Tag Archives: Margaret Lindgren

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Margaret Lindgren, of Unbeaten Path Hiking Tours, regularly takes visitors to the Mendonoma Coast on a tour of the Point Arena/Stornetta Lands. Recently she took a group during a minus tide.

Minus tide at the Point Arena Stornetta Lands by Margaret Lindgren

The minus tide revealed this bridge. This is what Margaret wrote, “The minus tide has been incredible these past few days. Yesterday was a minus .6 tide and I was astonished at the exposure of the land bridge to Sea Lion Rock during our tour of the Stornetta Lands. Unbelievable! I rarely see it like this.”

Though tempting to walk over to Sea Lion Rock, it is illegal, as it is protected under the auspices of the California Coastal National Monument. The PA/Stornetta Lands are also part of the Monument, the first land-based  portion to be so designated.

For the second time Margaret's clients were Diane Keaton, Sarah Paulson and friends. Here Margaret poses with her guests. Margaret is the one with red hair.

Sarah Paulson, Diane Keaton, Margaret Lindgren and friends, photo courtesy of Margaret Lindgren

Looks like everyone approved of the fun hike at the beautiful Stornetta Lands.

Thanks to Margaret for allowing me to share her photo with you here. To learn more about her fabulous tours, here is her website: http://www.unbeatenpathtours.com/

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Bettye Winters photographed this big breaker off Manchester Beach last week.

Big waves by Bettye Winters

Margaret Lindgren joined in the fun too.

Crashing waves by Margaret Lindgren

Can you almost hear the sound of this wave hitting the rocks?

Thanks to Bettye and Margaret for allowing me to share their photos with you here. Margaret, owner of Unbeaten Path Hiking Tours, was recently featured in an article in the Bend Bulletin about our Coast. You can read it at this link: http://www.bendbulletin.com/home/2398286-151/travel-to-californias-rugged-mendocino-coast#

Margaret's website is: http://www.unbeatenpathtours.com/

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It's fun to see what people do with driftwood that has been tossed on the beach. Margaret Lindgren found this structure on Walk-on-Beach at The Sea Ranch.

It comes with an ocean view by Margaret Lindgren

The bluff access to Walk-on-Beach was closed for some years due to bluff erosion. However it recently was reopened with the trail moved a bit inland. Many are very happy and grateful this trail is back open.

Thanks to Margaret for allowing me to share her photo with you here. To see Margaret's website, Unbeaten Path Tours, here is the link: www.unbeatenpath.weebly.com

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Margaret Lindgren leads hikes here on the Mendonoma Coast. On a hike last month she discovered a rare and endangered wildflower, Supple Daisy, Erigeron Supplex. She found it on The Sea Ranch and I understand there are more of these flowers on the Point Arena/Stornetta Lands.

Supple Daisy by Margaret LindgrenClose-up of Supple Daisy by Margaret Lindgren

I haven't seen this native wildflower yet but hope to see it next year.

Thanks to Margaret for allowing me to share her photos with you here. To learn about the various hikes Margaret offers, here is her website: www.unbeatenpath.weebly.com

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There is a beautiful waterfall on the Point Arena-Stornetta Lands. However several years ago the waterfall "broke." The water no longer cascaded off the high bluff but it found a way down inside the rock. I'm happy to report that the waterfall is once again flowing over the bluff. In fact it is spilling off the bluff in two waterfalls. Margaret Lindgren recently photographed them.

To see this waterfall, which has been refreshed by the wonderful rains we are having this week, go down Lighthouse Road. Before you reach the pay station of the Point Arena Lighthouse, you will see a parking area to the left with a porta potty. Enter there and hike south along the bluffs. The scenery is magnificent there, with a sinkhole.

As you can see by the photo, with our golden retriever, Huckleberry, the sinkhole is huge!

Continue heading south - it might take fifteen minutes or so - and you will come to a seasonal creek. You need to hike down, cross the creek, and then climb back up. Go a little further south and look back. Here's a photo I took some time ago, before the waterfall disappeared for several years. You might be able to see the Lighthouse in the distance.

And below is a look at the waterfall when it fractured and the water went inside the rock face.

I am so glad the waterfall is flowing where we can see it. And because these lands are protected as the first land based part of the California Coastal National Monument, they are preserved for all of us to enjoy.

Thanks to Margaret for allowing me to share her photo with you here. Margaret leads hiking tours here on the Mendonoma Coast. Her website is: www.unbeatenpath.weebly.com