From MacKerricher to Napa

Here are a couple of video clips of some of the wild life we saw on this leg of the journey.

After packing up our tent at MacKerricher State Park we traveled into Fort Bragg for a hearty breakfast then headed out on our last leg to Napa. Our first stop was a quick walk along Glass Beach, a coastal area know for sea glass. It wasn’t as cool as we had hoped, so we moved on down the road.

Point Cabrillo Light

Our second stop was at Point Cabrillo Lighthouse, which has been a federal aid to navigation since 1909. In 1873, Point Cabrillo was surveyed as a potential site for a lighthouse; however, no lighthouse was built at that time. By 1904, several shipwrecks later, the U.S. Lighthouse Service recommended that a lighthouse be placed at the point. Today there are several structures you can tour, including the lightkeeper’s home, which was an interesting step back in time.

Point Arena Light

We also stopped at Point Arena Light, which is located approximately 130 mi north of San Francisco. We didn’t get very close to it because they charge a fee. It is pretty awe inspiring though.

The first lighthouse at this site was constructed in 1870 but was destroyed in1906 by the San Francisco earthquake. The current lighthouse was built in 1908. The first European to record Point Arena was Spaniard Bartolomé Ferrer in 1543, who named it Cabo de Fortunas, which means “cape of fortunes”.

We continued south on Highway 1 until we got close to Napa then headed inland about an hour and arrived at the Vino Bella Resort where we are spending the next twelve days.