Greetings to family and friends,
We're on the road again... not far from home this time. We're at Point Reyes national seashore just north of San Fransisco. We're camped with friends Bob and Suzanne at Olema RV park and have been hiking and sightseeing.
Point Reyes light house sits three hundred feet below the top of this rock on the pacific shore. There are 308 steps to get down the the lighthouse and of course 308 steps to get back to the top (it just seems like more).
This is Point Reyes lighthouse. It was commissioned in the late 1800's and ran on pig fat which was burned to light the lamp until 1930 when electricity was installed. Today the light house is still in use but is automated and runs unattended.
The lighthouse sits some 360 feet above the ocean and as you can see is built on the rock that juts toward the water.
It was 20 miles from our camp to the lighthouse... the drive took the better part of a hour and the temperature dropped about 20 degrees.
Today (Wednesday) we went Geo caching. Our quests took us to this old bridge, then off on a 4 mile hike to a large tree on top of a hill. Then, to a cemetery near Olema and finally to a trail in the national seashore. All in all a great day with lots of scenery, good weather and good friends to share it.
Home tomorrow.... wish we had another week to spend here. We just have to come back
