RON HENGGELER

While on the Sir Francis Drake Blvd drive to Point Reyes,
a view through the trees in Samuel P. Taylor State Park

"Our Lady of the Harbor" by David Best
At Point Reyes Station (population 350)

A view of Tomales Bay from near Inverness, with the Olema Valley on the far-distant horizon

A beached fishing boat on the shore of Tomales Bay,
at the General Store in Inverness

A detail of the old Point Reyes,
on the shore of Tomales Bay,
at the General Store in Inverness

A view on the Mount Vision Road,
on the way to the summit of Mount Vision (1282 ft)
In Point Reyes National Seashore

From the summit of Mount Vision
A view of the Point Reyes, Chimney Rock, Drakes Bay, and the Drakes Estero

From the summit of Mount Vision
the Farallon Islands 24 miles out on the Pacific, seen with a 300mm lens

Glenbrook Creek drains to the ocean through this unnamed valley
The colorful names of the hiking trails in this area are, Drakes View, Bucklin, Muddy, Estero, Glenbrook, Hollow, and Bayview

The far distant Mt. Tamalpais near San Francisco as seen from the summit of Mount Vision
In Point Reyes National Seashore

A view from the summit of Mount Vision
In Point Reyes National Seashore

A view from the Mount Vision Road, coming down from the summit
In Point Reyes National Seashore

Moss covered trees on the Mount Vision Road

A forest of moss covered trees on the Mount Vision Road

Moss covered trees on the Mount Vision Road

Dairy cows on the ridgeline in the Pastoral Lands at Point Reyes National Seashore

Feeding-time for dairy cows in the Pastoral Lands at Point Reyes National Seashore

A view of the 30 mile-long Great Point Reyes Beach seen from the Pierce Point Road

A view from the Pierce Point Road of the Tomales Point, and the far-distant Bodega Head on the horizon line

The Historic Pierce Point Ranch,
inside the Tule Elk Reserve at the northern tip of the Point Reyes National Seashore

Tule Elk inside the Tule Elk Reserve
at the northern tip of the Point Reyes National Seashore

Tule Elk inside the Tule Elk Reserve
at the northern tip of the Point Reyes National Seashore

A view through the barn door at the Historic Pierce Point Ranch,
inside the Tule Elk Reserve at the northern tip of the Point Reyes National Seashore

The Historic Pierce Point Ranch
Established in 1858, the renovated Pierce Point Ranch is one of the oldest ranches on the Point Reyes Peninsula and was one of the most successful dairy ranches of its time.

David among the wind-break trees that were planted in the 1860’s at the The Historic Pierce Point Ranch

The Caldron on McClures Beach seen from the Tomales Point Trail with a 300mm lens

The Caldron on McClures Beach seen from the Tomales Point Trail

The view from the Tomales Point Trail looking northwest,
inside the Tule Elk Reserve at the northern tip of the Point Reyes National Seashore

The view looking northwest towards Bird Rock and the Tomales Bluff, seen from the Tomales Point Trail
at Point Reyes National Seashore

Beach-combers espied from atop the ridge, on the Tomales Point Trail

The view looking south from the Tomales Point Trail
The far-distant horizon line is the Point Reyes where the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse is located

The end-stone in the line of granite stones
overlooking Tomales Bay and the far distant Mount St. Helena

A view looking northeast along the 820 foot long row of granite stones along the Tomales Point Trail.
The boulders are aligned to Mount St. Helena in the northeast and run to the cliff edge, pointing to the Farallon Islands in the southwest.
They are named the Spirit Jumping-Off Rocks by the Coast Miwok tribe, who believe when a person dies their spirit walks west.
The rock line is man-made and appears on an 1862 Coast Survey map.
Who placed the stones, for what purpose, and when still remains uncertain.

A detail view looking northeast along the 820 foot long row of granite stones along the Tomales Point Trail.
The rock line is man-made and appears on an 1862 Coast Survey map.
Who placed the stones, for what purpose, and when still remains uncertain.
Mount St. Helena appears in the far-distance

A view of the stones looking west.
They are named the Spirit Jumping-Off Rocks by the Coast Miwok tribe, who believe when a person dies their spirit walks west.
The rock line is man-made and appears on an 1862 Coast Survey map.
Who placed the stones, for what purpose, and when still remains uncertain.

David sitting on the stones at their western end near the coastal cliff

The remains of a young elk, its ribcage turned-back like the wings of an angel.
Last year when David and I visited the stones at this site, we were visited by a herd of about 40 elk.
As they passed us by, one very young calf was limping far behind the rest. It’s hind leg was broken.
I believe this is the remains of the calf I saw (and photographed) last year in July.

In the golden light of the setting sun, the eye of a baby

The view taken while standing over the remains of the baby elk
The stone near the cliff’s edge is the final stone in the 820 foot long row of granite stones along the Tomales Point Trail.

In the setting sunlight, a view of the final stone at the cliff’s edge
This stone ends the 820 foot long row of granite stones.
Who placed the stones, for what purpose, and when still remains uncertain.

A young buck watches me,
near the 820 foot long row of granite stones

Elk cows and calves and the setting sun on a perfect Christmas Day
near the 820 foot long row of granite stones

Three bucks watch me taking their picture,
near the 820 foot long row of granite stones

Three bucks watch me taking their picture,
near the 820 foot long row of granite stones

David and the planet Venus above his head after sunset,
during the long two-mile walk back in the dark to the Pierce Point Ranch