We drove to Redwood Empire Fairgrounds in Ukiah, CA. This was our last stop in Northern California and Pat wanted to go to Schooner Beach and see the bowling balls. This park was small but it was very nice.
Monday, April 25, 2016 Drive to Schooner Gulch
Again we are driving along the Pacific Coast and this was all new to us. On our way we took a detour to see Port Arena Lighthouse. The wind was up and there were a lot of white caps on the water. Pat didn't want to venture out on the cliffs as she was afraid of the strong winds and slipping. It was a beautiful setting.
We continued on to find Schooner Gulch and the bowling ball beach. We finally found someone who knew exactly where it was and gave us exact directions. It was a short hike down a narrow path, across a driftwood bridge then down the beach and the tide was coming in and soon it would cover these bowling ball rocks. But we made it. Pat read that it was possible to find abalone shells that have washed up on the shore but we weren't lucky instead we found a Giant Chiton. Of course the thing was dead but it was an unique looking mollusk. This beach was different and now we can say that we saw them.
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| Look we found a white seal |
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| And we also caught a pup PICTURES OF THE SHORELINE |
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| Port Arena Lighthouse |
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| Cliffs and Natural Bridge |
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| ABALONE SHELLS |
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| Path to the beach |
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| This looks like a dinosaur skeleton |
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| This was the driftwood bridge that we had to cross |
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| Bowling Balls being covered by the tide |
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| Giant Chiton |
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