Point Reyes Station California

Last Sunday, we visited Point Reyes Station in California. Point Reyes Station is a small unincorporated town located in western Marin County, California. It is also very close to the San Andreas Fault responsible for the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Isn't the 'San Andreas Fault' sound very familiar? Some of you must have studied it during the geography class in school.

We went on a faultline walking tour from the Point Reyes National Seashore's Visitor Center.

Due to limited daylight hours nowadays, we did not want to spend too much time on the earthquake trail. In order to save time, daddy had to put our little girl on his shoulder even though our little Sheri loves scampering around on her own.In that aspect, I must give credit to our little girl for her independence. Ever since from the day she knows how to walk, she has never expressed any desire for us to carry her.

During our trail, we witnessed a coyote devouring a carcass. I would say that was the closest contact that we ever had to the wildlife in an unrestrained environment.

The blue markers in the picture denote the faultline.

During the 1906 earthquake, one side of the fence in the picture jumped 16 feet in less than a minute.

So, this means that if you and your friend were here on April 18 1906, shaking hands on either side of the rift zone, both of you would have been pulled apart by about 16 feet.

We reached the end of the trail. It turned out to be a very educational trail for mommy and Sheri (hopefully). Thanks to daddy who never fails to impress mommy with his knowledge of geography.

We went back to our car and continued our journey. Looks like our little Sheri also wants to play an active role in navigating us to our next destination.

There are a couple of undeveloped ocean beaches at Point Reyes that runs through open grassland along the coast. Being nature-lovers, we decided to explore one of them.

Don't you think that both father and daughter have similar hairstyle? Hee! Hee! Hee!

Our little girl was stunned with astonishment when she first saw the beach. Looking at the horizon on the beach always makes us feel so small and insignificant. I wondered if that was the reason she stood rooted to the ground for quite awhile before venturing further.

We were pretty impressed by the cleanliness of the beach.

The beaches overlook the Pacific Ocean. When we were on the east coast, we visited the beach at Atlantic City, which overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. So, daddy feels that we should definitely visit one of the beaches which overlooks the Pacific Ocean since we are on the west coast now. According to daddy, this will enable us to appreciate the fact that United States is a large continent by itself. So, this trip also fulfills daddy's wish to visit one of the beaches on the west coast that overlooks the Pacific Ocean.

One last shot before we left.