I never got around to blogging about my honeymoon, but one of the places we spent a night was a place called Shelter Cove, on the Lost Coast of California. It’s called the “Lost Coast” because it’s the area in northern CA where Highway 1 cuts inland because the terrain is too rough. From U.S. 101 Shelter Cove is a nauseating 45 minutes or so drive up and over the Kings Range mountains. It’s a long way from anything, and you get the impression they like it that way. But the scenery is beautiful.
I bring this up now because one of the few souvenirs I brought back with me was a bag full of beautiful rocks, collected on the beach right below the balcony of our hotel room. They’re mostly blue, with veins of white, probably quartz. I planned to make them into a little fountain, and pretty soon after getting back I bought the necessary hardware, but I never got around to actually putting it together until today. Here it is:
It’s now trickling peacefully on my bookshelf.
While I’m at it, and since I’m just now experimenting with a new photo organization application (Picasa — I sure wish Google made a native linux version…), here are a few pictures from Shelter Cove.
We arrived just in time for sunset:
Accomodations on Shelter Cove are fairly inexpensive, ’cause it’s so remote. We stayed in a hotel right on the coast, in the best room (top left corner in the photo below). Ocean view, jacuzzi, balcony, bay window…
Sea stack arch:
Harbor seals:
Eventually I’ll get a web gallery set up and share lots of photos, and at higher resolution. But it’ll be a while yet, I think…