My visit to Point Reyes

Point Reyes is a light house located in northern California, in Marin County in the United States of America. It is named after a sea farer, Sir Francis Drake whose ship called Golden Hinde landed here in 1579.

Point Reyes lends its name to the town of Point Reyes Station, California.It was built in early 1900. During the construction of the light house several rocks had to be blasted. The light house proved a saviour to many ships travelling around this coast, as it is one of the windiest and foggiest parts of the West Coast of United States.

Originally the lamp at the light house used to be run on lard oil (oil extracted from animal fat).Earlier, there used to be at least two men to turn on the light. Authorities then changed it to an electric light. At present, the light is automated and it is a Light Emitting Diodes (LED). The range of this light is nearly 20 miles (40 km). It is extremely windy around Point Reyes Light house and the highest wind speed is said to be 130 miles [approximate=180 km]. The winds blew my father’s favourite cap away!!

We happened to visit Point Reyes at one of the best times! As around this time, one can sight blues whales migrating from Alaska to Mexico. By the time they reach Mexico it is likely that they would have traveled 12,000 miles (19,000 km). The park ranger told us that in fact whales had been sighted sighted earlier in the day.

We walked around the lighthouse and I climbed up nearly 130 steps ( as tall as a 30 storey building)! We started our journey back home by around 4:30 in the evening.

On our way back we passed several historic cattle ranches or farms, that were really huge!

They are still being run by families. There are several cattle crossings in these modern farms and the farmer uses an all terrain vehicle (ATV) to herd the cows!

Point Reyes lighthouse is a must see for all those visiting California!

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