In September I travelled to the Mendocino coast with my paddling group for hiking and Kayaking. We all met up at these cute little houses we had rented in Fort Bragg and visited with the resident llamas for a bit. This place was perfect for a group like us. We had about 12 people sharing 3 houses.
On Friday we explored the coast via Jug Handle park and hiked for a couple of hours. There were some natural forts made from twisted trees that brought out the little kid in all of us.
Saturday morning dawned a little grey and we steeled ourselves for a foggy, damp paddle, always a possibility at the coast. By the time we made it to Van Damme beach it was bright, sunny and warm..woohoo!
We launched into some light surf with our guide and headed straight into a cliff that had a hidden opening, our first sea cave. Beautiful, magical, dark, then light...we came out the other side of the cliff. The ocean was pretty mellow and the coast where we paddled was protected from the big waves breaking just out to the west of us.
We paddled along the headlands through very thick kelp.
Back out in the light we maneuvered around some waves and continued along the coast.
We saw a lot of wild life, including jelly fish, anemones, star fish, sea stars and abalone divers!
I got to try out my new waterproof camera and got some great Jelly shots.
We had a great trip, can't wait to get back to the coast. Monterrey Bay and Elkhorn Slough is up next.
Leaving Fort Bragg Harbor
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