Helen Putnam Regional Park
This week was a wonderfully rainy week in these parts, and my visits to parks were squeezed into breaks in the rain. I primarily re-visited parks that I have already written about, including: Riverfront Regional Park: If you are going to visit now, wear shoes that you are ok getting a little muddy. Doran Regional Park : I visited here twice this week, and the waves were outrageous! Sadly, there were two dead sea lions on the beach as well. Bird walk Coastal Access Trail: I went here with a friend after trying to go to Doran Beach during high tide, and the tides are SO HIGH right now, that there was no beach. The waves came all the way up to the dunes! We walked the loop 3 1/2 times, and we observed an abundance of birds feeding. Bodega Head / Sonoma Coast State Park: I went on an early morning walk here on the day where we were supposed to get the most rain, and there was no one else there! The ocean was rough, the air was crisp, the s...