Pt. Reyes 'n Fog

Over the weekend Transmoocow, Woof and I drove up to Pt. Reyes National Seashore to do a little hiking. We found a fairly short but interesting hike to the top of Mt. Wittenberg, promising "panoramic views". We found the top easily due to the USGS marker embedded in a stone, but the views had been obtructed by overgrowth of young conifers. Judging from their size and counting rings on a fallen one, they were probably planted back in the 1960s as an earnest but poorly planned re-forestation effort. The trees were so densely packed together there was no undergrowth and they presented a fire hazard from uncleared deadfall. The hike was great nonetheless and I got to really break in my new Merrell hiking boots (yay Transmoocow's folks!).

We followed up by eating in a restaurant at Pt. Reyes Station, the local tourist trap town. We belatedly noticed the high frequency of old people in the place and it took us 2 hours to get sandwiches and oyster stew. Next time we will plan better and hit the oyster shops along Hwy. 1 which looked like perfect places to picnic with a large group of friends and plenty of beer.
While studying yesterday I looked outside to see fog flowing by so thickly it resembled smoke, enough so I went out to see if my neighbors had decided to "cash out" their home insurance policy. No such luck.