RON HENGGELER

December 18, 2012
The sacred light of a rainy day at Fort Ross

My brother Doug and his wife Sarah were in San Francisco over the weekend.
They were here to visit their son Andrew, who graduated on Friday from the University of San Francisco.
On Sunday, we spent all day together, driving in a rainstorm to historic Fort Ross, two hours north on San Francisco.
Here are some of my photos from our rainy day adventure.

A view along Highway One, near the town of Bodega, California

A view along Highway One, near the town of Bodega, California

A view along Highway One, near the town of Bodega, California

Buildings in Bodega, California that appear in the movie The Birds, by Alfred Hitchcock

St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church in Bodega, California

A view at Miwok Beach, near Bodega Bay

A view from Blind Beach looking south at the California coast in Sonoma Coast State Park

A view of Arched Rock, seen from Blind Beach at Goat Rock

A view at Goat Rock Beach looking northeast at Whale Point, where the Russian River spills into the Pacific

at Goat Rock Beach in Sonoma Coast State Park along Highway One

Goat Rock and Whale Point, where the Russian River spills into the Pacific
viewed from the north side of the Russian River

Sonoma Coast State Park along Highway One

Goat Rock Beach at Whale Point, where the Russian River spills into the Pacific
viewed from the north side of the Russian River

Tall breakers breaching over Goat Rock Beach at Whale Point, where the Russian River spills into the Pacific

The distant Goat Rock, Goat Rock Beach, and the mouth of the Russian River,
seen from Highway One, high above Russian Gulch

A raven at the junction of Highway One and the Myers Grade Road

A view along the Myers Grade Road on the way to Fort Ross

A view along the Myers Grade Road on the way to Fort Ross

A view along the Myers Grade Road on the way to Fort Ross

 A view along the Myers Grade Road on the way to Fort Ross

A view along the Myers Grade Road on the way to Fort Ross

A view along the Myers Grade Road on the way to Fort Ross

A view along the Myers Grade Road on the way to Fort Ross

The recently restored windmill at Fort Ross

The historic Fort Ross, founded in 1812

A view from the doorway of the Rotchev House inside fort Ross

the doorway of the Rotchev House inside Fort Ross

Looking out a doorway of the Rotchev House at the Fort Ross stockade

Detail of a room inside the Rotchev House at the Fort Ross

A view of the Kuskov House and the Chapel at Fort Ross

A view inside the Official’s Quarters at Fort Ross

A view inside the Official’s Quarters at Fort Ross

A view inside the Official’s Quarters at Fort Ross

A view inside the Official’s Quarters at Fort Ross

A view inside the Official’s Quarters at Fort Ross

Detail of the stockade at Fort Ross

Chapel, cannons, and well. . . Inside the stockade at Fort Ross

The armory inside the Kuskov House at Fort Ross

The Chapel viewed from inside the doorway of the Kuskov House

A viewed detail inside the Kuskov House

A view of the stockade and distant Southeast Blockhouse,
seen from the upper floor window of the Kuskov House

David near the cannon, inside the stockade at Fort Ross

My nephew Andrew, near the Chapel bell, at Fort Ross

My brother Doug, and his son Andrew. . . At rain-soaked Fort Ross

Doug, Andrew, and Sarah near the front door of the Fort Ross Chapel

A view of rain falling off the roof of the Kuskov House, seen from the doorway of the Fort Ross Chapel

Inside the Fort Ross Chapel

Detail of the Fort Ross cannon

The Chapel and stockade,
seen from the upper floor window of the Southeast Blockhouse at Fort Ross

Andrew looking out to the Pacific, from the upper floor window of the Southeast Blockhouse

The Rotchev House seen from the upper floor window of the Southeast Blockhouse

The Sandy Cove and Pacific Ocean, as seen from the upper floor window of the Southeast Blockhouse

Andrew photographing Sandy Cove with his I Phone, from the upper floor window of the Southeast Blockhouse

The Pacific seen from the west gate of Fort Ross

The north side of Fort Ross

a forest trail that leads to and from Fort Ross

 

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