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Mountain Spring IX
Happy Holidays! I’ve been traveling around the East Coast of the US the last week or so and having a great time seeing friends and family. I didn’t intend for the site to take a week off with me – it just sort of happened. My trip has been plagued by failing electronic equipment. First…
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Marin Headlands – Point Bonita Lighthouse
One of my favorite places in the Bay Area is the Marin Headlands. Just a couple of miles North of San Francisco you’re immediately taken to a large relatively undeveloped place. There are some roads, small buildings and hiking trails (along with a pseudo-undercover missle base and old WWII cannon forts, but that’s all for…
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Near the Point Reyes Beach
We took a drive up to Point Reyes Station Saturday morning and ended up on an Elk reserve that I never knew existed. The Elk reserve is on land inhabited by a family who has apparently live there since the late 1800s. Elk all over the place. This is a photograph of their barn. (the…
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Mountain Stream No. 2
Here’s another take on the mountain stream. As I worked my way up-stream I found it more and more interesting. If I go back though I’d wear shoes I could stand in the water with and i’d bring a stop-watch. I had no clock with a second-hand and i’m not so good at measuring 30…
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Mountain Stream No. 1
On the way back down the mountain we stopped for a little while at a mountain stream. I nearly fell in about 4 times trying to stand in such a way that permitted focusing. I made it out with dry feet and all cameras intact. I did manage to nearly fall down a slippery hill…