Gray Whale Cove!
When it is 85 degrees in SF, you must go to the beach!
We discovered this spot with our kindergarten group on an adventure the week before, and it was so amazing and empty we had to come explore it again with the preschoolers! The fun (read: slightly terrifying) part about getting here, is you have to park across the highway (in a bumpy and rocky dirt lot with the bus!), and then find a gap to run across and then hop the guardrail to find the trail. Thankfully our bright green matching tie-dye, and adorable faces usually make all cars stop to happily watch us pass.
Once across, the views below are breathtaking!
And there were quite a few dramatic and creative ideas the kids came up with for how we should get down!
But it doesn’t stop there. As we make our way down the trail (with everyone laughing that Teacher Becca forgot to put her shoes on when we loaded up!) we found some cool climbing trees on the cliff and a swing that overlooks the cove. Once we made our way further down the trail, we came to a large set of stairs that led all the way down to the beach. There was a small river to cross, and the fast stair climbers explored the pond a bit, before running onto the beach and the waves.
We loved playing and running through the waves, searching for mussel shells (the kindergarteners had shown us some of their collections from this beach), building castles, and climbing the rocks. We also has some fun digging holes close to the water line, watching them fill up to makes “pools,” and jumping in them!
