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Credits
Photos taken on some sort of Canon megapixel digital camera by myself
and David Nabi on January 27, 2002.
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SUNDAY
DRIVE: PALO ALTO TO SAN GREGORIO
Click on (most) pictures to enlarge.
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a frustrating early afternoon of trying to get Palm Desktop
2.6 to work with Missing Sync to work with a Sony Clié
handheld, we decided to skip out on the NFC championship game
and run around the wilds of the Bay Area. Dave fired up the
ol' GS and I hopped in with his shiny new digicam in hand
for a day of neck-snapping turns and nature photography. As
you can see below, we were going through the woods pretty
damned fast. |
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| Dave
sports his fierce driving look as I enjoy the ride over the
windy asphalt of California 84. The center photo, when enlarged,
shows the cool effect that a dirty windshield can have against
the sun. Although it's more fun to pretend that the sun's
raining fire on us. |
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| These
were all taken along the way between Woodside and La Honda
at breakneck speed. Yes, even the detail of the burnt tree
stump. Isn't technology amazing these days? Call me a heretic,
but I'm seriously considering trading in my SLR for one of
these puppies. |
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| That's
the famed Silicon Valley off in the distance. It doesn't look
so high-tech from here, does it? It's a shame what a cookie-cutter
suburbia it is once you get down from the mountains. |
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| It's
pretty amazing how in a span of maybe 15-20 miles, you can
go from lush, canopied forest to tall redwoods, to gorgeously
green hillsides and fields. |
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| Even
the cows can appreciate this on their pasture, lending credence
to the whole "Happy Cows Come From California" dairy
campaign. |
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| A moment
after passing by this barn, we realized we had hit the water.
San Gregorio beach, just a bit south of Half Moon Bay. I'm
sure this fits everyone's image of the California coast. Especially
the used tampon I found upon arrival. Ugh! |
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most noticeable thing about San Gregorio is all the damn driftwood.
Driftwood, driftwood, driftwood! Some resourceful people have
decided to make forts out of the stuff. I guess that's one
solution to the Bay Area housing crisis... Or prison overcrowding. |
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| A pretty
bridge passes over the estuary that runs next to the beach
and into the mountains, but we all know you want to see more... |
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| Driftwood!!!
As you can see, Dave got completely into the wood, in this
reenactment of 17th Century Salem, Massachussetts. But this
funky wood matter can get a little weird-looking up close. |
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| It's
useless to resist the driftwood... There's so much
of it! Some of it in water, even... but not drifting, oddly
enough. But there are other things to check out besides logs
at the beach... |
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| Like
somebody's message of goodwill, for example. Either that or
their plea for some company. |
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| Or little
twigs with enormous shadows. Or simply enormous shadows. And
majestic peaks. |
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| While
there were some beachgoers on a definite path through the
sand, this one person with the waffle footprint was certainly
confused. Wait, those are my shoes! |
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| And
as the sun set intensely like a reverse mushroom cloud over
the horizon, the moon sprang up from the trees, floating in
a purple sky as we arrived back in Palo Alto. A Sunday afternoon
and a memory card well spent. |
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