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We got a little breakfast at the motel and then head
back to the Anchor Bay Campground (photo 1). Anchor Bay is
a place Linda and I know well. Our family used to spend a lot of
time here with Cliff and his wife, Jackie, and their five children.
Cliff and I started diving together more than 30 years ago and our
families would spend weekends and vacations here with the Delta Dolphins
Dive Club. Cliff helped me get my first Abalone and first Ling Cod.
Anchor Bay feels comfortable and it felt good to be back here.
Cliff has a permanent spot here (photo 2) so it was a good time to see old friends and walk on the beach (photos 3, 4,5, 6, 7, & 8). This is a place where divers and fisherman can beach launch their aluminumn or inflatable boats so they can fish. In some cases, long-term campers put their boats in at Pt. Arena, a few miles north, and bring them down the coast to anchor offshore at Anchor Bay (photo 9). Anchor Bay is a friendly place and you see people just enjoying a walk on the beach, surfing, fishing, or just watching the waves. It’s a nice place to relax and we enjoyed the morning (photos 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, & 17). There’s a motel at the top of the cliff called Whale Watch, but it’s a little expensive for our taste, so we’ve never stayed there.
We headed back up to the campground and talked with some fishermen who had gone out earlier that morning and caught a couple of nice salmon (photo 18), but none as big as the one Cliff caught. Later we saw a fellow cleaning a nice one at the fish house (photo 19). Salmon are a fish that almost everyone likes, if not fresh, then smoked. I have a hunch that next year, Cliff won’t miss the fishing pool. Go get ‘um Cliff.
We went up the hill to a local café for a sandwich (photo 20) and then it was time to get on the road. We didn’t have a long ways to go, but any ride can get long if you start too late. Cliff gave us some salmon fillets from his 41 pounder and we headed south to Martinez. The ride took us through some more of those slow, curvy roads along what would otherwise be a beautiful coastline if it weren’t for a 300-foot drop for those who don’t pay attention. After about an hour and a half, we reached Bodega Bay where we briefly stopped to, well, you know, and then headed inland. The road straightened out and meandered through rolling hills and pastureland. As we got closer to the bay area, the traffic started to increase. Along with the increase in traffic came some cold, hard, winds. Going across the Sears Point cutoff, we got buffeted around for about 20 minutes until we reached Vallejo. From Vallejo, it was just a short 30 minutes across the bridge to Martinez. As we crossed the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, the odometer crossed 5505 miles. Tomorrow would see us at home. |
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