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.