In the morning it was still foggy. Just past the campground was the Point Arena Lighthouse. When it's not foggy you can see it from the beach. I debated whether or not to go check it out, since it was 2.5 miles down a side road, and it was very foggy. But I finally decided that I could probably get a pretty cool shot in the fog.
At the turn off to the lighthouse there's a sign that says it's open from 10-4. It was only 8:00, but I didn't need to go inside, just see it from the outside. I ride down there, but 2-300 metres from the lighthouse was a gate. The sign said no trespassing. Guests at the lighthouse hotel only. From the fence you could make out the buildings where guests stayed. You couldn't see the lighthouse at all.
I decided I hadn't cycled all that way, with a climb back out, for nothing. So I hopped the fence, and walked to the lighthouse. When I got to the buildings, all was quiet. I still couldn't see the lighthouse. I walked to it. There was a chain link fence, with barbed wire on top surrounding it. The gate was about 50 feet from the lighthouse. I could just make it out from there. I got my picture, and walked back to my bike and rode off.
I stopped in Gualala to do some souvenir shopping, and found a bakery with sticky, pecan buns, still warm from the oven.
I caught up to and passed Scott. I stopped at a park for lunch, and Scott arrived a few minutes later.
After that I stopped at Fort Ross, a fort built by the Russians long ago.
After Fort Ross was a very long, winding hill. I passed Scott. He'd broken a spoke, his bike wouldn't go into the granny gear, and his knee was hurting.
I stopped in Jenner for ice cream. Scott arrived just as I was leaving. He'd manually put the chain on the granny gear.
Finally I made it to Bodega Dunes State Beach. There were already five people in the hiker/biker site. Wayne, a professor from Seattle, on a recumbent, riding with a German couple, Guido and Waltraud. And an Austrian couple.
Once again, as the sun was going down, Josh and Sam showed up.
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