On the edge of no-where

Lazy days. There aren't too many of those. Even in a stay-cation you are surrounded by the things you should be doing instead of just enjoying each other and where you are right now.

An easy start listening to the wild life, stitching, and breakfast in the sunshine. We headed just a bit north of Jenner to Fort Ross (check one off the National Historical list).

We got there about noon, and while wandering through the informative visitor center (Imagine that!), we overheard that they would be loosing the windmill at 1:00 for an interp. session. This isn't a large site, so we headed down the hill to the Fort and meandered through half the buildings, taking lots of pictures along the way. About 12:55 we hoofed it back up the hill to listen to the session and watch the release of the windmill.

The windmill was built on Russia using the tools and techniques of the 1800's, torn down and reassembled at Fort Ross in two weeks. Most of the time, the blades are tethered to the ground, but once a month they let them spin just to keep everything working. I've got a video, but well have to see if I can post it later.

After they were done with the session, we wandered back to the Fort and checked out the remaining buildings.

Back south again, this time to Goat Rock State Beach which we could see from the deck of our suite. A long walk watching the spray from the waves and a quick fall in the sand while running away from a random wave. Wet pants and its time to go back to watch the sunset from our room.