San Francisco had some traffic backup to rival LA, but not quite and we still made it over the Golden Gate bridge in daylight. It's a real treat to be able to experience that after seeing it in so many films and documentaries, it's larger than life and an amazing engineering feat.We struggled for a while to get to the Point Bonita lighthouse where we believed there was a campsite for us to stay for the night. Not an easy task if you don't know the area, we drove around for ages, through Sausilito and other areas north of the bridge until we eventually got to the lighthouse to find there was no campsite. Big hassle as it was now almost night and pitching a tent at night is not my favorite thing.
I had just gotten out the car and looked over the cliff to the beach below when I saw what I couldn't believe I did. A Californian Mountain Lion was walking along the ledge which was absolutely an incredible sight to behold. I had just seen some deer not a couple hundred yards away and now 15ft below me was the elusive Cougar. I ran back to get the camera from the car and came back to get the shot but it was gone. Absolutely gutted..I suppose sometimes it's just better to soak up the moment and forget about the shot.
We eventually found a spot to camp at China Camp State Park and in the dark, pitched our tent amongst the rustling trees and other critter noises. These drunken old men were singing campfire songs and smoking pot all night, trying their best to keep everyone in the camp awake. I was trying to get the fire going and had the food ready on the table and out the corner of my eye I spotted this pair of raccoons trying to get at the corn and steak I had just marinaded on the table. It was really sweet because I had never seen raccoons in the wild before so I couldn't be upset with the damn things for being interested in our food.
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