Where I live

[Outdoorsman]

Up front I should say I found this on the 'net. It was taken by a local photog, but the site doesn't specify which one (there's a short list but no single photog is credited with this pic). But I will not take credit for it. I haven't been in a plane for like 22 years. Here's the link to the original site: http://www.redwoodcoast.biz/fototour/lkearl.html
I will, however, take credit for the little yellow dot. Underneath that dot is my house. The whitish blob on the far right is Pelican Bay State Prison. The large bodies of inland water are Lake Earl and the smaller portion on the left is Lake Tolowa. Both are actually coastal lagoons, but they're named lakes. That's kind of how things go around here. The body of water on the far left is Pelican Bay. The Pacific Ocean.
This is only a small portion of my playground. Redwoods to the left, ocean to the right, rivers and lakes and wilderness and trees and more green than you can stand. Whales and egrets and Aleutian Geese and surfers and hot rods and huge salmon and bears and elk and hiking trails and kayaking and long walks picking agates on the beach--- Where to begin? And where do I sign up for that great National Geographic photog job?
Wish you all were here!

[Chunk]

Looks like a great place to live. PM your postal address and I'll send you a Lake Superior agate that I pick up in Mississippi river gravel to set next to those beagh agates. I think I'd like to walk that beach, but whenever I get near one, people keep trying to roll me back in the water.
What ar the distances in the photo?

[Speed]

Up front I should say I found this on the 'net. It was taken by a local photog, but the site doesn't specify which one (there's a short list but no single photog is credited with this pic). But I will not take credit for it. I haven't been in a plane for like 22 years. Here's the link to the original site: http://www.redwoodcoast.biz/fototour/lkearl.html
I will, however, take credit for the little yellow dot. Underneath that dot is my house. The whitish blob on the far right is Pelican Bay State Prison. The large bodies of inland water are Lake Earl and the smaller portion on the left is Lake Tolowa. Both are actually coastal lagoons, but they're named lakes. That's kind of how things go around here. The body of water on the far left is Pelican Bay. The Pacific Ocean.
This is only a small portion of my playground. Redwoods to the left, ocean to the right, rivers and lakes and wilderness and trees and more green than you can stand. Whales and egrets and Aleutian Geese and surfers and hot rods and huge salmon and bears and elk and hiking trails and kayaking and long walks picking agates on the beach--- Where to begin? And where do I sign up for that great National Geographic photog job?
Wish you all were here!

Distances are hard to judfge from 10,000 feet up though. How far are you from the ocean?

[Outdoorsman]

I'm about two miles away as the crow flies. You can hear it at night or on quiet days, a soft rumble. You can tell how big the seas are just by listening to the volume of the rumble. A Lake Superior agate, eh? I've neven been farther east than the Rockies. That might be kinda cool to have a little part of it come to me, rather than the other way 'round.

[Ryguyinlj]

Cool. I bet there would be a wicker sand bar if they popped that estuary. How far from san francisco is that?

[Outdoorsman]

Yeah, you know, that's a great idea- breach the lake! I'll bring that up at the next County Supervisor's meeting.
My map says 360 miles. Not exactly a day trip...