Day: May 11, 2011

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Double Wave: Point Reyes National Seashore

I love it when I look back at photos I have taken at National Parks (or in this case, a National Seashore) and find them to be even more wonderful than I thought they would be. On a visit to Point Reyes National Seashore in California, I was walking toward the light house and taking photos of the ocean waves below. As is quite common at Point Reyes, the wind was blowing at a fair clip, and hard enough that when a wave would break, the wind would take the mist of the breaking wave and blow it back over the wave to make a double wave. I was lucky enough to catch a photo of this double wave:

double wave at Point Reyes

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Watson’s Grotto Oregon Caves

Once you have walked into Oregon Caves National Monument, you will immediately realize that the cave is pretty wet (there will be water dripping on you throughout the cave walk, so a waterproof jacket with a hood is highly recommended — and a hat at a minimum). The first stop is at Watson’s Grotto where you get a good look at the Oregon Caves river running through the cave:

Oregon Caves river

River at Watson's Grotto Oregon Caves

The walls of the cave at this point are a lot of openings and crevices, but no distinct formations:

Oregon Caves Watson's Grotto

The next stop on the Oregon Caves tour is at Petrified Gardens.