Arizona Treks

This was our last day in Fort Bragg.  I thought this would be the least interesting stop on our way, in hindsight staying 3 nights was a good choice.  We have done everything we wanted to do except the redwoods.  Tomorrow we head to Eureka.  Some information we received today indicates we might wish to go on up to Crescent City instead.

The focus of the day today was the Point Arena Lighthouse.  It was nice that we spent time talking to one of the people there and learned a lot but was a bit of a disappointment because  they removed the lamp and lens last fall.  But they have the lens on display in the museum.  The photo above is of the lens.  I also worked it a bit with the 4X5.

We stopped in a couple of areas on  the way back.  One was the Point Cabrillo Light Station.  It was a bit stormy and the light was low enough I hope to find some nice dramatic photos in the bunch.

No, not facetious, it was simply a beautiful day here in Fort Bragg.  It was warm enough to wear a short-sleeved shirt, long pants however.  It was cool by the ocean but get a couple hundred yards form the beach and it was very nice.  We shot at the harbor and Glass Beach this morning, in Mendocino a bit early afternoon and then did some more exploring this afternoon.  We are both quite tired as we come back totally exhausted every evening.  We slept in this morning and took it easy this afternoon.  Most shooting today was B&W, the harbor and beach were 4X5 and in Mendocino 35mm.

We went back to Glass Beach after supper, the photo above was taken then.   I also shot some 4X5 B&W of the ocean and a macro of some seaweed.

Tomorrow we will be be heading down to Point Arena Lighthouse and possibly shoot there after dark.  Then on Sunday we will be heading North to Eureka for a few days.

We are preparing for another trip, this time to the Northern California coast.  We have wanted to do this trip since the New Years trip of '07/'08.  We do not leave until tomorrow afternoon but will be spending the time until then preparing for the trip.  As usual, posts will be inconsistent depending on the day to day circumstances but I will post as much as practical.

The first stop is Bodega Bay.  Using it as a base camp for several days.  From there we plan to spend a day around San Francisco, a day in wine country, and a couple of days on the coast near Bodega Bay, depending on how crowded it is.  Then we will head up the coast for a few hours and find the next place to stop.  Normally we have firm plans of where to go and stay.  This time is different, we have no firm plans or schedule other than the return date.  It could be interesting and exciting, and it could be frustrating.

On the way home we plan to stop by Bodie and possibly Mono Lake, Tahoe, and the Eastern Sierras but that is all dependent on when we start back toward home.  All in all it should be a very interesting trip.