In search of a little food, a little sea, and a little shopping, Kev and I hopped in the car on Sunday for a quick jaunt up to Point Reyes Station & Tomales Bay. If you've never been, I can not recommend a trip up there more highly. The drive from Easy Bay is gorgeous, winding through state parks and red woods, passing pasture after rolling hill of grazing cows (happy cows!), sometimes catching site of a few deer, and often slowing down for wild quail crossing the street.
We first went up to the
Point Reyes National Sea Shore for a night of camping a few weeks ago. We stayed in Coast camp, and these two photos below were the views from our tent. Not too shabby, right?
This time, we made the ritual stop at the Pine Cone diner, strolled along the main street, stopping in all the amazing shops, including
coyuchi (an amazingly lovely organic bedding shop), running into an absolutely lovely little new & used
bookstore and, of course, picking up cheese @ Cowgirl Creamery & bread + pastries @ the Bovine Bakery.
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| a neat little park in the sun, perfect for snacking on Bovine Bakery goods |
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| treasures picked up while shopping in town |
With supplies in hand, we headed to Tomales Bay for some
Hog Island Oysters, and were lucky enough to grab a bench + grill in the sun despite the huge crowd. The picnic area was full of energy, with fun music blasting, games being played, champagne popping, and the weather was sunny as can be. Most importantly, I shucked my first oysters, adding a necessary check to my list of "cooking things I want to know how to do".
So, all in all it was a pretty great Memorial Day weekend. I hope it was pretty great for all of you too!
We first went up to the Point Reyes National Sea Shore for a night of camping a few weeks ago. We stayed in Coast camp, and these two photos below were the views from our tent. Not too shabby, right?
So, all in all it was a pretty great Memorial Day weekend. I hope it was pretty great for all of you too!
6 comments:
So fun and romantic! I would love to learn how to shuck an oyster!
So fun!! ... and perfect timing. I know I've shared before, but we go to Sonoma (camping) every summer. Although we have explored several surrounding cities/areas- we've never been to Point. Reyes. But a friend of my husband's recently told him that we *need to go... and have oysters!
So, tell me-- What did you think of them?? Is it really about taste, or more about the "experience"??
Torrie- It was a lot of fun (both the camping & the oysters)! I would highly recommend. More on the oysters... hmm... what to say (hehe), let's say they aren't my favorite, but with the right dressing (I liked lime + hot sauce) they were pretty good. The experience was totally awesome and I really would go back many times over, so for me, not totally about the taste, but I'm no oyster expert and I'm sure some might disagree.
Love the photos out's beautiful. Glad you had such fun.
gorgeous! i love the picture of the oysters in the mesh bag.
that place is on our list of to-dos. also on our list of to-dos is meeting you two! now that we're a little more settled we should figure that out :).
one of my favorite spots in the bay area!!
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