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Right place at the right tide

Right place at the right tide

Being a midwesterner who rarely thinks about things like tide tables, that aspect wasn't immediately in my mind with our recent visit to California.    However, as I found out by "trial and error", it dramatically alters the ability to access certain areas...

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Houda Point | Pacific Gateway

Houda Point | Pacific Gateway

Pacific Gateway | Houda Point, Trinidad Bay, California For anyone who has read this blog for a while, you already know the love I have for the ocean.   As thrilling as walking through old-growth forests with towering Redwoods was, any time spent on the ocean created...

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Roosevelt Elk on Gold Bluffs Beach

Roosevelt Elk on Gold Bluffs Beach

I have to say this was probably one of the stranger things I have ever seen.   There are a few areas of Redwoods National Park that are typical grassy meadow habitat, typical elk habitat.   The park has a resident herd of Roosevelt Elk that inhabit a few of these...

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Northern California

Northern California

My wife and I just returned from a trip to Northern California, a trip to celebrate our 15th anniversary and to get away.  We have both been wanting to go to see the giant Redwoods, first time for me, and a second for her as well as spend time with the ocean.  So this...

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