Pescadero, CA

Last Monday, Cole and I went on a mini road trip to Pescadero, CA. It's about an hour south of San Francisco, and taking Highway 1 offered us gorgeous views of the ocean. Cole's pretty game for road trips, and I usually don't tell him where we are going until halfway to our destination. Sometimes I just don't even bother telling him. He's so trusting.

"Where am I..."

Our first stop was Harley Farms. They are Blue Ribbon winners for their goat cheese products and from the amount of samples we tasted, we agreed that it was worthy of those ribbons. We picked up two rounds of cheese and their goat feta cheese.

No farm would be complete without a friendly cat.

After we grabbed bread from the local grocery store, we drove 5 minutes down the road to see the tallest lighthouse on the West coast. Fun Fact: It was made with cast iron and not steel. Cast iron absorbs water, so over the years most of the structure rusted and started to fall apart.

Even the 3D sign is rusted

Facts for your face!

I enjoyed learning that a ship from Boston had a hand in the name.

You can see at the top there are missing iron chunks from the cornice. They started falling off in 2001, so the lighthouse is gated off for obvious safety reasons.

The 2,000 pound Fesnel lens is 16 feet tall! It was moved once they realized the lighthouse was falling apart.

Our snack

Our view

We headed back into town for a quick lunch before heading back to the city. If you're ever in Pescadero, go to Duarte's and get the half and half soup. The waitress recommended it, and I was so glad we went for it! It's their artichoke soup mixed with the green chile soup.

Pigeon Point Lighthouse is registered as a State Historic Park, so funding has started to repair the structure. The lighthouse is still functioning, but bringing it back to it's glory days would be a treat.

xoxo,

Melissa