then decided comfort and rest were more important than gazing at the night sky. besides we were too tired and slept off immediately.
No alarm clocks to wake us up.
Rebecca did.
about eight-ish. I crept out to check on the others.
Joe and family were on already their way home. Seemed to be in a rush. Smiles and good-byes.
??
No one knows. Wonder why.
Anyway, the others were slowly waking and moving about. Breakfast and getting ready.
We folded the tent, cleaned, packed and cleared the site, made tea, drank it slowly, and went across to join the rest.
The kids were off to the playground, I went to the swings to push Kirti , Kitchu and Rebecca.
Higher, more higher!
Swinging 3 tiny kids and I am getting a good morning work-out.
Angel akka made good quesadilla - Mexican pizza of sorts and we had some. The orange juice pack had leaked and the ice was
all orange-ish. I poured the remaining juice and passed it around.
Chatted around, everyone had finished b'fast and were packing. We helped to put down a couple of tents and packing too.
The check-out time was noon, and it was too soon for lunch. So, leaving after lunch was ruled out.
We decided to drive for an hour or so and then stop for lunch.
Fort Ross sounded good to everyone.
How about parking in the day-use area, spending some time there playing, lunching and then driving straight home?
Hmm, sounded good to me, but everyone else seemed to be on the move. Tomorrow’s monday, need to fix things for school, work etc.
Stephen and family decided to leave immediately. Reeve didn’t seem to do well at night. So, we packed lunch for them and sent them off too.
Rebecca spotted an alphabet-caterpillar as we wondered close to the Gualala River. It didn’t work. Maybe needs new batteries.
The river bed was dry and wide with lots of pebbles; it looked like a narrow stream.
Still beautiful with the high trees and greenery around.
We drove up to Fort Ross state historic park for lunch. Lots of vehicles around, and we found picnic tables close to the parking lot.
The kids ran to climb branches of cypress trees, and we took a few pictures.
Lunch was quick, and the question was whether to go down to the beach or visit the fort?
Fort Ross is an Old Russian fort built in the early 1800s.It was established for Russia's tsarist government exploration,trade and settlement in the North Pacific, and for establishing permanent settlements in Alaska and California.
It still has a gun blockhouses and sentries on the two corners without blockhouses, a well, chapel and warehouse filled with provisions for the fort; a barracks and three officials’ houses...
Already Sheina had thrown-up within the hours drive, Jamela akka had developed a headache, and Gigi and John was on the verge. We finished lunch, took a few pictures, and said good-bye to all. there was first day of school on monday, Vallejo
shopping on the way etc. We talked to the fort with Santhosh and Nithila along the eucalyptus trees. Bright red and orangish-brown leaves lay on the ground.
It’s a very short walk, and we immediately realized that we could have driven to the fort's gates and parked instead of the parking lot. That way, we could have used the picnic tables inside, and everyone would have visited the fort itself.
Too late. The fort is a small rectangular enclosure, and we quickly visited all the standing structures and also the well.
We let santhosh decide whether to go the beach below. He had a small leg sprain form the previous day's cricket. He said,yes. Nithila's was an immediate yes too. So, we walked out of the fort towards the ocean. The skies were downcast, and it was windy and bit cold. We walked to the edge, and looked below; the beach is a crude downhill walk. We lingered near and decided not to go down.
Dharma wanted to go the Russian cove and the Armstrong state park on the way back. So, we made our way to the cove. drive on CA1, the cove looks inviting. We parked and walked through a short over-growth of shrubs and trees to the open full of
big smooth pebbles and strewn logs. Dharma pulled a few logs together to mark the place we got out of the shrubs. Rebecca was all excited seeing the stones, and started and her collection, stuffing them to her jacket pockets.
We strolled lazily to the beach, carrying the stove and stuff to make lemon-tea by the beach. Dharma set up the set on the rocks by the waves, and boiled water. It was a while before we realized that it was a bad spot with too much wind, so we
moved the stove to the rocks behind. A nice small cave like enclosure of rocks. This looked like a popular spot, since it had a lot of trash on the ground. I made the tea, and we sat on the rocks to enjoy. Rebecca was busy stuffing pebbles in her pockets.
It was getting late; we moved out and drove back. Stopped for dinner at a nice Mexican restaurant, and all home-ward bound. Normally, we would put sort out clothes, shoes etc and put things back in their place before sleeping. It was
already 11:30 when we reached home, Rebecca was asleep and we dumped the things from the car, and zzzzzzzz. It was almost 3 days later that all the things went back to their places!
Over all a good trip, much better than what we anticipated. Just a few things went out of sync, here and there, otherwise everyone enjoyed it. sign!
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