The Mendocino-county village of Gualala, as seen from the south side of the Gualala River, from Sonoma County. Lovely coastal drive to start my new year, followed by a lovely movie with dear friends. Already more than two months ago, yikes!
While in California I had several occasions to see the ol’ source in its vapor form, also known as mist, including the above as taken on a lovely walk w/Gary on the last day of his and Rick’s visit, and below that same morning.
The top of Tomales Bay & Pt Reyes Peninsula as seen from PCH a bit uphill. For those unfamiliar with the region, the San Andreas fault runs right down the middle of Tomales Bay, and I believe is widening the bay by measurable inches per year, if memory serves.
The island in question is directly beneath the sun, and that’s a mid-sized elephant seal in the middle of the shot. More of them, sometimes with more of the island in the background, below and to come in future posts. All from a lovely visit to Año Nuevo State Park with my dear old friend Steve on that last Friday in California :-).
The Calfire site tells me that the Picket Fire started on August 21 and was 100% contained on the 7th of September. When my friend Howard sent me these photos of its smoke billowing near Mt Saint Helena on the 27th of August, he said residents in Santa Rosa could smell the smoke from it, but not in Sebastopol. I keep fingers crossed for a quiet rest of the fire season throughout North America, not only near my once and future home in SR ;-).
(so much world, so little time....) 