Sister Weekend, March 23-25, 2018

Renee, Shelly, Ginger, Kathy in front of the school in the movie "The Birds"

This year, the Sisters went to Bodega Bay and stayed at the Inn at the Tides. The theme of this trip was The Birds. All the sisters read the short story by Daphne du Maurier and we watched the movie by Alfred Hitchcock on the first night. We visited the local locations shown in the movie and also hiked some local, scenic trails.
Renee provided two different gifts to everyone, a "Scrabble" t-shirt that spelled everyone's name, and water bottles with photos from previous years!

Friday, March 23, 2018
In the early afternoon, Ginger and Kathy arrived in Ginger's car, Renee and Shelly in Renee's car.
Ginger and Shelly shared one room, Kathy and Renee shared the other.
We hung out at the Inn for awhile, then did a late afternoon hike to the Horseshoe Cove Overlook.
In the evening, we ordered pizza for dinner and watched the movie The Birds in one of the rooms.

Shelly with the sister gift bags

Ginger, Shelly and Kathy by the pool at the Inn at the Tides

The Sisters by the pool

Renee at the Bodega Head parking lot at the beach

looking down at cormorants on the beach rocks, also some seagulls

Video taken by Shelly, click to play

Bodega Head looking south

Bodega Head looking north

trail sign

closeup of the loop trail we did the next day.

eroding sandstone

Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus along the trail

looking back at the parking lot, Ginger's white Prius on far right

picnic tables at the start of the trail, a group was having a party and gave us free wine and cheese

Renee with her styrofoam wine cup

Sisters climbing the trail

Goldfields?

view of the town of Bodega Bay from the trail

view of Bodega Bay

Ginger on the trail

Horseshoe Cove

Bodega Bay boat entrance to the harbor

Bodega Bay harbor

view of road to Bodega Head as seen from the trail

another view of the trail

silouette of Kathy and Renee

Renee enjoying a rest

looking back at the trail

Kathy sheltered from the wind

Renee and Shelly facing the wind

Sisters on the rock

soaring hawk

Black Tail Deer Odocoileus hemionus columbianus

Saturday, March 24, 2018
We had our complimentary, full breakfast at The Tides Restaurant,
then drove to the nearby town of Bodega to see more locations from the movie The Birds.
Ginger and Renee had a quick lunch at Spud Point Crab Company.
We went on an afternoon hike on the Bodega Head Nature Trail.
We soaked in the hot tub and swam in the pool, then had dinner at Bay View Restaurant, an Italian restaurant at our hotel.
That evening we all watched the movie Psycho.

view of Bodega Bay from our breakfast table at The Tides Restaurant

view across the Bay

seagull

Harbor seal Phoca vitulina

closup of Harbor seal Phoca vitulina

young gull on the roof

model of the original Tides Restaurant inside the lobby

view of Bodega Bay and The Tides Restaurant from our room

Potter Schoolhouse

Potter School sign

view of Potter School and church in background

model of Tippi Hendren in phone booth in the town of Bodega

Renee by the phonebooth

Renee by model of Alfred Hitchcock

steaming crabpots at Spud Point Crab Company

order counter at Spud Point Crab Company

buttercups

closeup of buttercups

one of many interpretive signs along the trail

rocky coastline

Douglas Iris Iris douglasiana

closeup of Douglas Iris Iris douglasiana

California Poppy Eschscholzia californica

closeup of California Poppy Eschscholzia californica

California Buttercup Ranunculus californicus

Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata

Creamcups Platystemon californicus

Sisters in the hot tub

fireplace in the Bay View Restaurant lounge

Sisters in the lobby

Sunday, March 25, 2018
We had another complimentary, full breakfast at The Tides Restaurant, where we saw more birds over the bay.
Afterwards, we did a short hike before checking out of the inn.

flock of birds over the bay