Catching up with 2018: The Mendocino Coast ~ Wednesday, May 01, 2019

Last July, I posted some pictures of Trains, a trolley, and strange sculptures in Petaluma. This was just the first stop on the way to more remote areas. I meant to keep the posts coming, but it turns out we were heading to parts of the Northern California coast so remote that internet access was hard to find!

Our home base for this trip was in Point Arena.

It's a small town, but it has a movie theater.

The Point Arena lighthouse is worth a visit. There's a lot of steps, but the view is worth it.

There is great coastal scenery and interesting wildlife.

Zebras are admittedly not endemic to the Mendocino coast, but they and other African wildlife can be seen at the B. Ryan Preserve.

We took a few side trips. This is the Taoist Temple of Kwan Tai in the town of Mendocino.

There are some great rivers to go paddling on. They are tidal, so if you time your trip right, you can substantially reduce the effort you have to spend rowing.

This is a small museum in Greenwood/Elk River CA. It's worth stopping by to see how logs were once transferred from train to ship via areal cable (Here's an history of the operation, with pictures).

Back closer to Point Arena, here is an abandoned school in the town of Manchester. Spooky!

This is a very tasty cafe. The name Rollerville doesn't actually have anything to do with rollerskating--another lumber operation used to be here, one that used rollers to get logs down to ships.

We also made a trip to Fort Bragg--but that's worthy a whole post in itself.