Week 31: Vacation slides

What I Did On My Summer Vacation:


We went to Alcatraz (and they even let us come home again).


We watched teeny tiny GoCars and great big 12-passenger Patriarch Vans (and most everything in between) drive down Lombard Street.


We visited the Golden Gate Bridge, and Fort Point, which is right underneath it.


And we took plenty of touristy pictures.


"WHERE did I put my bridge?"


So that was Thursday and Friday. On Saturday, we borrowed Trudy and Henry's Pathfinder (thanks!) and drove down the coast.


Getting there was a little slow, since part of Route 1 is closed, but we got to look at a lot of cool scenery.


Once we got to the coast, things got moving.


We stopped at several little beaches along the way.


We climbed on big rocks...


...and skipped little rocks.



We played with big waves.


Then we got to Henry Cowell Redwoods National Park.


Which was, of course, amazing.

We went on an equally amazing night-time ride through the park on an old narrow-gauge railroad, but didn't take any pictures. You'll have to take my word for it.

On Sunday, we saw a movie; then we drove up the coast to explore and have dinner.


It would hardly be a summer vacation without a visit to Vermont.


After dinner, we got some final beach time in. It was a great weekend.

Week 30: Too busy!

Adam is still here, and I have a rush project for work that I'm trying to squeeze into my spare moments.

I'll post lots of San Francisco touristy photos next week to make up for it.

Happy anniversary, Mom and Dad!

Week 29: Dogsitting

This week I hung out with Mikey while his family went to Pine Mountain. (This picture, obviously, is of Charlie doing the hanging out -- it's from a few years ago.)



Next week should be more photogenic, since I'm planning touristy stuff.

Week 28: Independence Day and more travels

Last weekend, I went to visit Adam!





We went to Ken's birthday party.




We saw fireworks... (and played poker and watched a movie)...




... with Alex and Sreeja and Lauren.




Today I am having a piece of quiet and photo blogging. Compare these two pictures. What's missing in the one on the right?

Hills! It's so foggy today, I can't see the hills at all.

Week 27: Travels

This is Adam's car. It has taken us many places this weekend, most notably home from the airport and to and from New Jersey. Traffic was horrible. The Management appreciated not having to drive on this trip!



This is Palo Alto Station (on the Caltrain line), which I saw for the first time on Friday on my way to San Jose Airport -- I've never been south of San Bruno on Caltrain, since my monthly pass is for Zone 1, and San Bruno is the end of Zone 1.

Below is a map of the Caltrain system, so you can get a slightly better idea of what I'm talking about. As always, you can click on it to get a bigger, more legible version.





This is more fog rolling in over the hills in Zone 1. :) You can see my camera reflected in the train window -- it was dying for lack of battery when I took this, so I didn't get a chance to take a better shot.



A while ago, Adam asked me to post a picture of one of his favorite sculptures, Large Boxing Hare on Anvil by Barry Flanagan. Here it is! It lives in the sculpture garden on the Hopkins campus.