Mendocino and More

Today was as unswervingly sunny as it has been most of the previous weeks. As though the fact that it had rained and been miserable the previous three days was a trick of your own mind. We packed a picnic and we set off the the 'must see' town of Mendocino, which is described in the tour guides as 'an eclectic' collection of Victorian houses, art boutiques, coffee house and cafes nestling in the protection of the southerns slopes of a hill, on a cliff top above a blue water bay.
Unfortunately we drove straight past it on the road, as it was so small, however that gave us the chance to see the town from the South, as well as some surfers in the bay. The town is very pretty and comprises almost completely New England Style clapperboard houses, mostly because the first settlers were lumber people from New England, who had to sail all the way round Cape Horn to find a rocky coast like theirs back home. It is so New England that the U.S. T.V. Series of Murder She Wrote was filmed here. As was parts of Karate Kid III.
We had a lovely time wandering round just looking, then we stopped off a the Mendocino Cafe for lunch. Sally had a Beef Pot Roast, while I had mussels and a burger, very nice. Very Eclectic.
After lunch we ran into our next door neighbours and stood and chatted, also watching a very friendly hummingbird.

We drove slowly back along the coast to the Point Cabrillo Light Station, this is a fascinating light station built in 1909 to protect this rocky coast for the lumber ships. Lovely view of the sea and coast in either direction.