Point Arena Lighthouse Station shrouded in a light mist of fog. It had been beautifully clear five minutes before. This section of the coast is some of the windiest and wettest anywhere along the coast. 
We took off about noon for the Cape Arena Lighthouse to do some sight seeing along Coast Highway 1 for a change. This way we will see from the shore what we will be passing on Zephyr in a few days.
We're stuck here for a few more days as while the wind isn't too bad, the swell is a bit steeper than we would like--8 feet at 7 seconds or less which can really rock a boat as you go through the water.
We hit clear skies and fog during the trip. When we got to Point Arena, it was clear and by the time we got to go up the lighthouse, it was fogged in and stayed that way for the rest of the time we were there. The trip back was the same.
I think it takes a special person to live along this coast. You must be prepared for sudden isolation as the highway can get washed away at a moments notice. We ran into one section out in the middle of no where that suddenly had a traffic light that controlled traffic each way as the road had washed away and it was limited to just one way traffic over a short pass that had been rebuilt to reconnect the sections of the highway. I'm sure the folks that live there never expected to have a traffic light right beside their house.
Once back at Zephyr, I set about downloading more maps for our Garmin chartplotter. We're now setup with charts as far South as Guatemala. We already have them on our Nobeltec system, but it always pays to be prepared with backups. We have paper charts for farther South in the US but now we are starting to get prepared for farther South of the good old USA!!
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2 comments:
Just georgeous! The Dillon retreat is this weekend, we will having one for you and wishing you were here! :)
What type and size of boat is Zephyr?
I'm enjoying your blog.
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