19/7: Point Lobos State Natural Reserve is a small, slightly odd but beautiful park just south of Monterey.
The trees in this rugged piece of coastline is an endemic species, the Monterey cypress.
There is something with the wind in these trees, how it is a part of them.
Some of the trees were covered in these bright red orange lichens. It looked queer and mysterious.
I do understand that a coastline like this might seem unfriendly, yes, even hostile. But there is just something about it that attracts me. I can’t really put my finger on it. Maybe it’s the harshness, and how all this life still has managed to live here, on the rocks, through the wind and the salt and the winter storms. It fascinates me and enchants me. Point Lobos is truly a beautiful place.
Katja Malmborg 