On the Visitor's Center wall.

Young deer (a yearling?) just above the roadside. He's in a shady spot but not particularly protected. He must be plenty accustomed to people walking by.

Polypodium scouleri (leather-leaf fern). These were growing right out a bank along the road. I've not seen these often and always before on bark, not soil. They were on the cypresses above too, a more expected setting. I'm not the first to note these: there is collection record from right here, dated 1900.

Southeast Farallon (left) and Maintop Island (right, barely separate) were clearly visible on the horizon. I've seen these several times before, but Karen hadn't. This was maybe her second or third view of them.

More interesting for me were these, the North Farallons. I'm not sure I've seen them before. If so, certainly never so clearly. They are closer to Pt. Reyes than my usual Farallons viewing points on Mt. Tam above Stinson Beach. And it was a clear day out there.

The lighthouse, with its 300+ steps. We opted not to go down today.

Lots of people down there today.

There's a little bit of the park staff housing up here and it provides an almost oddly domestic scene with the picket fence, hydrant, and propane tank ... and a view to die for when the fog's not in.

We saw this fellow on the road while heading back to the car. Video below. I'm pretty sure this is a hawk (a buteo) and probably a red tail, even though he doesn't have a red tail.