Nature (and foods) pix.
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misoraFinally something not Avatar-related.
So last weekend, J and I went to the Pt. Reyes Reserve in Marin. Beautiful nature reserve. There's an 8-mile hike to the coast that we've done before on foot; this time we brought our mountain bikes and it went signficantly faster than last time. (Who would've known? XD) Below are some scenic pics from both the trail and the coast.
The trail. Almost the entire trail is sheltered by trees, making it nice and cool, even in 90 degree summer heat (which we don't have yet, thank god).
There's a lot of water running off from the nearby mountains as well, running to the coast, so it gives the whole area a rainforest-y kind of feel. V. soothing.
The end of the trail, leading out to the coast.
Views from the edge of the cliff.
J gets nervous when I stand at the edge. He's got a fear of heights that he tends to project onto me. But it's actually pretty sturdy, despite the erosion.
We climbed down the cliff (carefully on the other side) to take some pictures of the beach and rock formations. Really pretty stuff.
On the way back we saw some bambis. Mmmm, venison. (jk.)
We finished off the day with some local thai. It took us forever to decide what to eat, because the amount of choices are astronomical. It's like the whole town does nothing but eat. The appetizers below are crab-and-veggie dumplings, covered in tofu skin and fried. Ohhhhh.
J was laughing at me while I was taking these. "Can we please eat now?"
Some pics going over the Golden Gate, on our trip home. I particularly like the lighting effects with this camera when the flash is removed.
Tonight we're seeing "Tainted Love", a cover band that does a plethora of 80s songs (and yes, Soft Cell covers), at the Bay Meadows racetrack with some friends.
Hopefully this will keep my mind off of the spoilers that are sure to start cruising around soon. >__
So last weekend, J and I went to the Pt. Reyes Reserve in Marin. Beautiful nature reserve. There's an 8-mile hike to the coast that we've done before on foot; this time we brought our mountain bikes and it went signficantly faster than last time. (Who would've known? XD) Below are some scenic pics from both the trail and the coast.
The trail. Almost the entire trail is sheltered by trees, making it nice and cool, even in 90 degree summer heat (which we don't have yet, thank god).
There's a lot of water running off from the nearby mountains as well, running to the coast, so it gives the whole area a rainforest-y kind of feel. V. soothing.
The end of the trail, leading out to the coast.
Views from the edge of the cliff.
J gets nervous when I stand at the edge. He's got a fear of heights that he tends to project onto me. But it's actually pretty sturdy, despite the erosion.
We climbed down the cliff (carefully on the other side) to take some pictures of the beach and rock formations. Really pretty stuff.
On the way back we saw some bambis. Mmmm, venison. (jk.)
We finished off the day with some local thai. It took us forever to decide what to eat, because the amount of choices are astronomical. It's like the whole town does nothing but eat. The appetizers below are crab-and-veggie dumplings, covered in tofu skin and fried. Ohhhhh.
J was laughing at me while I was taking these. "Can we please eat now?"
Some pics going over the Golden Gate, on our trip home. I particularly like the lighting effects with this camera when the flash is removed.
Tonight we're seeing "Tainted Love", a cover band that does a plethora of 80s songs (and yes, Soft Cell covers), at the Bay Meadows racetrack with some friends.
Hopefully this will keep my mind off of the spoilers that are sure to start cruising around soon. >__
