Happy Wednesday to everyone! For this week's edition of Wednesday Walk, I would like to share another collection of images taken during a recent trip to the Northern California, and more specifically, time spend at the Point Reyes National Seashore. This beautiful cape sits approximately 30 miles northwest of downtown San Francisco, bounded on its eastern side by the San Andreas fault beneath Tomales Bay and the Pacific Ocean to the West.
Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Reyes
The coastline of this national seashore is lined with dramatic, rocky cliffs that make way for rolling meadows, and ultimately the forested peaks of Inverness Ridge, as one moves further inland from the shore. Today, this land is owned by the United States National Parks Service after President John F. Kennedy approved the acquisition of the land for $13 million on September 13, 1962. To date, Point Reyes is one of only 10 National Seashores in the United States.
These fog covered shores offer a stark contrast to the blistering heat of the sun further inland. As the humid air coming rises off the sea along the rocky slopes of Point Reyes' shore, it condenses to form a thick and consistent fog that blankets the landscape in haze before dissipating as it passes over the peaks of Inverness Ridge.
The foggy beaches:
The seaside meadows:
The fog-covered peaks of Inverness Ridge:
The view of fog rolling over Inverness Ridge from Tomales Bay:
Walking along the cliffside, I was fortunate enough to run into one of the Seashore's most famous residents, the globally endangered Tule Elk. This subspecies of Elk lives only in the grasslands, marshes, and grassy shorelines of California. Having been hunted to near extinction by European settlers, by 1870, there were only 10 Tule Elk left in the world. Today, through the hard work of conservationists and the protections afforded to these elk by living in protected habitats such as Point Reyes, Tule Elk have since been able to rebound to an estimated 5,700 individuals according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Image source: https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Elk/Tule-Elk
The rocky cliffs themselves are covered in succulents, and the beaches and lined with fine sand, washed up kelp, and marine life alike.
This beautiful environment contains some of the very best shorelines that Northern California has to offer and is a location I feel blessed to have been able to visit.
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