Monday Sheep Blogging

Sheep, Cows - Mendocino County  1976

Taken near the bed and breakfast where we were staying. 

Probably.

Sky Camp View / Wooden Fence

Ocean from Sky Camp - Point Reyes  1976

Wooden Fence - Mendocino  County  1976

Coming to the end of my March, 1976 photos!

Sunset, Surf / Coastal Scene

Sunset, Surf - Mendocino  County  1976

Coastal Scene - Mendocino County  1976

Photos taken near our Mendocino County bed and breakfast in Elk Grove.

Tent / Surf, Clouds

Tent (Sky Camp) - Point Reyes  1976

Surf, Clouds - Mendocino County  1976

Alas, a large wildfire burnt many of the trees at Sky Camp. There's a previous 2022 blog post with some photos.

I guess that the bottom photo could have been taken in Sonoma County. Hard to say.

March, 1976

Hali, Mike, Elk Cove Bed and Breakfast - Mendocino County  1976

Hali, Mike, Sky Camp - Point Reyes  1976

Unlike most film photos, I can definitely put an exact month and year to these ones. Fun!

Top photo: Hali and Mike at a bed and breakfast in Elk Grove, Mendocino County.

Bottom: Hali and Mike camping out at Sky Camp in Point Reyes. 

50 years ago!

Gualala View

Surf from Gualala - Mendocino County  2025

We drove the short distance from our place in Sea Ranch to the small community of Gualala. (Grocery shopping.) Driving back I stopped at a viewpoint for this photo.

I've just realized that Gualala is located in Mendocino County! Also, maybe the G in Gualala is not pronounced. 

Fort Bragg, Flags

Flag, Moon (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Flag, Building (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Two more flag photos taken during our 2021 visit to Fort Bragg (Northern California town, not the military base).

Trestle Bridge

 

Sunset, Trestle Bridge (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Trestle Bridge (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Photos taken looking out of our motel window. Wow! The bridge was originally built for the railroad, now it's for pedestrians. The web has more information about the bridge than you might want.

Flags

 

Flag, Moon (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Flag, Building (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Interesting. These are my second and third flag photos taken on the trip. (First one in the town of Mendocino.) 

Interesting.

California Western - 2

 

Tracks, Water Tower (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Railroad Mural (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino  County  2021

The mural is quite faded; I gave it a little boost in Photoshop.

California Western - 1

 

California Western RR Car (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Art, Railroad Car (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

"Gas-powered, self-propelled, passenger railcars were added in 1925; and, after Pullman service was discontinued, CWR steam passenger trains ran only when the motorcars were out of service for maintenance. The passenger coaches were scrapped in 1949. The motorcars were nicknamed "Skunks" because people said, "You can smell 'em before you can see 'em."

I remember taking the train to its midpoint some years ago. It's my understanding that it no longer makes a regular run over to Willits.

But, they're still working on the tracks! Below, a little maintenance car we had to stop for on the way out of town. 

Utility Car (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Noyo Harbor Mural

 

Mural, Noyo Harbor (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

I had to leave our restaurant and walk back for this photo. The sun was starting to get kind of low: I was worried that the glare might wipe out the sky. But no! . . . the Canon came through.

Noyo Harbor

Ice (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Noyo Fishing Center (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Two ice machines! 

Photos taken with a Canon G5XII camera, then converted to black and white using Photoshop.

Monday Gull Blogging

 

Gull, Coast Guard (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Down at the Noyo Harbor. A Canon G5XII photo.

Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden - 3

 

Dahlia (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Foxglove (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Photos taken with a Nikon Z5 and 24-200mm zoom lens.

Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden - 2

 

Ocean (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Cypresses, Ocean (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

The Botanical Garden starts at Highway 1 and goes to the ocean. The sea seemed a bit rough that day, but perhaps it's always like that.

Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden - 1

 

Flowers, Driftwood (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Nasturtiums (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

We made a morning excursion to the Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden. You enter just off the main street (Highway 1). We'd never been there before . . . luckily we had known to get advance tickets.

Fort Bragg Black and White

 

Mendocino Coast (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Family (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Photos taken outside a fabric store with a quite extensive inventory. iPhone pix.

Giant Burger

 

Giant Burger (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

We got burgers and fries to go, then drove back to the motel's picnic table and ate outside. Burgers were OK, but fries weren't crispy, alas.

Cypress Trees

 

Cypress Trees (Fort Bragg) - Mendocino County  2021

Across from our motel and Highway 1.