After spending the week on Tomales Bay, we backpacked into Drakes Bay, named after Sir Francis Drake who landed here in 1579 on his way around the world. We had very windy conditions all week on Tomales Bay as storms passed by to the north, but when we went backpacking we had perfect weather. Alina saw some sort of whale rising out of the water as we were setting up camp the first night. The area we backpacked into is within the Point Reyes National Seashore and the Phillip Burton Wilderness. From a geologic viewpoint the area is also on a different tectonic plate than the rest of the US. The Point Reyes area is on the Pacific plate and is slowly drifting north grinding against the North American plate.
Santa Maria Creek flowing off of Inverness Ridge and into the Pacific. 
Coast camp. It actually froze our first night there.
Keeping the packstring moving along. The boys are starting to pack more and more of thier own gear.
Hiking in with packs and hands full
Arch on Sculpted Beach
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