Ayala Cove, Angel Island, San Francisco Bay

Two days and one night spent on a mooring buoy in Ayala Cove, always a tranquil place to be. 

This is part of Angel Island (Quarry Beach Anchorage) , a 750 acre California State Park, facing the Bay Bridge and the City.  We went for a 5 mile hike round the island on the first day on the lower Perimeter Road, and the next day another 5 mile hike all the way to the top called Mount Livermore.  From here you get a view of all the Central Bay.  Angel Island formed the same use to the West as Ellis Island to the East , with immigration stations.  There are remains of old cavalry facilities dating back to the Civil War, Immigration Station from late 1800s and early 1900s, and Nike Missile Site from Cold War times.







After the tourists have left by the last ferry,
the deer come out to nibble the leftovers on the beach,
and you feel you are the only people around.