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April saw us take our first camping trip as a family. I had taken Harlan to Gerstle Cove by myself in February while Tala was in Beijing for a week. Yes, it was butt cold in February. So April was better.
However, Gerstle Cove -- about a half-hour's drive north from Sonoma County State Beach -- is fiercely windy. The campsite is in a clearing on a gentle slope about a quarter mile from the ocean, so the wind just comes whipping straight in. I was starting to get worried that it would be a chilly night, something that could have had negative implications for future camping trips involving Tala.
I had awoken my long-dormant camp cooking skills and was wowing Tala when the sky began to redden. We were treated to a spectacular, 30-minute long light show. This shot was taken on high zoom about two minutes before the sun dipped below the horizon. The trees are bare because a forest fire started by campers cleared out most of the area a few years back.
The crazy thing? As soon as the sun vanished, the wind stopped blowing. Abruptly, just like that. It was calm the whole evening, and our sleeping bags were more than adequate for the warming task at hand. So a good precedent was set and Tala got on board with the whole camping thing.
