Inverness

The Fibershed Wool Symposium was last weekend in Pt. Reyes Station. This is one of my favorite events of the year but this year it was more special because I spent the night in nearby Inverness with other Fibershed friends and we had our second Northern CA Fibershed Coop Board meeting on Sunday. Following the meeting four of us went on an impromptu hike on Inverness Ridge.             This local church was booked for any of the Fibershed group who wanted to spend the night after the long day at the Symposium.

                 It is a great place to stay for anyone traveling in that area.                        This was originally a house that was purchased from the Frick family in 1950 and turned into a church. There is a fascinating multi-level maze of rooms and halls and stairways. This view looks down from the third floor on what was originally the family's living room.

                  I love this dining area, partly because the table is of the same era (at least from looking at some of it's features) as the table that my mom bought and we still use, although this one is in much better shape than ours.

                  I stayed in this bedroom with five other women. There are several bedrooms with different numbers of beds. I think the place can accommodate 36 people.           When I got up on Sunday morning I decided to take a walk before our meeting and headed up a road I found behind the church.                  This is my kind of Sunday morning.

             The road I found led me back down to the main road and Tomales Bay.

It was after our meeting ended at about 1 that four of us set of for a hiking trail.

                                                     It is great when you find open space accessible to the public.

      Rebecca pointed out huckleberries which were still on the bushes, although the normal harvest season was over. I wouldn't have known and would have avoided these unknown berries.

  Stephanie (wearing her handknit Jacob sweater) ate her share as did the rest of us.

            This is a much wetter area than where I usually find myself and there were still signs of the previous night's rain.        Another testament to the dampness were the large slugs that we saw.             The view overlooking Tomales Bay. What a beautiful day we had!               As we were coming back down from the ridge that has a view of the ocean, another hiker   coming up the hill saw our silhouettes and offered to take our photo. This is the view that she saw.

What a great end to an inspiring weekend!