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Enjoy A Winter Weekday Escape to Point Reyes

Point Reyes is the Place to Visit for Winter Wildlife Viewing

An easy drive from the San Francisco Bay Area and other northern California destinations, Point Reyes is an ideal choice to escape the wintertime blues for a weekday getaway. Winter is the optimum time to view wildlife at Point Reyes National Seashore. Winter wildlife viewing is heralded by the annual migration of gray whales along the coast.  The Point Reyes Lighthouse and Chimney Rock offer some of the best vantage points to view the whales from land.  Winter also marks the arrival of elephant seals, which are best viewed from the Elephant Seal Overlook near Chimney Rock, migrating waterfowl and shorebirds, plus spawning Coho salmon and steelhead trout up coastal streams.  Year round residents include black-tailed deer, herds of tule elk, found mostly roaming within the Tule Elk Preserve at Tomales Point, and non-native fallow deer and axis deer.

On the Point Reyes Peninsula, the world’s your oyster, too.  The waters surrounding the Point Reyes peninsula are home to some of the most productive oyster growing locations in the country.  Oysters are farmed in Tomales Bay and Drakes Bay by three commercial operations that are open to the public:

• Hog Island Oyster Company (www.hogislandoysters.com)
• Tomales Bay Oyster Company (www.tomalesbayoyster.com)
• The Marshall Store (www.themarshallstore.com)

In addition to wildlife viewing, the Point Reyes National Seashore is an ideal hiking destination, offering a vast network of trails to choose from, year-round accessibility, beautiful scenery, incredible vistas, and yes, fresh air.  

While on the Point Reyes Peninsula, check out the West Coast’s newest wetlands – the Giacomini Wetlands.  The restoration project is reclaiming 560 acres of land at the head of Tomales Bay and will eventually restore about 12 percent of the coastal wetlands in California. The wetlands is already creating habitat for shorebirds, ducks, egrets, herons and pelicans.

Point Reyes Lodging innkeepers serve as resident wildlife and nature experts and can offer insider tips to enhance a visitor’s experience at Point Reyes. 
The Point Reyes Lodging Association is a collection of unique bed and breakfast inns and cottages near Point Reyes National Seashore.  

Fall foliage in California in Suisun Valley wine region

SUISUN VALLEY CALIFORNIA FALL FABULOUS

The splendor of autumn makes it an especially ideal time of year to travel in Solano County's Suisun Valley, one of California’s oldest standing viticultural and agricultural areas. A best kept secret of California, a foliage trip to Suisun Valley is one that’s best suited to travelers who long to be away from the crowds.

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Yosemite National Park dresses up with fall color

Autumn Colors Paint Yosemite Valley Photo by Keith Walklet

Falling for Yosemite 
by Barbara L. Steinberg©

 For most of us, Labor Day signals the unofficial end of summer.  Vacations are over.  Kids are back in school. The final firework display at the California State Fair has faded away.  It’s the last bonafide summer holiday weekend and, from this point forward it’s a slow, steady slide into the New Year.

The Fall Equinox occurs around September 23rd each year. The sun crosses the celestial equator, from north to south, heralding the end of summer marking the official start of autumn. Professed or scientific – it’s autumn!  Days are getting shorter; shadows are longer; nights are cooler; and you can feel the change in the air.  It’s inspirational!  It’s also one of the best and most inspired times of year to visit Yosemite National Park!

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