Amy and I have been to Point Reyes many, many times over the last few years. Given all we've been though we've needed a regular spot to slow down and recharge, and I can't imagine anyplace better. I recently realized that I have a number of pix from our most recent trips that never got a second look, and it's been good to revisit them.
Last November we spent a day at Abbotts Lagoon, one of our favorite spots on the planet. You start out along a wide path that winds between pastures to the south and scrubland to the north. Plenty of deer, flocks of birds--that's the two smudges above--and cows in the distance.
Eventually you pop out of the grassy fields onto sprawling, endless dunes. You slog across the sand, but if feels like you're never going to reach the surf.
Until you're suddenly there.
Nearly a year later--that's too long.