Day 12: Bodega Bay, north of San Francisco about 110 km
Distance for the day: 130.3 km
Cumulative distance: 2,315.1 km
Top speed: 99 kph
Moving average: 54 kph
Temperature: 15.8 - 24.6
But there are other good things, too.
We awoke B&E to the sounds of bird song. Many different kinds of birds, the varieties that we could only guess but we definitely heard Morning Doves and American Goldfinch. We saw them, too. "Flying lemons" as a friend once called them. But the air was filled with the sound of them.
I had a desire to see Point Arena Lighthouse but since it didn't open till 10:00 am we decided to go into Point Arena proper for breakfast before going to the lighthouse. Point Alert was only 10 km from the campground and past the lighthouse but we didn't really want to hang out for the sake of hanging out.
Point Arena, like many backwater US towns, is small, somewhat forgotten and lonely. However, it is a little bit touristy and I had the impression the tourists must be hippies. We had breakfast at the co-op, which is really a co-op as opposed to the name of a big chain, and we used the opportunity to upload yesterday's pictures, which was a treat for me because I didn't have to sit around for an hour to painstakingly upload one picture at a time.
Once done there, we backtracked a few kilometres to visit the lighthouse and take in the small museum and large views. We saw signs warning driving visitors to be watchful of the lighthouse resident cat. We looked everywhere hoping to get a cuddle but none was had. But the views were amazing!
After spending an hour there, we were headed off back south along the windy, twisty Hwy 1. Like the days before this one, we were treated to some pretty spectacular views.
Our destination was Bodega, famous for the filming of Alfread Hitchcock's The Birds in 1963. We went and had dinner at the Tidewater, an over priced restaurant that under delivered. The only bird on the menu was chicken.
We kept it a short day because Friday we ride throuh San Francisco and while we could have made it through today, traffic was moving too slow to really capitaize on the short distance. Tomorrow we will try to get as far south as we are north of San Francisco tonight.
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