Point Reyes
I might as well blog about this trip too since it was only last month. Makoto and I decided to go hiking on one of our days off. We were planning to go to Muir Woods, which is a short trip north of San Francisco, but knowing me, at the very last minute somehow persuaded my darling boyfriend to go to the Point Reyes Lighthouse...which is about 1 1/2 hours longer north of San Francisco.
As we venture north on highway 1, I realized that the trip was taking a little longer than expected. The sun was beginning to disappear behind the clouds and the temperature was decreasing. Makoto looks at me every once and a while disapproving of our spontaneous detour while we end up in a land of wide open spaces and tons of cows. It literally felt like hours and hours passed until we reached the lighthouse...well, the parking lot to the lighthouse. To get to the lighthouse, we had to actually walk about a mile until we reached the stairs to the lighthouse.
The cold, crisp air of the coast was a nice treat. Not a lot of people were visiting since the lighthouse was closed so we took advantage of the quietness and took our sweet time taking pictures and soaking in the beauty. When we reached the stairs to the lighthouse, it was closed of course, there was a balcony that over looked the Pacific Ocean. This view was amazing. There are just no words to describe the vast openness of the ocean. It was simply majestic. I just rested my chin on top of the chain fence breathing in the ocean air, looking out into the horizon. And if you squinted hard enough there was something stirring out in the ocean, Gray Whales migrating north. There were only a few of them showing off their tails and swimming tricks, but it wasn't long until they disappeared back into the big blue sea.
After a couple hours at the lighthouse, Mako mentioned that he wanted to check out (Google Image this if you can, "Point Reyes Boat".) this boat that we've been wanting to find and take pictures of forever. We knew that it was somewhere here in Point Reyes and that we had to find it since we were here. Our 3G was lacking connection but we somehow found something that pointed us in the right direction.
As we headed back south on highway 1 and stopped for a quick second to check out what seemed like a local hideout, Chicken Ranch Beach, and possibly thought that this boat would be hidden here. It's a neat little place tucked behind a little creek and bushes, because the little creek led out to the bay and into the ocean. It was sunny and we enjoyed our little stop, but no the Point Reyes boat was not there. And yes, I did look around to look for a Chicken Ranch. It was no where to be found as well.
Our next stop was in a little town called Inverness, about 3 mintues away from the chicken beach. Apparently, the boat was in this town behind a grocery store. And to our surprise there was a small deli shop in the town as well as other little dainty shops. We got out of the car, crossed the street and walked behind the shop. It was well...a parking lot with a view for sure, and as we walked further out...there it was, this abandoned wreck that was full of beauty and charm. We quickly made our way to the boat and just admired it. This boat, in the middle of no where, was just so surreal. We took our time taking pictures and examining the wreck and even snacked on some goodies by a picnic table nearby.
By the end of the day, we headed to San Francisco to grab dinner at Pier 39 and check out the new lights on the Bay Bridge. The light project is called "The Bay Lights" and was created by a New York artist, Leo Villareal. Basically, the Bay Bridge is entering its 75th year 2013 and will be adorned with LED lights as a visual light project. We watched the lights at Pier 14 and was just captivated by the lights and the show it was putting on. The lights would glow up and dim down, light up across the entire bridge, shoot across the bridge...I got to say, it was quite entertaining. After a quite eventful day, we were ready to call it a night and head back home.
As we venture north on highway 1, I realized that the trip was taking a little longer than expected. The sun was beginning to disappear behind the clouds and the temperature was decreasing. Makoto looks at me every once and a while disapproving of our spontaneous detour while we end up in a land of wide open spaces and tons of cows. It literally felt like hours and hours passed until we reached the lighthouse...well, the parking lot to the lighthouse. To get to the lighthouse, we had to actually walk about a mile until we reached the stairs to the lighthouse.
The cold, crisp air of the coast was a nice treat. Not a lot of people were visiting since the lighthouse was closed so we took advantage of the quietness and took our sweet time taking pictures and soaking in the beauty. When we reached the stairs to the lighthouse, it was closed of course, there was a balcony that over looked the Pacific Ocean. This view was amazing. There are just no words to describe the vast openness of the ocean. It was simply majestic. I just rested my chin on top of the chain fence breathing in the ocean air, looking out into the horizon. And if you squinted hard enough there was something stirring out in the ocean, Gray Whales migrating north. There were only a few of them showing off their tails and swimming tricks, but it wasn't long until they disappeared back into the big blue sea.
As we headed back south on highway 1 and stopped for a quick second to check out what seemed like a local hideout, Chicken Ranch Beach, and possibly thought that this boat would be hidden here. It's a neat little place tucked behind a little creek and bushes, because the little creek led out to the bay and into the ocean. It was sunny and we enjoyed our little stop, but no the Point Reyes boat was not there. And yes, I did look around to look for a Chicken Ranch. It was no where to be found as well.
Our next stop was in a little town called Inverness, about 3 mintues away from the chicken beach. Apparently, the boat was in this town behind a grocery store. And to our surprise there was a small deli shop in the town as well as other little dainty shops. We got out of the car, crossed the street and walked behind the shop. It was well...a parking lot with a view for sure, and as we walked further out...there it was, this abandoned wreck that was full of beauty and charm. We quickly made our way to the boat and just admired it. This boat, in the middle of no where, was just so surreal. We took our time taking pictures and examining the wreck and even snacked on some goodies by a picnic table nearby.
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| The Point Reyes Boat |
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| Panoramic view of the City from Pier 14 |
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