11.29.2009

marin minitour (day 1 of 3)

Emily and I toured Marin to celebrate thanksgiving and take advantage of the break from normal obligations.
energy densities
We started at the Embarcadero BART and rode across the bridge.

along sir frances
Emily winding her way through the wet forests around Samuel P Taylor State Park. We rode up camino alto on the east flank of Mt. Tamalpais, to connect into Sir Frances Drake to the North. Being Thanksgiving, the small tourist strips around Sausalito and Mill Valley were a bit surreal--there was no typical traffic and all the parking spots were empty. The neighborhoods smelled of the day, as well.

stopped for the night
At Samuel P Taylor, we found this hike/bike site in the midst of a single redwood grove.

sam p campsite in redwood grove
This was the only entrance to our site

redwood grove
Looking up.

sam p campsite in redwood grove
The thanksgiving table. Our meal was interrupted by about 10 hungry raccoons who would climb the trees and peer down at us. You can see the mist in the air in the background, too.

mushrooms
We took a night hike down to the stream running through the valley. The forest floor was covered in mushrooms. I used a headlamp to illuminate this long exposure.


As a sidenote, this marks the first post hosted from flickr. I'm resizing photos before I upload, which allows me to avoid the issues with blurriness endemic to picasa's resizing script. The sharpness and quality of the photography is now as it should be. There are a few photos not shown here, but viewable there, as well.

2 comments:

John Speare said...

Amazing photos as usual. Wow -- what a great way to spend Thanksgiving.

Unknown said...

That camp spot is the best. The one at the very top is nice too.