On the Beach with Sylvia and Turing

Just back from hike-in camping with my wife, Sylvia, at the Point Reyes National Seashore Coast Camp. It's a two mile hike in, not too bad, and you end up in a site right by the Limantour Beach. I never manage reserve campsites in advance—it's just too big a hassle and too much thinking ahead—but if you show up at the Bear Valley Visitor center shortly after 9 a.m. on a weekday, you can normally get a site. Not that managing this is easy, but every couple of years I can.

When I visit...