Drakes Beach ↔ Point Reyes National Seashore

Sometimes you just need to see the ocean. So, we hopped in the car and drove west until we hit the Point Reyes National Seashore. We're still enduring triple digits here in the valley and spending some time in 60 degree temps on the coast sounded absolutely divine.

We've been wanting to explore this area for a while now--and wow, was it beautiful!

Our first stop was Drakes Beach...

This is the first beach I've seen with sandstone cliffs...

The landscape was absolutely stunning, even in the early morning light...

It was 8:00 in the morning and we had the entire beach to ourselves...

In the distance, we could see huge flocks of loons (we're talking thousands) flying across the water...

(For more pics of the birds we saw at the seashore,

visit my birding blog Wings and Daydreams!)

More pics of Drakes Beach on tomorrow's post...

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Let's go on an adventure!