Bodega Bay, CA - July 5 - July 10, 2010
On Monday, we left bright, sunny, hot Sacramento and headed to gray, foggy, cool Bodega Bay. We were at Bodega for six days and never saw the sun at our campground, but had a good time anyway. We met up with Mary and Henry in route. We hadn't seen them for a couple of years. We had planned to meet them in May, but had to travel north sooner than expected. So we were all pretty happy to finally be in the same place at the same time.
On Monday the four of us and Calvin, a poodle/maltese mix, took a long walk out to the bluffs overlooking the sea. We encountered a docent that informed us that there was a pod of gray whales in the vicinity. In a matter of minutes we spotted a few spouts on the gray surface. We returned several days later and spotted at least five whales feeding in the waters just off the bluffs.
Sheri and Allen joined us on Wednesday. Unfortunately, they weren't able to bring their boat over so fishing for halibut was scratched off the list of activities. With the weather being rather chilly and uninviting, and the fishing reports dismal, that was just as well.
On Friday afternoon Susan and Mary trekked into sunny Sebastopol to photograph the Patrick Amiot sculptures on Florence Street . The sculptures are quite whimsical and I highly recommend visiting Sebastopol for a viewing - and the apples, of course. We returned through the redwoods along Russian River to Jenner, and south on Highway 1 along the Sonoma Coast. Mary hadn't been to this part of California before so it was fun showing her some of northern California's beauty.
It was a great six days dining every evening with friends, chatting around the campfire, helping one another with electrical and communications issues, and just kicking back. Well, for Bill and I it was all fun, Sheri and Allen were busy selling park models and buying Kindles, and Mary and Henry were working on their TypeMatrix venture.
On Saturday Sheri and Allen returned to Stockton, and on Sunday Mary and Henry headed south to Vallejo, as Bill and Susan moved north to Garberville. But I'm sure we will meet again soon.
