Tuesday, October 20, 2009

California Collision: Sea and Sand

Here by the sea and sand
Nothing ever goes as planned
The Who, "Sea and Sand, 1973.

After a week in northern California, it was time for a march to the sea. After spending the night in Santa Rosa, California, the Marathon Pundit family decided it was time to get a good look at the Pacific Ocean. We journeyed west to the Point Reyes National Seashore.

The western part of the part is dominated by grasslands. Fog another feature of the park, so much so that the 1980 John Carpenter-directed "The Fog" was filmed there.

Swimming? Don't even think about it. Not only is the water cold, it the surf is very strong, and inconsistent--sneaker waves can disrupt a seemingly calm ocean.

Next: Marin County

Earlier posts:

Tomales Bay
Hotel LaRose
Charlie Brown and Santa Rosa
Beringer Winery
Napa Valley
Central Valley Orchards and Drought
Shiloh Wind Farm
First National Bank of Oakdale Building
Strawberry Fields Forever
Tioga Lake
Mule Deer
The Pacific Crest Trail
Lembert Dome
Dana Fork
Tenaya Lake
Olmsted Point
Siesta Lake
Giant Sequoias
Glacier Point Sunset
Half Dome
Yosemite Falls
Yosemite Chapel
El Capitan
Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Yosemite
Bridalveil Fall
El Portal
Obama's economic stimulus "campaign sign" stains Yosemite National Park
Drought
San Francisco and Homelessness
Is something going on here?
The Castro
F-line Streetcars
Alcatraz
Angel Island
San Francisco's Chinatown
Fisherman's Wharf
Harvey Milk's Camera Shop
San Francisco's Union Square
The Painted Ladies
San Francisco and the military
Haight-Ashbury
Mission San Francisco de Asís
San Francisco's sea lions
San Francisco's blues mural
San Francisco: Cable cars

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