Well, after many hours of driving we arrived at one of our favorite camping spots and the photo below pretty much explains our disappointment. Here we are at Westport, 17 miles north of Ft. Bragg. Guess what.....the State of California has closed it. Budget cuts. We don't know if it will open for the summer. We observed several State facilities closed along the coast from Ft. Bragg to Bodega Bay.
So, we traveled a few hundred yards to this wide area in the road (below) and spent one night there. No fire ring or table, just a wide spot in the road. The plus side was it was qiuet, and it was free.
Don't be fooled by the photo below, it is not Mendocino, but close to it. This photo was taken during a walk in the Botanical Gardens in Ft. Bragg.
We have never visited the gardens but had the time this trip, so we forked out the bucks ($14.00 each). While there were no crowds, there were few flowers blooming also. I recommend you save your money and wait for summer, when the colors are abundent.
We left Esme in the RV (below) so she could rest up while we walked the gardens.
We did spot a few flowers in bloom. This one below seemed unreal, like plastic. I had to touch it to confirm
it was actually alive.
Below is a shot of the pit stop for lunch while enroute to Bodega Bay
The view below is from our camping spot at Wrights Beach, just north of Bodega Bay. This State campgound is usually packed from spring through the summer, and even during the weekends in the winter months. The host tells us Wrights Beach is one of the most popular State campgrounds on the entire California Coast. You can walk right onto the beach from your campsite, but it costs....$45.00 per night.
Below are several photos of the sunset taken every couple of minutes.
This final photo below shows Diana walking from our RV out onto the beach with Esme. Obviously, they both love the beach.
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