All summer we’ve walked on the California Coastal Trail (CCT) and related paths that run along the coast. At Jughandle State Park, I followed a trail away from the bluffs toward a cluster of pine trees where I thought there might be some woodpeckers, but the trail was actually a deer track and gradually narrowedContinue reading “The World Beyond the Trees”
Category Archives: California
The Relentless Beachcomber
Not many people have the chance to go beach combing as often as they would like, we usually do this occasionally while on a short vacation. I’ve now had three months when I can go beach combing almost as often as I like. I can collect anything I find, with the understanding that at theContinue reading “The Relentless Beachcomber”
Birdfeeder on a bad day
We’ve been having a great time watching the birds on the bird feeder and successfully shooed away the squirrels. We met our match today…. Here’s the raccoon that visited yesterday, shook the feeder and ate what fell out. Here’s the bird feeder this morning…. Empty. And there was no seed left on the deck. HeContinue reading “Birdfeeder on a bad day”
More of Everything
This week I finished making the appointments that I will need during our brief stay in the Chicago area in mid-November. We’ve also dug deeply into our “Hikers Hip Pocket Guide to the Mendocino Coast,” a wonderful book, and found paths that we had not yet visited and small beaches to visit (see Jonathan’s FacebookContinue reading “More of Everything”
Mendocino/Cabot Cove?
We walked along the beach and took photos of the town. Tonight we watched the intro to an episode of “Murder, She Wrote”, now that we know it was filmed in Mendocino, not a town in Maine. Many of the buildings look the same now as they did when the series was playing, 1984-1996. WeContinue reading “Mendocino/Cabot Cove?”
Bird surprise 8.13.15
We are having fun with birds. Not only did we see a new bird on the beach, and a bobcat, but when we came home Jonathan was watching the bird feeder and said, “Get your binoculars, there’s a new bird out here.” It was a family of red crossbills, male, female and 3 chicks. TheseContinue reading “Bird surprise 8.13.15”
Beaches
We visited two state beaches over the past couple of days. Manchester State Beach is very, very long and sandy, though the path to the beach is not too clear: We sat on a big log and ate lunch, and browsed through the driftwood for interesting pieces. We watched the sunset from the Mendocino headlands.Continue reading “Beaches”
Weather, weather, everywhere
You can spend a lot of time trying to figure out whether the sun is coming or going, whether you are in fog, low clouds, sea mist or rain. Here’s the fog coming in: In 30 minutes it can go from clear to socked in. But 30 minutes after that, the sun can be backContinue reading “Weather, weather, everywhere”
Changing times
I made an amazing discovery on Saturday. There used to be so many abalone that people paved their driveways with the empty shells. There is a house around the corner that is for sale where I noticed the driveway after seeing a lot of crushed abalone fragments in the street. I went to the beachContinue reading “Changing times”
Low tide beachcombing extrav, 8/6/15
I somehow skipped over the most recent low tide beachcombing. The tide is not particularly low but it is fun to go out and walk along the tide line and see what’s there. We began at Jughandle State Park, walking along the rocks, and ended up on the beaches there. Low tide was around 10:20Continue reading “Low tide beachcombing extrav, 8/6/15”
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