Point Reyes – California USA

Point Reyes is a prominent cape and popular Northern California tourist destination on the Pacific coast. It is located in Marin County approximately 30 miles (50 km) west-northwest of San Francisco. History says that a Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sighted and named "Cabo de Pinos" -Point Reyes.

Point Reyes offers visitors over 1500 species of plants and animals to discover. Home to several cultures over thousands of years, the Seashore preserves a tapestry of stories and interactions of people. In response to the many shipwrecks in the treacherous coastal waters, key lighthouse and lifesaving stations were established by the United States Government in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

It was a short day trip from Foster City to Point Reyes. After having breakfast we started for Point Reyes. Foster City to SFO(San Francisco) 22 mi and from SFO to Point Reyes 36 mi so total almost 58 mi / 94 km. It was long journey with a beautiful scenic.

its good to take break during long drive and I utilized those break to take few snaps

 

 

few hours of drive we reached there. After parking area you need to walk for few minutes to reach visitor center of Point Reyes.

after few minutes of walk you will enter to the peninsula

now its time to explore the nature

and also the light house but you need to go there

suddenly we found the strange whale skull

 

with the whale skull we closed our exploration and return to home