One of the last things on my summer To Do list was to go to the beach. For years we have liked camping at Bodega Dunes (because the showers are free EVERY day) It's kind of expensive, but it's really a nice campground with good beach access. It was cloudy and cool with wind, but no fog. Below is a poorly pieced together photo of our campsite. Real secluded and close to the showers.
My common practice is to set up a wind shield on the beach before heading into the surf. The day was still cloudy when I first went it, but after a short nap on the sand I went back in to sunshine (and I have the reddened face to prove it). The tide was in and hammering the beach pretty hard, which made for some fast rides. I enjoyed my time greatly.
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One of our other favorite spots in Bodega is the Spud Point Crab Co. This is the place Kim and David went to with us a couple of years ago when a free lance photographer took our pictures for AAA's VIA magazine. The have the world's best clam chowder, and great crab cakes (available only of Sta. & Sun. - rats!) But the food really is great. I had the shrimp sandwich on a toasted roll, and shared Mel's chowder.
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After the feast we drove out to Bodega Head (where the wind was just howling) and hiked a little along the trail. I thought this was a funny shot of the three seagulls. These three photos give a good perspective of how they were perched on a narrow ridge 100' above the sea.
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And the final photos are also from Bodega Head. Here Mom shields herself from the wind, and next to her is a cool looking arch like the ones we used to explore up at Wages Creek. (Remember those days?) All of those arches were knocked down during the earthquake of 1989.
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We really had a good time, and ate well as always. We used our new tent again (we actually bought a tent two years ago, but must have loaned it to someone who has not returned it, because it's nowhere to be found this year).
Anyway, both of us have to put in two days next week at school, then the students come back on the 15th and away we go.
3 comments:
Dad I love the pictures, almost enough to take a day off and fly home so we can go next weekend...
Oh man that looks like fun! sorry you have to go back to school so soon!
Thanks for this post. Perhaps it will encourage Lisa to get to the Oregon coast with me before our schools start.
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