Tolowa Dunes

The Tolowa lived in this northern California paradise a long time before any pale European faces showed up with their conquering mentality and muskets. Walking through sandy-soil pastureland through patches of shady spruce on to the rolling sand dunes that finally lead to the ocean feels as if you're walking back to a simpler time, when plants spoke as clearly to you as the birds. The St. George Reef Lighthouse is visible from afar, a foggy reminder of men who wish to point the way.