Lucine Luna of Windsor paused along a trail in Jack London State Historic Park on Friday, gazing at part of the 1,400-acre Beauty Ranch once owned by the famous author.
“The colors of the vineyards are just — wow,” she said, observing the post-harvest red and yellow grape leaves adorning a slope. “That’s why we’re here.”
Luna and her daughter, Kathryn, were among the thousands of folks who opted to feast their eyes — for free — on Mother Nature’s cornucopia a day after feasting on Thanksgiving turkey.
The Lunas claimed two of the 13,000 parking and admission passes offered online in the inaugural Green Friday promotion co-sponsored by the California State Parks and two nonprofits, the Save the Redwoods League and California State Parks Foundation.