Winter Sojourn on the North Coast

I've been residing on the coast north of Monterey for awhile.  The winter weather has been very mild, yet the surf is fairly large and dynamic.  A nice combination.  Here, near Point Arena, I found a low lying fog bank.

 

Walk on Beach at The Sea Ranch.

 

Afternoon winter light almost makes the sea translucent.

 

Near sundown.  The old fence is a remnant from the time when Sea Ranch was actually...a ranch.

 

Swells rolling ashore.  Storm coming.

 

This picture was taken a week or so earlier than the others.  Fine mackerel sky in Monterey.

 

Fine late January day at Pigeon Point.

 

This streambed in Armstrong Redwoods SP should NOT be dry in January.  And it's only a few miles from Cazadero, the wettest spot in the entire SF Bay Area.  This pic was taken on January 29; today, Feb 6, the rain is pouring down and the stream has undoubtedly revived.

 

Harbor sloats hangin' at Sea Ranch.

 

The epitome of gnarliness.

 

This driftwood is a long way inland...and up...from the sea.  An indicator of terrific storms that rake the coast now and then.