*** Visit to Gualala ***

California's Mendonoma Coast

August  2006



The Russian-style architecture of St. Orres

Cottage at St. Orres

Moon romances the sun

Strawberry on St. Orres deck



A spell from fishing

Franny's Cup & Saucer

Point Arena, CA

Pair of hearts

Point Arena Lighthouse

Strawberry climbs the lighthouse's 165 stairs

View through lighthouse window

Lighthouse staircase — 115 feet to the top

The lighthouse's First Order Fresnel lens, decommissioned in 1977

This lens is over 6 feet in diameter and weighs over 6 tons!

The new light — a 40 pound aircraft-type beacon

Point Arena coastline

Strawberry enjoys a warm fire and a soft chair

Gualala's wildlife

All photos © 1998-2009 Abe Kleinfeld unless noted otherwise

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