Hiking Pics
 

A sunny day and my ownership of a digital cam finally collided fortuitously and I got some pics from my hike - I know, who cares? :laugh: They looked really big, so I resized them, but now some were a bit too small - and I left out some good ones that look crappy small, mainly shots of the bay.


Here are the stairs where my hike starts. I've ridden my bike up the hill until that point.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12...tartofhike.jpg

After I climb those stairs, there are three houses next to each other in a row that I absolutely love - they have weird little decks, and small ledges where window/doors open, and tiny cute pathways, and weird roofs, and stuff.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ritehouse1.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ritehouse2.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ritehouse3.jpg

For those of you familiar with the area (?) here is the Claremont - I am on the trail about halfway up at this point
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../Claremont.jpg

Here is a bay shot that looks better bigger - it was hazy over there yesterday, though.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/antisnark/bay1.jpg

The whole thing is pretty steep, but this is the monster, the giant hill right before the top:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12...nark/hill2.jpg

Here's my favorite house on the hill on the valley on the other side - it's glass, and just perched on the steep hill...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12...glasshouse.jpg

Here's the view at the end of my hike, before I go back down the stairs to my bike.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../endofhike.jpg

cool. I've always wanted to live in a place like this that actually had some great scenery. And that house looks like what I've always wanted really...I can just imagine the inside.

Wow. Those are beautiful. How long does the hike take you?

I know, that house rocks. I mean, the whole part you can see is glass. Of course, in an earthquake...not so cool, probably. Especially as the hayward fault is pretty much right there. Still.

I just got my camera, so I don't know all the lighting settings and everything, hopefully I'll take better ones in the future.
Well, it depends on how far on the trail I want to go. Yesterday I went much farther than usual - from house back to my bike it was 2 hours, then about 10 minutes ride home. To get to the top of that big hill...probably about an hour, maybe a bit more, from my house. It takes me about fifteen minutes to ride up the hill, then about 10 minutes to the trailhead...yeah, probably an hour to the top. The trail goes on forever, though. Also, I do pause because it is so steep - but I see people jogging up that ****! :shocked:

Those are really beautiful, Amby! I can't wait until it's warm enough to hike here.

Gorgeous, amber. I know the area well. Was this over the weekend? It was a beaut, although we're back to crap rain.

Thanks, Paula! Can't hike when it's cold? Or is it too muddy like my place?

Yeah, the weekend. I know, It will never stop raining. I've been hella pissed at the break in my weight loss/hiking plan.:mad:
You should come on over for a hike with me sometime!

This is Paula and I when we hike :laugh:

http://www.talisman-activities.co.uk...ges/stormy.jpg

Very cool. Thank you for sharing those Amber.:)

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I was seriously wondering because I like to hike in snow, it's really pretty. Course, I don't live in the snow, if I did I might feel differently I suppose. Old hat and all that.





Thanks, David. :)

you are quite the photog...favs are the bay and the endview
thanks for sharing amber :wavey:

:wavey:
You've gotta be kidding me. I literally never take pictures until right now. In my life I've taken pictures an average of once every 15 years.
I need to read the manual....:laugh: Paula has a nice pic I took in vegas with her camera where my finger is partially covering it. :laugh:

well to me they look great...i mean whats to kid? ;)
i believe ive seen that finger one when posted long ago...
of course my fav is your bummshot...but that was the webcams doing...
altho im sure you had to point it in that general direction...but prolly wasnt hard to miss :shocked: :lol: :D :xoxo:

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Nope, sure wasn't.

I'd love to.

Your pictures remind me that the Bay Area is one of the most beautiful places in the world.

i really like the one in your sig too
is that view from your house or ?

Wow, that's an unbelievably gorgeous blue sky there! It's totally freezing here in the UK and those pics are making me v. jealous :laugh:
I wish I could live in one of those houses too.
Great pics Amber :)

Thanks, Track. That house is my favorite, did you see the weird little deck thing on the roof? Anyways...
That was one of the two sunny days we've had in the past month, so don't be too jealous. :rolleyes: It's back to rain, today.

BTFLCHLD - that was taken about 5 blocks from my house. I got out of Walgreens, looked over, and there was this massive wall of fog rising up from the bay, the biggest I'd ever seen. :shocked: So I had to take a pic.

Beatufiul shot,s amber! I will go hiking with you some day when I go up there!

Sounds great - always trying to get people to hike with me. :wavey:

Ditto exactly whtat Jason said.

I visited San Francisco many years ago and totally fell in love. It's nice to know that you appreciate your own scenery. I'm sure many people take it for granted, though I can't see how.

I do, too - In San Francisco. Not where I live, I think it's gorgeous here. I am realizing that comparitively San Francisco is a beautiful city. Of course I love all the water views of it, and Golden Gate park. I just don't like the concrete bits as much, or the weather.
But also, everywhere I've lived has had really great (IMO) scenery. Perhaps not as dramatic as here, with the ocean and everything....

Great shots of a really scenic area. What amazing views you have there. I'm rather envious! :laugh: Well done Amber. :wavey:

Come on over and go for a hike! :wavey:

Yes, I'm poor in money, but rich in scenery....:laugh: :rolleyes:

Great pics, Amber.....beautiful scenery. It snowed here today. :( :laugh:

:( :laugh: Sokay, it was pouring here.

Right now I'm poor on both counts!! :laugh: Although I think I'm about to start making some money. :woohoo:

But I'll definitely add the "Amber hiking excursion" to my California trip itinery when I eventually get around to it! (along with such great sights as the ChiliD guide to Long Beach bars and Turner Guitars in Santa Cruz) :nod: :wavey:

Nice pics there, Amber. Thanks for sharing.

Now I'm homesick...how I miss my hiking on Mt. Tam. Ooh yeah.

yeah, Mount Tam kicks. I wish I could go over there. :woohoo: Doesn't LA have some nice hiking hills?

That is a great hike, and it is wonderful that you are really making use of your location. I love those views! I have only explored the hills in the East Bay a little, and more around lake Anza. The first time I ventured into the redwoods in Oakland, I was amazed at how remote it felt. Most of the years I lived in the City, I spent a lot of time venturing out to Marin, or hiking in the Presidio, and then towards the end of my 17 years there I found that it took too long just to get out of the City - too many people!

Now that we live in the middle of more nature than City, I find I miss concrete a little.

You are invited to hike here in the Santa Cruz mountains with us any time you like.

Hell no. Generally when I hike, I have the "got to get away from it all" mentality. So the last thing I want to do is hike alongside homes and primed trails. Although I did enjoy the Malibu Canyon...even if it's very dry and kinda boring. I hiked to that area where they used to film Planet of The Apes and M*A*S*H. They even left a decomposing, rusty jeep there. Kinda gross actually. LA can be so trying. LOL.

Nothing compares to the Bay Area and very few places compare the to the garden of eden called Mt. Tam.

Since I'm a new Uncle, I'm up there frequently. My bro lives in Danville. So get ready...I'll drive us (and any others) right to my favorite trail head at Mt. Tam. The Kent Trail is my favorite but certainly the hardest climb and the longest...but amazing terrain changes.

There is another trail I go on often, also terrain changes, and of course drops you right into Stinson Beach. Ahhhhh!!! Then on the way back you hike alongside waterfalls and streams...it's so lush.

You down?

beautiful amber, thanx for sharing, the shots are gorgeous!!!:thumbsup: ~

Did you get a chance to see the plethora of skunks running around, especially at dusk. I have never seen so many of the little rascals in one place. They are pretty used to people, so they generally don't squirt.

Dipsea trail?

I'd love to. When I get a car. I love Marin, but it does take long to get there, especially from here. I really like going over the Richmond/San Rafael bridge, though, it's my favorite bridge here.:) I've never been hiking much around SF - a couple times in GG park, but not to hike so much as get to the beach. I should go over, though, it's pretty darn close. :nod:

No, I haven't, but I haven't spent the whole day there. I am usually anxious to get back down to the cheese board. ;^)

It is really fun to ride through the Presido, and across the bridge!

Really? Will you really? I'd love to go!!! you should pm me when you are coming, I haven't been over to Stinson/Tam in YEARS!!! I used to love to go to Stinson all the time to rock hop, didn't usually hike, so it would be a big treat for me! :blob2: :blob2: :blob2:

YES!!!

Gorgeous. But then Santa Cruz is equally as beautiful.

How long is that San Mateo bridge. I've never been on it but on the map it looks lke its pretty long.