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 Glass Beach delivered on glass, but it was also low tide, and we had more fun with that. Pudding Creek Trestle And a park in town. Bonus!   We drove down a little more south and checked out the pier in Point Arena.  I love this picture. And the lighthouse.

 With rains in the forecast, we headed south.  First stop, Russian Gulch State Park. We got a cabin nearby at the Caspar Beach Campground. It was a beautiful site.

 Black Sands Beach. Seal Rock. And some more forest from the drive between. I found a four leaf clover!

  Mattole River. And from the forest you drive through to reach the beach. Around camp.

  We should be on the coast by now, Mattole Camp. I'm hoping for a chance to spot some whales!!  April-May is peak season as they migrate from the south into the Arctic. I'll pop in when I can and let you know! Feel free to post whatever crosses your mind or your screen this week.  :-)

The Manzanar National Historic Site. One of ten concentration camps, where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were held from March 1942 until November 1945. The "Soul Consoling Tower," as the kanji characters translate, was built in August 1943 on the cemetery grounds.  Master stonemason, Ryozo Kado, and Buddhist minister, Shinjo Nagatomi, designed it as a permanent tribute to those who perished at Manzanar.   150 men, women, and children were buried here. Most families requested the removal of remains after the war, but six graves are still intact.

  Camp #2 at Robinson Creek. This site is more outside of Bridgeport, closer to home. Another named Twin Lakes. Tomorrow we head south again for some history.