Wild sunset the other day

No filter!

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Tidepools + low tide + sunset = magic

Took Rosa to the beach near Bolinas and explored the amazing marine life on Duxbury Reef. Go at low tide!

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Gorgeous sunset at Waddell Creek Beach

Sunset on the California coast at Waddell Creek Beach, the northernmost bit of Santa Cruz County. With Rosa

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Cement ship SS Palo Alto in Aptos, CA

The SS Palo Alto, aka “the cement ship” was permanently docked in 1930 at the end of a pier in Aptos, CA (where I grew up), and served as a resort gambling and dance destination for a year before storm damage made it usable for nothing more than a fishing spot.

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Golden Gate Bridge, August 2007

San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge at dusk, August 2007.

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Santa Cruz wharf evening

Had a lovely sunset dinner at Gilda’s and shopping on the Santa Cruz wharf last night with Rosa

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San Francisco Bay at dusk, November 2008

An airplane flying overhead and a pelican skimming the water below.

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Sunset from Alameda

Sunset last night over San Francisco, seen from Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach on Alameda, with Rosa.

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Swedish meatballs at Sunset

Sharing a romantic sunset dinner of Swedish meatballs with Rosa at IKEA in Emeryville, CA. Can you spot the Golden Gate Bridge?

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Happy Thanksgiving

In 2014 I went to Death Valley for a camping holiday on Thanksgiving and here’s a photo from my first evening there.

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Crescent moon sunset over the Bay

Sunset from Emeryville, CA looking across the Bay toward San Francisco and the Golden Gate.

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Santa Cruz Wharf sunset

Sunset from the Municipal Wharf in Santa Cruz, California, last Saturday night.

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Crescent Moon at Sunset

Taken from highway 35 (Skyline Blvd) south of highway 92, overlooking the coast near Half Moon Bay, CA.

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Golden Gate Bridge at Sunset from Fort Point

I had a few hours to kill in San Francisco so I headed to the Bay and ended up at Fort Point, where I couldn’t resist taking a few snaps with my camera phone. Wish I had had a real camera, but it’s hard to ruin a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset 🙂

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A Life of Sailing

I’ve sailed all my life. My parents owned a sailboat since before I was born. When I was a kid we would take cruises to Monterey or Moss Landing (really the only one-day destinations from Santa Cruz) for a weekend, and occasional day-sails. I’ve always dreamed of sailing off into the sunset, but I don’t think I have the guts to do it…

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