Perfect day! Clear blue sky, warm sun, calm water. We left Fort Bragg shortly after six, just as a huge orange moon was setting directly in front of us. At first, we thought it was the rising sun, but then we realized we were facing west, not east.
Motored leisurely down the coast all day, enjoying the scenery. Cleared Point Arena precisely at noon, and Roy told me about his diving days there. A big hotel has been built at Arena Cove since Roy was last there.
Passed Fort Ross just before sunset. The full moon was rising in the east just as the sun was setting in the west. We're going to have another beautiful moonlit night. The deep red of sunset suffused the entire western sky, while the moon cast a silver path across the water to the east. The air was so clear that we could see the bright light at Point Reyes 25 miles away! This made setting a course very simple.
We had planned on spending the night in Drake's Bay, but the weather was so beautiful, we decided to keep going. Figured we'd be knocking at the Gate shortly before dawn.
A little after midnight, we reached Point Reyes -- and immediately plunged into pea soup. The light we had seen so clearly 25 miles away was completely invisible at a distance of one mile.
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