Pt Reyes National Seashore

Took a hike to the end of the Pt. Reyes National Seashore, north of San Francisco.  The seashore is a peninsula with incredible Tamales Bay on the east and the ocean on the West.  The hike was a decent workout at five miles each way.   It was almost overwhelmingly beautiful.  Perhaps Californians are so environmentalist because their land is so beautiful.

The views on the walk were 360 degrees.  There were cliffs on three sides, with crashing water.  The walk was through a variety of grasses and shrubs.   The smells were delicious.   At times all you could see was white, yellow, purple, orange wildflowers, sometimes up to your waist.   Birds were flying.  They came unnaturally close, so I guess were not scared of humans.  Saw some floating raptors...probably red tailed hawks.  Also sat under one of the few trees and watched a humming bird for about 15 minutes.

I've done climbs where you think you're scaling the last peak, but there's always another one behind.  This went the other way.   As I descended, I thought It was going to be at the point of the peninsula, but there was always another lower point that had not been visible.   The last 2 miles were through a variety of brushy tracks, with no clear trail, but just keep heading toward the point of land.

Walking like this does not still my thinking....but I do find it tends to allow a relaxed process that ultimately yields up a lot of clarity.