A leisurely morning enjoying the beautiful view from our room. The fog is light making the valley soft. For breakfast, we drive down the hill to the little grocery store connected to the restaurant where we ate last night. we get a BLT for breakfast that we share. The store "Spirates Matters" is next door. It isn't open but has a fun garden.
We head back to Point Reyes National Seashore. This time we're headed to the Tule Elk Reserve, tomales Point and Historic Pierce Point Ranch. We first park at the path to McClures Beach. The beach looked close but we soon realized that it was a long steep path down to the beach. We didn't go far before tunring back.
The area s beautiful with soft rolling hills with occasional glimpses of water. The hills are generously spotted with the yellow lupin flowers bushes. Black cows spot the hills as well. We also a small herd of elk in the distance grazing on the hill.
The path to Tomales point starts at the Pierce Point Ranch. Tomales Point is miles down the path but one can turn back at any point. The path is sandy, mostly flat and absoultly beautiful. Wild flowers flank both sides of the path. The pacific laps far below. Small sandy beaches with high cliffs sererating them. Signs warn that the waters are extremely dangerous and unpredicable. We follow the path for about a mile. Since we want to have lunch with Alex and are due in Davis late afternoon, we decide to turn back. The fact that the path was starting a long steep incline had nothing to do wit the decision.
The dairy farm buildings are still there. The school house, the bunk house for the hired help, the 3-story milking barn! The family house. Twin girls grew up on the ranch and were interviewed about growing up there. One of them said it was the most beautiful place she had ever lived. I’m sure! What a unique childhood.
We meet Alex at Giaco's for lunch. It is close enought that Alex rode his bike to the restaurant from their place. We sit outside on the deck overlooking a little stream.
A nice visit with both Janet and Alex. It is easier to say goodbye with plans to meet on the East coast in August.
From there we drove a few hours to Davis to visit our friends, Patty and John. We met them last summer on our Roads Scholar hiking trip around Mont Blanc. We will all be going on the same Road Scholar trip to New Zealand in January. It was really fun to see them and meet their dogs. Patty volunteers with an organization for raising and training support dogs.
They showed us around Davis and we went to a Thai restaurant for dinner.
Throw a big load of laundry in the wash and call it a night.
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