Monday, February 25, 2013 (Sounds of the Sea RV Park, Trinidad, CA)

It had rained through the night and when we got up, the sky was cloudy.  We had a nice relaxing morning...really nice after the last few days of driving.  I worked on our blog, catching up on the last few travel days, while Steve figured out our travel plans between here and BC.  We have a few things that we would like Guaranty RV, in Junction City, Oregon, to take care of so after figuring out what day we would be there, Steve called and scheduled an appointment.

We were pleasantly surprised as the clouds started to break and the sun was peaking through.  Just before noon as we were ready to head out on our hike in Patrick's Point State Park, the sun was out in full force.

This is the front entrance to the RV park...the office/home is an old schoolhouse built in 1912...

We walked half a mile down the road until we found the trail that goes into the state park.  We found our way to Palmer's Point and the start of some magnificent ocean views.

Sea Lions...

After we were finished at Palmer's Point, we walked back down the road a bit and found The Rim Trail.  It is a two-mile hike that offers excellent views of the ocean and offshore rocks between Palmer's Point and Agate Beach.  There are also a number of trails that connect the Rim Trail to lookouts as well as the shoreline.

Steve managed to get this picture just as the deer was leaving the trail...

This was a particularly bad section of the trail...we had to climb up this bank (too bad I didn't get the picture before we climbed up...I was concentrating more on how I was going to get up it to think about taking a picture!)



Rocky Point trail down to the shoreline...

Patrick's Point trail off the Rim Trail...

From this lookout, we can see over to Wedding Rock...further along the Rim Trail (yup, we'll be hiking up there!)


There is a woman meditating (or just enjoying the sunshine) way over there on Wedding Rock...

Ah...we made it up to Wedding Rock...

Stunning views...

A sea lion playing in the surf...

Time to head back to the main trail...

Rim Trail Overlook...

At the end of the Rim Trail is Agate Beach...

...and yes, we are going to walk down...

The last bit of the trail (stairs) down to the beach had been washed out...but Steve found the alternate way down...

Now it's my turn...

Gorgeous beach...

Time for a break after that hike back up from Agate Beach!

We continued our hike through the park looking for Sumeg Yurok Indian Village.  In 1990 an all-Yurok crew constructed Sumeg Village, which consists of three typical redwood plank family houses, a sweathouse, a dance pit, three changing houses and a redwood canoe.  All of these structures are made from boards split from redwood trees, hazel bindings and local stone.

Once we were finished wandering around the village site, we found a trail that led to the park entrance...and the walk back along the road.

Four hours and 7 miles later, we were back home...very tired!  Time to sit outside in the late afternoon sunshine...we'd had a great day!

Ahh...