After a few days in San Francisco I arranged with some of my friends to do a day road trip. Through my travel guide book and messing around with Google Maps I discovered Point Reyes which is around an hour and a half north of San Francisco (or a little more in traffic).
Being a nerd, the main attraction of Point Reyes is that forms a peninsula situated on the Pacific Plate and is visibly separated from from the North American Plate by the San Andreas Fault which runs directly under Tomales Bay.
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After having lunch at the small town of Point Reyes Station we drove out to the Point Reyes Lighthouse. Unfortunately access to the lighthouse was closed due to high winds…
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However, the group of us still enjoyed ourselves on the headland above it.
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We then drove back to San Francisco via the Mt Tamalpais State Park.
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Finally to round the day we briefly visited Google and had dinner at the iconic Californian fast food change In-N-Out Burger.
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