Thursday, June 27, 2013

We Do Like to Be by the Sea

This is our final day in Inverness, and we will be sorry to leave. The weather has changed considerably, and it should be quite warm today. We thought we would explore one of the trails by the house before we headed out further. But it seemed a little too confusing. Too many choices.

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One of the major attractions of staying in Inverness is that it is right by Point Reyes National Seashore. Administered by the National Park Service, most of this area is not particularly friendly to dogs. But there are a couple of beaches where dogs are permitted. Kehoe Beach is one of these.

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It’s a broad expanse of sand with high palisades. We pretty much had the whole beach to ourselves, so we decided to let the dogs play off leash. Since this area is not a plover habitat, I figured we were doing no harm.

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At one point, Eli and I were walking down to the end of the beach when we were both soaked by a rogue wave.

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John found a sheltered place for us.

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I decided that sleeping seemed like a nice break from walking up and down the sand tossing a tennis ball.

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Eli stopped by a visit. He even dropped his beloved tennis ball for a moment.

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But all too soon it was time to go.

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We stopped by the cheese shop in Point Reyes Station. We picked up a locally-made soft cheese.

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We returned to the house and had cheese and crackers - and some wine for me - on the deck.

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It was a lovely ending to a lovely day.

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