Point Reyes Day 3

So we got up this morning (Tuesday July 20) at 5:30am and drove back into San Francisco to go whale watching. We got to the dock and didn't really see anybody. What we didn't know was that the company had cancelled the trip due to high winds without calling us. So, not only did we get up really early, we had to pay a $6 toll to go across the Golden Gate Bridge again and pay $10 for parking not to mention the money for gas. Needless to say, we were a little upset with them. We had planned on leaving tomorrow morning to come home, but now we are going to give whale watching one more try and alter our schedule a little bit. We'll still leave to come home tomorrow, but we're going to leave from the pier around 1:00pm when the boat gets back in.

We spent today doing a bunch of nothing. We went to the Point Reyes Visitor's Center to ask the ranger what we could see. We were interested in the tide pools and also an elk reserve that is close by. The elk there are in the rut, so we thought we may get to hear them bugle. The range said it has to be a negative low tide to see the pools, which means the water has to go out further than normal, which only happens twice a month. They don't really say much about this on the website, so we were a little disappointed there. The ranger also said the elk usually bugle at night, so we decided not to drive up there just to see elk, since we saw a lot of them last year.

We came back to camp and took long naps and ate some lunch and just hung out for a while with nothing to do. It was nice to be able to not feel like you had to go anywhere, but we also feel like we're wasting time just sitting here. After the nap we had a little ice cream then did some laundry. We're going to go out for dinner tonight and I'm going to have some fresh local oysters since this area is known for them.

At this point, Point Reyes has been a bust. We haven't really seen a whole lot that impressed us. The Pacific was cool the first day, but since then, it's been a bit disappointing. Let's hope for whales tomorrow.

Pray for our safe travels home as well and if all goes well, we'll see you Sunday morning!