California Gardening: Please share your California mini getaways., 0 by Kell

Kell wrote:
We also went to Hog Island for oysters which is about 10 minutes away from Nick's Cove. Hog island is a destination all to itself.

We go here a few times a year. They pull the oysters out of the Bay and give them to you. You walk 20 feet to a picnic table and open them and enjoy. You can barbecue them or eat them raw. We had brought a whole picnic with sausage and tri tip to barbecue and lots of champagne. We had about 5 dozen oysters. Mostly the small Kumamoto which are our favorite. Hog Island has the BEST oysters!

If you want to go on a weekend you need reservations which are hard to get. It gets booked in the summer 2 months in advance. During the week it is easier to get in.

http://www.hogislandoysters.com/ in general

and The Farm on Tomales Bay
http://www.hogislandoysters.com/template1.php?pageId=1&sessi...

We had friends meet us there. We always have the best time even though that day it was a bit chilly and so overcast.