The reason we can only stay in the Hendy Woods State Park for one night is that they are completely booked for the weekend due to two music festival nearby. And California parks are completely reservable. One can reserve and pay for a site for three nights and never show up and the park cannot give that site away. Other places we have stayed will give that site away if not occupied within 24 hours.
We sure wish we could stay at Hendy Woods. It is deep within a forest where several Redwood groves are located and has a bunch of hiking trails running thru them. It is a peaceful location. So before we left we took advantage of the trails and saw our first Redwoods. Late morning we pulled out and had to drive another 20 miles or so on the dreadful narrow, curvy road up to Hwy 1, the coastal highway, which is also very narrow and curvy, plus they are repairing evey bridge and they are closed to one lane. This time I'm driving the Jeep following John in the RV. But we did find Manchester State Park with lots of empty sites located near the Pacific coast. We are close enough to hear the waves but far enough away to avoid some of the wind.
From our campsite we can see the Point Arena Lighthouse which is actually about five miles away. Late afternoon we decided to go to the lighthouse and then on into the town of Point Arena for some wine and dinner. Of course, the lighthouse and museum were closing as we arrived so we will have to come back. The little village of Point Arena is quaint but has a couple of very nice places to dine. The wine bar was having a Tango Dance evening including lessons which we declined but we did enjoy their wine. Dinner was at Uneda Eat, very cozy and nice food. We sat at a communal table so had an interesting conversation with a couple from Boston who are in the area on vacation.
We watched the sun set into the ocean and the moon rise over the mountains for a pleasant end to the day.
No comments:
Post a Comment