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A November Weekend on the Northern California Coast

·California, United States·#road-trip#travel#california#autumn#coastline
Ornate white Victorian house with a wide porch and extensive garden, under a bright blue sky.

Spent a weekend in mid-November exploring the coast. The weather was clear and the sky was a bright, deep blue. I started by just walking around town, which was full of old, well-kept Victorian houses and weathered wooden barns that felt like they'd been there forever. There was a unique natural foods store operating out of a former church, complete with stained-glass windows and a rainbow-painted steeple.

Most of the time was spent out on the headlands. The sun was bright and low, making the ocean sparkle. From the cliffs, I could see waves crashing through a large rock arch and watched a small boat making its way across the water. Down at the beach, the light caught the sea spray as the waves rolled in against the sand.

Later, the tide was out, exposing fields of dark, seaweed-covered rocks and still tide pools that reflected the sky. Walking back from the shore, I passed an old apple tree, its branches still full of red fruit, which seemed surprising for this late in the year.

Weathered wooden McCallum House Barn with a large dark window, surrounded by green plants and a picket fence, under blue sky.A red-brown building with a rainbow steeple and "Corners of the Mouth Natural Foods" sign behind a white picket fence.A sunny coastal landscape with rocky cliffs, a natural sea arch, and sparkling ocean water under a blue sky.A large rocky island covered with green vegetation rises from the ocean under a light blue sky, with a boat in the distance.A sandy beach leads to a shimmering ocean with dark, tree-covered cliffs under a cloudy sky.A rocky coastline with tide pools covered in seaweed, large rocks in the ocean, and a partly cloudy sky.A sunlit tide pool area with dark seaweed-covered rocks, clear water, and shell-covered textured ground in the foreground.A tall apple tree with numerous red apples and green-yellow leaves against a cloudy sky.

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