A minimalist archive, moments in time.
First stop was the Panama sign on the Cinta Costera, the big multicolored letters along the waterfront park — apparently there's another one out on the Amador…
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A winter weekend in Carmel-by-the-Sea, and Monday morning went to the beach itself. Down the sand ramp at the foot of Ocean Avenue, past the old cypress…
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Started early enough that the floating houses along the river were still mostly dark, a whole neighborhood of them moored in a line with their reflections…
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Christmas Day in Truckee, and the snow actually cooperated — coming down past the windows most of the afternoon while everyone packed into the living room…
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Christmas Eve at the house in Truckee. One of the ornaments out this year is a small brass frame on a chain with an old photo inside — the whole family in…
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Drove over to the Alpine side of Palisades for some early season bluebird turns. Not a cloud all morning, and cold enough that the groomers held up well past…
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Garrapata State Park, a few miles south of Carmel, and warm enough in mid-November that sweatshirts came off before we were half a mile in. The park runs about…
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Drove down from Truckee for a piece of the California Coastal Trail — the Marin section runs 72¾ miles, almost 59 of it on actual trail and beach, and the…
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First snow of the season came overnight, so I went out early to walk while it was still on everything. Not much accumulation — a dusting, really — but enough…
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Walked the same stretch of San Francisco waterfront twice — once in the dark, once in full sun. The first pass ran past the In-N-Out near Fisherman's Wharf,…
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