the tip of Limantour Beach, looking at Drake’s head and the estuary at Point Reyes National Seashore

a sunnier shot of the eroding cliffs, long settled and now slowly returning to the sea, the water tropical in color if not temperature

a view up the estuary at the back of the sand bar, the Pacific on the other side of the dune

the edge of the #PhilBurtonWilderness, toward the striated cliffs of #DrakesBeach #DrakesHead
#PointReyes #NPS where meadows become cliffs then sand, then beach, then surf, then sea
#thePacific #California #leftcoast
#weekLforLayered #alphabetchallenge
© 📷 09/11/2023 

A bull #ElephantSeal at #DrakesBeach, CA.

A bull #ElephantSeal moving at astonishing speed at the #rookery on #DrakesBeach, #PointReyes, CA, on January 22, 2026. The beach is closed, and the parking lot is fenced in with a thick, wooden fence that does not pose an obstacle to a large male, should he choose to lounge in the parking lot.

In this picture taken from #DrakesBeach, we are looking west toward the western-most area of the #PointReyes Peninsula, which is a bit to the left just outside the frame. That's where the lighthouse is located that was featured in John Carpenter's 1980 horror movie #TheFog.

The #bluffs at #DrakesBeach reminded the newly arrived English of the famous white Cliffs of Dover when they arrived there in 1579.

#shore #cliff #cliffs #bluff #beach

A flat-topped #rock, a part of an eroded bluff at #DrakesBeach.

#beach #shore

That's my "I was here" footprint on #DrakesBeach, #PointReyes Peninsula, CA. No apostrophe in Drakes because it's the name of a place.

The Bay is named after her Majesty's explorer/privateer (pirate with papers) #SirFrancisDrake, whose ship #GoldenHind (formerly Pelican) arrived here in 1579.

I saw a Northern #ElephantSeal taking a nap in a parking lot at #DrakesBeach (Pt. Reyes Peninsula), CA. The beach is a #BreedingGround. These animals can weigh up to 2.5 tons and reach 5 m in length.

Squabble up! #elephantseals #drakesbeach #pointreyesnationalseashore