A winter tradition is to get out to Coastways ranch up the coast and harvest a bucket full of fresh organic kiwis. I was feeling a little sore from yesterday's run up to UCSC so instead I popped the bike into my car, drove up to Coastways, and then to Pigeon Point, where I started a shorter ride.
...for the kiwis! |
Ano Nuevo and cypress |
...reminded me that Maverick's Surfing Competition was starting tomorrow a few miles up the coast. |
Pescadero Marsh State Park - perhaps a good place to kayak some time. From Google Earth is looks interesting, if the water is deep enough. |
Stage Road is a favorite of Bay Area cyclists, and I saw many on this sunny day |
Late lunch - a kale and avo sandwich on sourdough - overlooking the Pescadero Valley |
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From the top of Bean Hollow Rd |
Bean Hollow Reservoir is a good alternative for a local kayak afternoon, for seeing migrating birds in a quiet place |
Thunderous big surf this weekend, frame this couple |
Pelicans surfing the big wave big air |
Sunset in the stratified air above a cold ocean... |
...can produce broken sun inversions, and the "green flash". I pushed the shutter maybe half a second too soon here, but the middle fragment is turning emerald green |
