Point reyes and Bolinas Bay

Point Reyes is a national seashore park of California, located north of San Fransisco.

 

It is famous since the pacific plate and the north American techtonic plates come here together. The St. Andreas fault line runs directly through the park. In the 1906 earthquake here a fence running across the fault line was shifted by approximately 3m. Besides the interesting geology it is well known for hiking, camping and the beautiful nature! A landmark is its exposed lighthouse standing on the cliffs.

In the mooring we (5 internaltional students from France, Italy and Germany) took a rental car from Berkeley to Point reyes. We walked along the cliffs with a beautiful view to the lighthouse. Unfortunately we were not able to visit the lighthouse since the stairs down to it had been closed for the day due to the very windy conditions.

Elephant seals at Lifeboat station

After the lighthouse we went over to the Drakes bay and Chimney Rock (map). At the Lifeboat station we saw elephant seal puppies that where just a arm length away. We had a very nice picknick directly at the lifeboat station and enjoyed the sunshine.

Due to the fact that it was very windy we had to wear jackets.

A friend of mine also posted a couple of pictures available on Picasa!

On our way home we stopped at Bolinas Bay, where we were able to observe some surfers and went on drove on to the Golden Gate Bridge to get home to Berkeley again.