Today has been another busy day. Left camp at 9:15 and returned at 4:30. Packed a lot of sightseeing into those hours. First destination was Samuel P. Taylor State Park to give Joyce her first look at Redwood trees. Not as large as the Sequoias we have seen but impressive nonetheless. Next 20 miles of rough road to Pt. Reyes Lighthouse. The steps to the lighthouse were closed due to high winds. I think we were both glad of that, because it is the equivalent of a 30 story building to climb back up the 300+ steps. The winds were gusting to 48 mph while we were there. Saw lots of new flowers for Joyce. I enjoyed watching the ravens, gull, vultures and hawks hover in the wind. I believe the ravens and the hawks were having the greatest fun. Without a movie camera you can not capture them hovering.

On the way back we visited South Beach, North Beach and Drakes Beach. Could not do much beach-walking but Joyce managed to dip her hand in the Pacific at Drake Beach. Sir Frances Drake anchored off this beach for 56 days while making repairs and restocking his ship with food and supplies. He made contact with the local Indians and probably obtained food and supplies that they could provide. After that we continued on across the Pacific back to Britain and became the first English explorer to circumnavigate the globe.

We stopped at the Pt. Reyes National Seashore visitors center and Joyce looked thru the exhibits. I went and walked the .6 mile earthquake trail along the San Andreas Fault. I really enjoyed doing that since I have recently listened to 18 lectures by a UC Berkeley geology professor about earthquakes here in the bay area. Their causes, their damage and the history of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Back to camp and dinner and other duties.