While driving home from my sister’s wedding in northern California in 2008, we stopped at a place we had stopped in at several years earlier while on our road trip from Vancouver Island to Belize… Ruby Beach, and found it just as mystical as the first time we visited.

A short quarter mile hike opens up to a beautiful vista with a river flowing in from above, which is where the photo here was taken.

Both times we have visited, the fog has been thick and created an eerie but mystical feeling of wandering along the beach where large rock outcroppings rise out of the water just feet from shore.

For anyone visiting the area, we recommend a visit for an hour or two.