pygmy forest, jagged coast, redwood fern jungle, lighthouse and sunset at glass beach

picture overload from our saturday along the mendocino coast – it was outrageously beautiful!
we hiked through this ^^ to the pygmy forest boardwalk:

it’s amazing how the different soil type allowed for such different vegetation…

check out the contrast in the height of these trees ^^ to the ones along the boardwalk!

they call this giant sinkhole “the devil’s punchbowl” – the coastline had so many caves and fjords!
 
not a bad spot for a lunch picnic in the sun ^^
 
we went back into the redwood jungle to find a waterfall…
 
i loved the surprise color on the underbelly of the clovers along the path!
  
we frolicked through meadows overlooking the vast, vast sea,

and scrambled along the rocks and tidepools

a cute little seal came up to say hi!
 

we collected a lot of seaglass at glass beach during golden hour

and, after a series of unfortunate events, ended up in this icky motel 6 room in ukiah, california.

it was a grand adventure. i love those!