A bit of History about Calle Del Sierra

In the above photo (click it for a larger version), the house closest to the tent cabins was a rental office, while the house at the end of the street was a restaurant.

Until the 1920s, getting to Willow Camp (which was the name of the "town" before it became Stinson Beach) involved taking a ferry from San Francisco to Marin, and then a train over Mt Tamalpais.

The first house on the beach & the rental office (now the 4th house from the beach) are still standing.

Photo circa 1912. Thanks to our buddies at 20 Calle Del Sierra for the opportunity to post this photo.

More Protection for Leatherback Turtles in Costa Rico means more of them coming to Stinson?

Ranging further than any other reptile, leatherback turtles are found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans as well as in the Mediterranean Sea. They've been sited off of Marin County more frequently, since 2006.

Now baby leatherbacks are guarded around the clock across 2 miles of Costa Rican beach by a small army of biologists and volunteers from the Leatherback Trust, a nonprofit group working to save the world's largest sea turtles from extinction.

Recently a leatherback turtle migrated 12,774 miles (20,558 kilometers) across the Pacific Ocean—the longest recorded migration of any sea vertebrate.

As adults, leatherback turtles can grow as long as six-and-a-half feet (two meters) and weigh up to 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms).


Courtesy of the National Geographic.