Showing posts with label Dillon Beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dillon Beach. Show all posts

Sunday, 13 March 2016

Walking the San Andreas Fault and a Beach Walk

This is our Beach House in Dillon Beach a small village 100 miles north of San Jose


We travelled about 20 miles south to Point Reyes Station a small town near the entrance to Tomales Bay State Park and the park we visited Point Reyes National Seashore. We had our picnic lunch near a nice bakers shop.

Picnic Time

In the Visitors Centre there was an excellent wild life display. This is the skull bone of a 2 year old Whale

The Visitors Centre

After visiting the Centre we went on the Earthquake Trail

The rain had stayed away but it was a bit cold as you can see from the way Gaye is dressed 
In the big earthquake of 1906 this fence moved 16ft. 
The journey home was through torrential rain and there were flash floods all over the place. By the time we got home the rain had stopped so Thomas, Fraser, and myself went for a walk to the beach. The small stream that runs near the house was a torrent and this is some of the stuff washed down.


On the beach it was high tide and there were loads of birds feeding on the tide line

Thomas liked to climb up these rocks to avoid the incoming tide
This is the main river that flows into the Pacific at Dillon Beach
Dillon Beach

Saturday, 12 March 2016

A Weekend at Dillon Beach (In the Rain & Wind)

A 3 hour drive north of San Jose and we cross one of the bridges across the Bay. The gale was howling as we drove across and it was quite an experience.
The view from our Beach House. It would be fantastic in normal good Californian weather but were have hit the worst weekend of the year so far. Its blowing a gale and tomorrow heavy rain is forecast. At least its not cold.  
The Beach Cafe complete with double rainbow over it.
A meal join the cafe

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