Final roundup of Mendocino Photos

The last of the photos from Mendocino trip.

The Skunk Train which took us most of day two. Get on the train if you want, but make sure you take lunch with you, especially if you are a veggie desi! It is a good four hour ride on a train that was built in 1918 and is still being maintained and run. One of the oldest pieces of machinery owned by the US Railways that is working.

Just at the edge of Fort Bragg they have built this little tress over the river entry point into the ocean. It is a memorable walk, especially if the weather is nice.

The train ride in the open got back so many memories of the Varanasi Express going through the jungles of Madhya Pradesh for hours on end.. Betul to Itarsi Junction to Katni to .... Need to get back on that train sometime!

Fort Bragg, Mendocino coast, strongly recommended for a day or weekend trip.

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Presentation

Finally took the time to hunt for a free photo editing software on the web and it was worth the time.

Photoscape was the perfect choice.

Crop, edit contrast, add a frame, a text marker..

The same photos look a lot more professional. It is like magic!

Some photos from the recent trip..

Saw this broken fence that streched as far as the eye could see at the Point Cabrillo lighthouse

Route 1 goes across the Little river that goes into the ocean through a small beach

Looks like years roll by and they play the same..

There was absolutely nothing special about the rocks and pebbles. Yet it fascinates the kids for a long long time!

In love, with the sunset on Route 1..

A few more photos follow tomorrow.

Viva Photoscape!

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Mendocino - Flowers and trees

A few photographs of the flowers, trees, random birdies and wild animals on the recent trip.

The flowers and trees..

The birds..

and finally the wild animals..

When we went to pay the day fees for the Russian Gulch state park (you pay 6 dollars per vehicle for an all day pass and can go into any state beach on the coast for that fee! you just put the pass on your dashboard and you are good to go..) the park employee gave us a map of the coastline. On one side of the map was an ad for the canon parks photo contest that is currently on..

The first sample photo on there was ?

A lighthouse photo by AP. It was great to see a blog buddy's photo there..

If you have not yet entered this contest, strongly encourage you to!

and good luck!

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Mendocino Coast

The last time we were there to take in the sunset at the glass beach in Fort Bragg, San was 7 months pregnant and it was going to be our last trip before Jr. was going to make her grand entrance.

After almost 7 years, we revisited Fort Bragg, the Mendocino coast in northern california (3 hours north of San Francisco) and a bunch of memories.

Had a great time with the kids. Now that all that non stop driving on windy roads for hours on end is over, it is time to literally chill with my girl Volini.

Leaving you with the panorama shots. Like the saying goes, a stitch in time..

Tried that one lying down on the ground under the bridge on the sand sweeping from left to right. Next time, have better ideas for this shot.. there are very few places where there is such an opportunity to be directly under the bridge to take a panoramic shot like that.. (just have to pick a cloudy day..)

Except for the botanical gardens which closed so early we saw all the main points of interest over the 25 or so mile coastline.

It was a strenuous trip but we made it back within two days and still had a day to recover!

We have some choice glass pieces to show for the trip as well. Here is a shot of the glass on the beach (all courtesy of old glass bottles dumped thirty years ago on the shore and letting the waves do their job).

The glass beach is strongly recommended!

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