Fort Bragg

Well, we took our annual after tax season trip with the family.  This year we voted for Fort Bragg.  We could only stay 2 nights & 3 days, so we tried to fit in as much fun and exploring as we could.

  The first day that we were there, we enjoyed exploring the rocks, playing in the the chilly water, and of course we buried Seth in the sand.

We had been to Fort Bragg several years ago and loved it, so we decided to stayed in the same hotel, which was right across from the beach.  It also had an indoor pool which Kiana loved.  Andrea and I also had a lot of fun taking pictures in an underground tunnel that led from our hotel to the beach.

Around the beaches in Northern California there are a lot of signs to warn you about the dangers of getting too close to the edges of rocks. Even thought I was freaking out about them being careful, I don't think my family took the signs very seriously.

Our second day there, we started the day with a short hike down to the Point Cabrillo Lighthouse.  We were able to enjoy some good exercise and explore not only the lighthouse, but the surrounding area.  Some of the kids thought I had tortured them by making them HIKE!

We also made sure to visit Glass Beach while we were in Fort Bragg.  We loved looking for pretty pieces of glass and trying to find some sea life hidden in the rocks.

While at Glass Beach we were able to see 3 sea lions swim and place themselves on some rocks close by.  It was fun taking pictures of them.  It looks as if they actually posed for several of the pictures.

That afternoon we went to Mackerricher State Beach.  We were still very lucky to have the sun shining so we could have fun in the water and sand.

 It was very hard to say goodbye on our last day, but we know we will visit one of our favorite beach spots again someday.