Point Reyes

I greatly enjoyed a visit from my wonderful friend Nick (aka "Rowser") who lives in Hawaii. I stayed with him at his family's cabin in the small town of Inverness in Pt. Reyes for a couple days. We shared many a craft beer and homebrew (he is responsible for getting me into brewing beer back in Santa Cruz). We chatted by the fire, took a couple trips to nearby Abbott's Lagoon, and cooked tacos at the cabin with our other friends, Brianna and Nate, and their daughter Lucy, who live in the Santa Cruz area and came up to visit as well.

We lucked out with a couple clear (but oh so cold!) days between rain storms (hallelujah for those!).

The wildlife at Abbott's Lagoon wasnot only abundant, but quite friendly! We saw a coyote cruising along...

...some adorable Snowy Plovers hunkered down in what looked like human shoeprints in the sand...

...and, a real delight: this family of 5 river otters was playing in the sand dunes! It took us a moment to realize these were not sea otters, but freshwater river otters. There were signs posted about them; apparently this family regularly inhabits the lagoon. We wondered how far out into the salt water or brackish water they go.

...And that is all from the Captain's Log! 🪵