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Manchester - May 2024
We revisited our favorite beaches around Manchester, CA, and Hase went to the top of the Point Area Lighthouse.
By Alex on June 6, 2024
A couple of weeks ago, we traveled to Manchester, CA for a three-night trip. It was our fourth time visiting the area as a family. The first trip was in May of 2021, about four months before Mae was born. We came back a second time in July of 2021, then again in October of 2022. Here are some photos from those earlier trips.
With Willie at Greenwood Beach, May 2021. Willie introduced us to the area and showed us the best spots.
Mae had only been walking for a month or so, and she would make a beeline for the ocean whenever she saw an opportunity.
This year, we revisited our favorite spots from our earlier trips. We were a bit more functional, and we spent a lot of time building forts and hunting for seashells and fossils. Hase and Char took a tour of the Point Arena Lighthouse during a special event to commemorate the ten-year anniversary of the area becoming part of the California Coastal National Monument.
At Gowan’s Oak Tree, a fruit stand in Philo. They have a picnic area and a swingset, very handy for breaking up the car ride.
When Hase wears sunglasses, he says “I look like a rock star!“. I asked him to show me his air guitar technique.
This fort on Manchester Beach was built by someone else, but we called it home for an afternoon
Walking to the beach at Schooner Gulch. We were trying to make it to Bowling Ball Beach, but you can only cross between the two if the tide is very low, and it seemed a bit too rocky for the kids to make it. Maybe next time.
Hase and Mae loved standing on the sandy bank of the creek and letting it collapse under their feet
See you soon - we hope you have a great start to the summer!