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SF Golden Gate, some pics from Yosemite, Black Widow spider, then a bird on Alcatraz that tried to attack me for getting too close to its chicks. I didnt even see them, I was trying to take a pic the other way, but he deserved a good pic. I also went to see the Yankees play the SF Giants at AT&T park, saw Barry Bonds hit #749, actually caught it on video, that ballpark is resembles more of a hotel than a ballpark. Overall awesome time, and if you have not seen Yosemite, plan on doing it before your time on this Earth is through. It is surely not to be missed.
Glad you had a good time. :icon_biggrin:Ca is awsome. I was born in SF and lived for about 8 years not far from the bridge. Always foggy. Did you walk the bridge? Spent most of my life in the bay area. Silicone Valley. How was the traffic in Yosemite? Used to be so filled with smog that they would buss you in. Hope it's not that way now.
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Wow that was totally worth the 15 minutes it took to download the pics on my 56k! Glad u had a good time there. ;) I definitely wanna visit California someday.
Unfortunately I was not willing to walk the bridge, for some reason I hurt my left ankle earlier that day and was limping for the last few days of the trip. No matter the amount of anti-inflammatory I took it just wouldn't go away. I have been to the bridge before but never walked it, someday I will go back and do it.
Standing on that bluff there, there was an airplane flying over the open sea toward us, it's shadow was huge on the water and it looked like there was some sort of huge marine animal swimming at the surface, I wish I had taken a picture but didn't fire the camera up fast enough so I lost the shot.
We saw the Yankees play last Friday night at AT&T Park in SF, the only game in the series that they won, and I got to see Mr. Bonds hit HR #749, I even captured it on video. SF is nice but a little too busy for me, I'd really like to live in the areas surrounding the park and reserve, its such a beautiful area and still seems like there is some culture that hasn't been destroyed by the fools in Los Angeles. The park was beautiful, no smog, all sunshine, 97 degrees in the valley, but on Glacier Point it was about 60*. Big difference in a 20 minute drive to the top!!
They have actually rumored that the park might be shut down to tourist type groups and much more regulated, which I partly agree with, but apparently it goes against the initial intentions of the people that discovered it years ago. But, given the things that I saw, such as a Milky Way wrapper sitting on the ground near Bridal Veil Falls, I think it may be time to re-analyze those intentions, because the people are different now then they were back then. Some people are just unable to appreciate things, and this park is truly a gift from a higher power. The most beautiful place I have yet to see on this Earth. Such an amazing opportunity, something I will never forget.
I am going to go back and camp and hike that park someday, someday soon before this ankle limits me even further. I'm getting old, and arthritis is imminent. :icon_cool: