Elks and Birds

On Wednesday, July 7, we went back to the Point Reyes park and saw a special presentation by a ranger and the video on the Native Americans who had lived here.  We then drove to the end of the peninsula to the elk reserve.  Saw several herds of elk and one big male with great antlers.  We took a hike to the shore through a pass through the hills.  Saw tons of wildflowers and black sand on part of the beach.  We drove back to camp, stopping in San Rafael for a nice Italian dinner.

On Thursday, we picked up our mail that we had had forwarded to Point Reyes general delivery, did laundry, and continued up the Pacific Coast Highway.  It was amazing the difference between the coast, which was foggy, windy and cold, and 5 miles inland where it was sunny and hot.

We drove up to Bodega Bay and got a campsite.  You may remember Bodega Bay is the place where the movie "The Birds" was filmed.  Just had to go check out the site of the movie and take some pictures.  Afterwords, we drove to Bodega Point, read, ate popcorn and watched pods of gray whales.  We camped at Sonoma Coast State Beach.