Point Reyes National Seashore never disappoints

It's a cool grey morning as I write this and warm up with a rich latte.

In a few minutes, I'll leave my favorite place for coffee in Marin, Emporio Rulli in Larkspur, and drive westward over the hills to Point Reyes National Seashore. I'm filming a story about the restoration of an important wetland on Tomales Bay. The restoration will expand California's coastal wetlands by 12%.  It's a big, important and positive environmental tale....and a nice one to tell today while gloomy economic news rides with me on the radio.

My time is short, so this blog will be, too.  Point Reyes always brightens my spirits, so if you need a little cheering up, take the short trip west to soak up the Park's beauty.  Visit the historic lighthouse perched high above the Pacific.  Look for whales in the winter and spring and Peregrine Falcons racing the wind.  Go to Tomales Point and see dozens of Tule Elk, once threatened with extinction, grace the rolling hills.   Take a kayak journey on Tomales Bay or Drake's Estero, and let the harbor seals, herons, egrets, leapord sharks, skates and rays entertain you.   And then enjoy oysters at Hog Island, a meal at Nick's Cove and organic delights and cheese at Cowgirl Creamery/Tomales Bay Foods.  Oh, and be sure and grab a pastry at Bovine Bakery. 

And that's just for starters.   So I'm feeling better already just thinking about west Marin.  I can't control the credit crises, but I can control the direction my car is headed......westward, towards another fine day at Point Reyes.   

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