gave a certain quiet beauty to the place.
#15 After Limantour Beach, we drove around a bit more, and passed through the town of Inverness where we spotted this old boat near Tomales Bay.
#16 A symbol of the difficult economic times that often hits small towns the hardest.
#17 A great ending to our first day at Point Reyes. This spot overlooks Tomales Bay.
We spent more time at Point Reyes, but also visited the Muir Woods and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. I'll post more later. I love the Bay Area and spent four years in the Napa Valley, where I went to college at Pacific Union College, located above St. Helena. The Bay Area is definitely a place to come back to over and over again.
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I try to get out to Pt Reyes once a month. Limantour beach is one of my favorite spots as there is just so much to do along that stretch.
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Limantour Beach capture. It has a soft moody feel.
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