We took our annual labor day weekend hike yesterday: Linda, Nooshi,Laurie and I. The Estero trail was too long for us (we had already had brunch in town and shopped and we had a sand castle contest to check out at Drake's Beach) so we hiked in an hour and back out-covering 6 miles of a 9 mile hike. This trail is amazing. You walk past estuaries, several of them. There is a forest of trees and several up and down sections that aren't too steep. The trail starts as you walk down to a forest.
 |
| Looking thru the forest at the first estuary |
The forest is the only shade, so you have to be prepared for sun and the elements (this includes a lot of wind-it is Pt Reyes after all). First hike through the trees to the estuary. There's a bridge where you can observe the birds.
 |
| egrets hang out here |
After you cross the bridge, you head up to the top of a hill with incredible views of the sea shore and all the inlets.
 |
| Top of the first hill |
|
 |
| The second estuary |
Then more views of the estuaries. More egrets and other birds.
We continued hiking up and down checking out the coastal inlets.
 |
| The Point Reyes National Seashore is incredible |
The hike continues, hugging the inlets.
 |
| Low tide looks like this |
I took a lot of photos of these incredible rivers made by the tide as it went out. All of this fills in at high tide.
More birds and sun.
 |
| This bird was hanging out with cows at their watering hole |
Although I couldn't capture exactly what I saw, the top of the photo was sparkling in the sun. It looked like shimmering gold coins or glitter.
 |
| Turning around on our way back |
The day was incredible. We have plans to do the whole hike on a fall day when we can start earlier. It means doing away with some of the Pt Reyes Station rituals began many years ago by Linda, Laurette, and Kate. Now with Laurette and Kate gone, we have a hard time breaking with tradition. We still go to Limantour Beach most often where the bench is and where we celebrated the lives of Kate and Laurette with family picnics and wine drinking. We still see them when we hike. Laurette is a seal and Kate is a pelican-their favorite creatures to see on these walks.
 |
| Nooshi and LInda |
Laurie and I took the photos so none of us today--it's just as well. We've all known each other nearly 20 years. Wow!
No comments:
Post a Comment