Alamere Falls: Girlfriend's get away

What a great 2 days get away! I was searching for a place to stay in Marin and Smileys pops up with a listing on Airbnb. I checked the reviews and the place seemed so cute with a lot of good comments! Even though Bolinas is only 12 miles north of San Francisco, it is a town that many people have not heard of and with a little google search, I soon understand why.  

“The town Bolinas is known for its reclusive residents, it’s only accessible via google maps, since the sign 2 Bolinas has repeatly torn town by local residents”

So the 3 of us head out, gas up and got our sandwiches at Rolling Out in SF,

pass the beautiful Golden Gate. Every part of our outing is adventurous.

We were suppose the hike Alamere Falls this morning, but plan changed when we couldn't get there in time so we decided to do Mount Home Inn to Muir Woods hike.

We got kind of lost on Lost Trail lol. 

Lots of redwood trees, stairs, bridges, and creeks later, we arrived at Visitor’s Center.

We had our lunch there but were attacked by bee….

After our lunch, we head back up to Mount Home Inn and decided to have a cold drink to reward our 6 miles hike. P.S. We saved $10 admission by going to Muir Woods from Mount Home Inn.

We checked into Smiley’s Schooner Saloon and Hotel. The room was comfy and clean.

After a short rest, we went to explore the town of Bolinas.

We stopped by the museum and it was closed, so we went next door to the wildlife gallery, there we learned about hummingbirds, then we stopped by Bolinas Gallery, saw some oil painting, I liked the Stinson beach outlook.  Then we walked to Bolinas beach.

That night, we ate at the only restaurant in town, Coast Café, which is across the street. We had gumbo, rosemary chicken, and caprese. Food was excellent!

Then we checked out the kitchen and the lounge area. Next time we would be more prepared to use the kitchen.

That night, we checked out the Saloon since we got a coupon for free drinks. The bar had nice live music and the bartender give us kumbucha, yum!!!

The next morning, we woke up with a lovely cool coastal fog. Even though the only restaurant is closed on Monday, there were other options to food. We stopped by Natural Food and had the best chai. Then grab a banana bread and sandwich to go at the café for our Alamere Fall hike

On our way to Alamere Falls, there were so much fog that it looked so mysterious J

We arrived at the trailhead, on the way to the waterfall, we got some tip from the hiker: 8.5 miles if you use the shortcut, 14 miles if not. After we found out about the short cut, there was no reason to go to the regular trail.

 We found the short cut that looks like this...

Only thing we had to watch out is poison oak.

Finally arrived at the waterfall!!!

Alamere Fall is a rare “tidefall,” a waterfall that flows directly into the ocean.

It was hard to climb down, but we did it!!!

 Then we had lunch and it was time to head back. The fog burned off, so we were able to see Bass Lake on the way back.

 Beautiful hike, totally worth it!!!

On the way home, we stopped by Stinson Beach overlook. We will be back next time, there are so many more trails to explore.