About 3/4 mile South of a place gMaps calls China Ladder is this interesting shoreline with grooved flat rocks at the foot of the cliff, one of them ending in a sea cave.
4983 Groovy Foot
To the right of center is a red “emblem” on the cliff, where rock has fallen away to reveal what’s apparently an iron deposit.
4978 Iron Emblem
Just on the other side of China Ladder is this rocky cliff that to me looks a bit like some bizarre carved pumpkin.
4974 O’Lantern Cliffs
Waddell Beach offers a picturesque wide strand with beautiful views up the canyon, punctuated by those white tracks in the water offshore.
4971 Waddell Beach
This is a popular spot for kite & wind surfers to rip those white tracks, or at least it was on this particular day.
4967 Kite & Wind Surfers
The whole Ano Nuevo area offers another kind of spectacular combining much of what we’ve seen so far, with a scrub dune inviting long walks.
4953 Ano Nuevo Bay
Trails lead along this shore past Ano Nuevo Point to the more serene looking yet perhaps more wind blown Franklin Point.
4952 Rock and Sand
With sandy beaches to the North and low carved rock to the South, Franklin Point offers a panoramic bench amid the hardy colorful scrub.
4948 Franklin Point
