Point Reyes NS: Point Reyes Light Station
Posted by Karen on 04-Mar-2007
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After a wonderful night celebrating with friends, some of us spent Sunday exploring the area a bit. We started with a short walk along the Earthquake Trail to look for a geocache and learn a bit about quakes. The San Andreas Fault bisects Point Reyes from the mainland and if any piece of California were to ever fall off, this could possibly be it… LOL! We then went over to the Point Reyes Light Station to check it out. The lighthouse was in operation for over 100 years before it was retired. We caught the bus to the end of the point and then walked the last half mile to it. The last bit of the hike 308 steps down to the actual lighthouse, which isn’t so bad going down, but is a good little haul coming back up! The bus driver said they had spotted 57 whales from the lighthouse the day before, however we didn’t see any today during our short visit. Here’s a webcam view of Point Reyes Beach from the lighthouse (it’s pitch black at night time and foggy alot during the day). We left Point Reyes and headed over to the Iron Springs Brew Pub for a wonderful lunch and for David and Rebecca to refill their “growler” with micro-pub brew. 
