Sunset, North Shore. Point Reyes National Seashore, California. September 18, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

The shoreline along the road out to the Point Reyes lighthouse is especially wild, given its open northern exposure to the open Pacific. This is a classic view of this beach from the top of the bluff near the Point Reyes lighthouse.

September Moon, Pacific Sunset. Point Reyes National Seashore, California. September 18, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

As a long-time resident of the San Francisco Bay Area I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that I had never been to the Point Reyes National Seashore before this year. (I once drove to the entrance of the park but didn’t go in…) I finally did go last month and I’m glad I did.

This photograph was taken on the high bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean near the lighthouse. Although it isn’t particularly evident in this peaceful looking photograph, the wind was howling so strongly that I could barely stand up in it.

Pacific Ocean, Dusk – Point Lobos. Monterey Peninsula, California. September 15, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

This is a wider format view of a scene I photographed on a quick trip down to Point Lobos and back one evening this past September.