Journal Entries

Last weekend we explored (by car) a large green space on Google maps along the shore north of San Francisco Bay. I later learned that this area is called Point Reyes National Seashore, a protected wilderness area that almost looks like it is splitting away from the mainland along the San Andreas Fault.

This weekend we decided to return to explore a bit of the area on foot. We picked a 13 mile loop called the Woodward Valley Loop which pomised a variety of terrain including a significant length along the coast.

Check out the map for this journal to see a GPS track of our route.

Mike scored us a fine campsite, far off the trail, but close enough to the river for some nice white noise all night. The bugs are just starting to come out, but reports say it's going to get a lot worse. Bring it on!

I don't know what they look like later in the season, but the snow up high sure is making for some amazing waterworks.

The rivers and creeks are incredibly swollen right now. Apparently there's still a lot of snow up in the mountains

Jan dropped us off after helping shuttle the car from Trail Lakes, and some time hanging out in Lander. The first steps away from the car are always the hardest, but it didn't take long to feel some real joy knowing I'd soon be in some serious mountains.

An afternoon walk in Joaquin Miller park in Oakland, California.

@brienne paddling in @toesalad "new" packraft.

An evening walk at the Berkeley Rose Garden.

My two favorite men @toesalad and @mypictograph at Muir Beach on our Sunday afternoon driving adventure through Marin county.

Heading out for an urban walking adventure, from our homebase at the marina.