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 |
Sonoma Coast State Park along Highway One |
Goat Rock Beach at Whale Point, where the Russian River spills into the Pacific |
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, |
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, |
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, |
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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