Wright’s Beach Day 3

Today we went to Fort Ross. After John ate his breakfast and I packed our lunch we were set to go. It is only 12-14 miles but it took a while. There is road work going on with a stop like set up so one has to wait for the one way traffic. It was a nice drive, it is sunny and nice today. The weather is perfect. There is a nice Visitor Center at the Fort. It has many displays and a short, continuous running movie about the fort and surrounding area. From the Visitor Center it is a short walk to the fort itself. There is a nice little numbered map to explain what you are looking at. Only one of the buildings is still an original, it still has a couple apple trees next to it as well. Most of the buildings were relocated to the Sacramento area when John Sutter bought the fort before it became an Historical Landmark. We had a nice visit there. It was quite interesting and I am glad it is preserved. Apparently they have Russian Festivals here, maybe once a year, I'm not sure. No dogs allowed but it was nice and cool so Tony was fine in his kennel in the car. We set him free and had our lunch on one of the many picnic tables provided. After our lunch we headed south toward our campsite. We took a short drive to the Vista Point and took the 1 mile loop walk. We thought Tony would be happy to walk but he seemed hot and rested in the shade at every opportunity. We hoped to have phone service in Jenner, but that was not the case. We drove on to Goat Rock and down to the beach parking. We saw another even larger feeding frenzy on this beach. The Pelicans were going crazy, there must have been 100’s of them. I tried to take a video but I don't really know how to use that feature on my new camera. I can take the video and play it on the camera but I am unable to use it after that. There is a learning curve with anything new. We walked around there for a little while then headed south again. We called Mom just before driving down to our campsite. The reception was pretty good. Another beautiful sunset, this time with a little bit of a rainbow in the clouds as well.

Original Building

Goat Rock

A Rainbow in the Clouds

Our Camping Buddy