Northern Cali trip with Nancy August 11-14

 Spent four great days showing Nancy the Northern CA sites.  Started with the Golden Gate Bridge, followed by - Sausalito, John Muir Beach, Point Reyes, Point Arena Lighthouse, Eureka CA and Monterey.

We really enjoyed this stop, especially the warm weather and blue skies.   

I learned on this trip that the Golden Gate is the bay opening to the sea......

The rocks along Muir Beach.

A trail off of Muir Beach.

These guys were on a sandbar catching some rays in a cove off of Rte 1 on the way to Point Reyes.

We saw several elk in Point Reyes National Part. We saw a much bigger bull but he was much farther away.

The lighthouse at Point Reyes.  We got there just after the trail down to the lighthouse closed.

The cove at Point Arena just a short walk from our hotel.

The pier at Point Arena.

A fishing boat in the Point Arena cove.

The Warfmasters Inn, our lodging in Point Arena on our fist night.  It was a very busy day.

The Point Arena Lighthouse on the start of day two.

Drove through the Avenue of Giants in Humbolt State Forest.  This forest of redwoods is unbelievable.  

Nancy is trying to help show the scale.

How they survive after fire is impressive.

The Carver Mission in Eureka, now a club for Eureka elites.

You have to give scale.  After we left Eureka, we drove south through Humbolt State Forest via the Avenue of Giants again.  Nancy had to say goodbye.

The Grandfather Tree

Weekend off to a slow start.

 This past Thursday I got my second Covid booster and although the my reaction wasn't "severe," i was without energy until today, Sunday.  Nancy and I did  a short hike in San Ysidro trails, and the afternoon was warm 86ish but not "hot" by New Mexico standards.  I really enjoy my Olympus E-M1 III and think that for a 4/3 camera system that i get sharp, detailed photos.

The prickly pears are full of color.

With recent rains, the desert flowers are in bloom.

The rains have also greened the arroyos.

Nancy being Ms. Outdoors.

Great clouds in the sky

A touch of red.

Great weekend in Durango.

 Spent a great weekend in Durango with Nancy and our favorite B&B, Country Sunshine.  The name is a little hokey,,,, but the owners are down to earth and just great people.  We had a great time just walking around and enjoying the mountains and tall trees.xxx

This was two of a flock that didn't seem interested in us at all.

The flowers were in bloom and this mountain thistle just popped.

The water in Colorado was flowing.  This is the Florida River, which will flow into the Animas, into the San Juan, etc.

Birds were everywhere.  I think this is a snowy woodpecker keeping an eye on me.

The is the view from the bridge that Butch and Sundance jumped from in the movie.

No drought in southern Colorado, the cattle are grazing in 90 degree heat!

Taking the leap into blog world

 Today I am taking the first step towards a blog about adventure and all that interests me - and that is a very long list.  I am not into a retirement phase of life yet, so most posts will be around weekends, long weekends and vacations.  I hope to add both photographs and videos to help share my experiences.  I am a wannabe GoPro video creator and have just started drone video creation and will be curious as to how these tools help/hinder my blog posting.  I hope everyone enjoys.