This trip actually has no connection with astronomy or teaching whatsoever... but hey - it was an adventure and I want to preserve it in cyberspace. So here goes.

Steve Krueger, my long time UCLA Sierra Club friend, is a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Utah. We have been on many kayaking trips and I suggested this one as a good way to celebrate the end of the semester. After an unusually profitable stock trade early in the week, I went to Adventure Sports and finally bought my own kayak - a Perception Monterey. The plan was to stay at the hostel at Pt. Reyes, kayaking Tomales Bay on Saturday and then kayaking again on Sunday in Limantour estero below the hostel. During the days before the big weekend arrived, the weather predictions had deteriorated from "clear and dry" down to "20% chance of rain" a day before we left. Extrapolating the direction usually gives the best guess, and it looked grim. And it did in fact rain all weekend. So the photos below may be a bit....moody. The title photo above was taken by Steve; that's tiny me, just right of the little island in Limantour Estero.