Patrick's Point State Park ~~~ Trinidad, CA

I hope you aren't tired of

Trinidad yet, because

there's more to share this week.

  

This time though,

we're visiting

 Patrick's Point State Park.

With six miles of trails within the park,

there's lots to explore. 

     

This is the rim trail, which follows

the  edge of the bluff for 2 miles

around three sides of the park.

In some places along the trail,

the plants are so lush that you

are isolated  and sheltered

 by walls of vegetation.

Banana slugs thrive in the 

cool  dampness of the often fog shrouded

coastal bluffs.

The rim trail

  offers excellent views of the

 ocean, and offshore rocks.

I had to take a fast photo of this

view as it was quickly changing

due to the winds blowing in

the fog bank and clouds.

The clouds looked like ocean waves.   

Ceremonial Rock

and the meadow before it.

  Spring and summer wildflowers

 bloom in the meadow and beside

the roads within the park.

This park means a lot to me

and my family.

I've camped here as a kid.

I brought my girlfriends

here to camp

(Hi Anita!) and to share

 what a special place this is.

  It was her first time to see the

ocean.  She'll tell you about the

raccoons eating our food in the middle

of the night. We didn't have much to share

with them, but share we did. 

We were too scared to

get out of the tent 

and shoo them away. 

I brought my husband

to Patrick's Point 

 in December of 1975.

We then brought our kids here to camp.

Now one of our kids

brings her kids

camping at Patrick's Point. 

I am thrilled that the love

of camping here has been

passed down to my grand kids.

 

It will probably take an entire

week just to explore just a portion

of  Patrick's Point

here on the blog. 

I hope you don't mind.

I've whittled down the number of

photos to share from Patrick's Point Park,

to about 60 or so ~~~