A series of beautiful black and white images by Napa photographer Joe Burke.
Sonoma Coast Images by Joe Burke


A series of beautiful black and white images by Napa photographer Joe Burke.

A look at posts from Bodega Bay Travel Tips in 2012.

In the summer of 1962, when Richard Clements had just set his sights on 800 acres north of Fort Ross for homesite development and a stone and redwood inn overlooking the ocean, world famous sculptor Beniamino Bufano began work on an eight-story statue — the largest he'd ever done.

40 Years of Fish Tales
April 27 & 28, 2013
Fish Fest Art Contest

President Barack Obama signed an executive order Thursday that will permanently ban oil drilling off the Northern California coast by expanding the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries.
Paul Rogers of the San Jose Mercury-News is reporting that California lawmakers are quietly mounting a campaign to persuade President Barack Obama to protect a 50-mile stretch of California coast along Sonoma and Mendocino counties by the end of this month -- a move that would permanently ban offshore oil drilling there and create California's largest ocean preserve in 20 years.

NOAA scientists and colleagues are installing the first of four long-term “atmospheric river observatories” in coastal California this month to better monitor and predict the impacts of landfalling atmospheric rivers.

Another beautiful image by Regis Vincent. He describes his image by writing "The lighthouse is open daily but closes in case of high winds or bad weather, so call ahead to know if it’s open.

It never ceases to amaze me at the high quality of images done by photographers when they visit Bodega Bay.

A YouTube video that has nice aerial views of the beautiful Sonoma Coast around Bodega Bay.

Here is an image I have seen many times on pinterest.com. So far there have been 32,242 pins for this image. What makes it so popular?

Windy days at Doran Park are great days to go kite flying. In this video Brian's first "real" flight of a Baressi Series REV full vent kite was taken at Doran Beach in Bodega Bay, November 12, 2012. Looks like a lot of fun!


With crab season opening on November 3rd it time to get ready for some great tasting Bodega Bay crab.
More great images of the Sonoma Coast from Too Many Notes on Flickr.