Hiking Pics

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by amber

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....

Wait, where do you live?

[amber]

Originally Posted by jannieC

Wait, where do you live?

Those views are of San Francisco from the Berkeley hills. I live in Oakland, a block from the Berkeley line.

[ragandbone]

maybe we should have a ledgie get-together where we all try to hike in those platform boots (or Lindsey's platform sandals)

[DavidMn]

Very cool. Thank you for sharing those Amber.

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by amber

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.

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
I wish I could live in one of those houses too.
Great pics Amber

[amber]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

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
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. 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. So I had to take a pic.

[Richard B]

Nice pics there, Amber. Thanks for sharing.

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

[amber]

Originally Posted by Richard B

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. Doesn't LA have some nice hiking hills?

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by amber

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

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?

[ragandbone]

Originally Posted by Richard B

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

You down?

Dipsea trail?

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by ragandbone

Dipsea trail?

YES!!!

Gorgeous. But then Santa Cruz is equally as beautiful.

[amber]

Originally Posted by Richard B

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 the 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!!! The on the way back you hike alongside waterfalls and streams...it's so lush.

You down?

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!

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by amber

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!

Absolutely! I'm planning to be up there in April...but will probably be crazy busy (since I've booked myself silly). However, count on May.

My family and friends keep telling me about the constant rain (and snow). Which is good since Mt. Tam will be glorious in late spring. And I do mean glorious.