West Coast Trip - Day 10

Last night we were only about 20 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge. This is us going across.

 This is from the other side.

 Our biggest disappointment was that we couldn't get to see Alcatraz. They were booked up for the day. So we drove down more of Hwy 1. We had no desire to drive into San Francisco.

 Not exactly sure what this is, but I took a pic anyway.

 This is Point Montara Light, It needs a paint job.

 Lots of pumpkins in this field.This is Pigeon Point Light. Another beautiful lighthouse trying to get funds to restore it. They had to close down the tour of the lighthouse in 2001 after two 350 pounds of iron from the top fell off.

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 Buddy got lots of pics of these northern elephant seals.

 This is the original fog house that is getting very close to eroding away from the cliff.

 This is the fresnel lens that was in the lighthouse that they disassembled and is now on display. They will put it back in the lighthouse when it is restored.

 Hopefully someday they can get this lighthouse back to its original beauty.

 More pics of the elephant seals

 There were several men fishing off of the banks.

 These were paddle boat fishermen

 Yep, more elephant seals.

 So funny how they just bend their backs up when big waves would come and just lay right back down.

 Nice vegetation on the grounds. Wish we could see this during blooming season.

 Buddy got a good pic of a Hummingbird feeding on the flowers

 He's resting on a twig here.

 Sadly our trip has come to an end. Since we are flying out of Oakland, CA we found a hotel to stay at close to the airport which was right on the bay. After checking in we drove over to the shoreline and watched the kite surfers. 

 Even though the weather was foggy along the coast most of the trip, it was a great one. We may just have to come back and try it again sometime. I guess I should say we were lucky it wasn't raining. We fly out tomorrow at 2:30 and already have turned our car in, so this will be the end to our trip. :(