Point Montara Lighthouse Trip

Back in February we purchased a Lighthouse Passport when we visited the Point Pinos lighthouse in Pacific Grove. Basically when you visit a lighthouse, you get a stamp (or sometimes two!) in your passport. It's been fun to visit several lighthouses in the area in the last couple of months. I love history and old buildings. Lighthouse properties are typically well maintained and offer free or low cost museums.

So far we've visited Point Pinos, Santa Cruz, Pigeon Point, and last week we visited Point Montara.

Point Montara Lighthouse is actually really small. Apparently it started off in Maine, and was auctioned off to a ship captain. No one is quite sure how it came go be at this spot, but it's unique to Northern California. 

I LOVE this lighthouse keepers house. I would live here now and never leave. The property is lush with organic landscaping and I absolutely loved it.

They aren't kidding. It drops off right there and goes waaaay down. 

After exploring the area and getting our stamps we headed to Pacifica where the weather was much warmer and we had a picnic. We are living in an apartment in San Jose right now so the kids need to stretch their legs and run wild. We try to oblige as often as possible.

It was a great day trip! We are loving living so close to the ocean!