7.5-mile, out-and-back hike from the northern trailhead of the Lost Coast Trail to the Punta Gorda Lighthouse and back. In addition to climbing the lighthouse, we ate lunch while watching a group of elephant seals on the sandy beach by the lighthouse. They were putting on quite a show, posturing and sometimes even fighting, in their attempt to establish male dominance.

Caution: there is one section of this hike that is impassable during high tide