Bolinas, California

Before driving up to Bolinas, we ate lunch at Mandalay, a Burmese restaurant on California Street at 6th Ave. It was only my 3rd time eating Burmese cuisine, and though the previous two time ...

2009-02-14T06:42:15Z

MatMan
Before driving up to Bolinas, we ate lunch at Mandalay, a Burmese restaurant on California Street at 6th Ave. It was only my 3rd time eating Burmese cuisine, and though the previous two time ...

By the time we got to Bolinas, my back was killing me. This is the market where I bought a bottle of ibuprofen. Bolinas sits on the Pacific Ocean just a couple miles off Highway 1 in Marin C ...

2009-02-14T06:42:37Z

MatMan
By the time we got to Bolinas, my back was killing me. This is the market where I bought a bottle of ibuprofen. Bolinas sits on the Pacific Ocean just a couple miles off Highway 1 in Marin C ...

I popped 4 ibuprofens and we walked up the street and around a corner. I don't think either of us really knew where we were going. Bollinas is known locally as the town that doesn't want any ...

2009-02-14T06:42:11Z

MatMan
I popped 4 ibuprofens and we walked up the street and around a corner. I don't think either of us really knew where we were going. Bollinas is known locally as the town that doesn't want any ...

These fellows had just returned with their fresh haul of crabs. The tide was low and rapidly flowing out of Bolinas Lagoon. We continued walking aong the water toward the beach.

2009-06-12T19:42:28Z

MatMan
These fellows had just returned with their fresh haul of crabs. The tide was low and rapidly flowing out of Bolinas Lagoon. We continued walking aong the water toward the beach.

Houses lined the shore of the lagoon, built on stilts above the water.

2009-06-14T02:22:06Z

MatMan
Houses lined the shore of the lagoon, built on stilts above the water.

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2009-02-14T06:42:03Z

MatMan

Several boats sat in the low water of the lagoon.

2009-06-12T19:59:54Z

MatMan
Several boats sat in the low water of the lagoon.

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2009-02-14T06:35:44Z

MatMan

Bolinas Lagoon is a fairly large body of water, with a very narrow waterway where it meets the ocean. The tide was rushing out of the lagoon like a river and creating a turbulent line of whi ...

2009-06-14T02:04:50Z

MatMan
Bolinas Lagoon is a fairly large body of water, with a very narrow waterway where it meets the ocean. The tide was rushing out of the lagoon like a river and creating a turbulent line of whi ...

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2009-06-14T02:18:30Z

MatMan

That's Sutro Tower in the distance - smack-dab in the middle of San Francisco. At 977 ft., it's the tallest structure in the City. And it's perch at the tippy-top of Mt. Sutro (elev. 909 ft. ...

2009-06-14T02:03:02Z

MatMan
That's Sutro Tower in the distance - smack-dab in the middle of San Francisco. At 977 ft., it's the tallest structure in the City. And it's perch at the tippy-top of Mt. Sutro (elev. 909 ft. ...

I'm guessing the collision of currents also stirs up a lot of food. Note the roughly two-dozen birds flying right along the breakwater line (you may need to view this in original size).

2009-02-14T06:44:48Z

MatMan
I'm guessing the collision of currents also stirs up a lot of food. Note the roughly two-dozen birds flying right along the breakwater line (you may need to view this in original size).

Houses above the beach at Bolinas, CA. The beach was covered with shells and interesting rocks. There were lots of beach-combers. And suddenly, we became beach-combers, ourselves. One couldn ...

2009-06-14T02:24:27Z

MatMan
Houses above the beach at Bolinas, CA. The beach was covered with shells and interesting rocks. There were lots of beach-combers. And suddenly, we became beach-combers, ourselves. One couldn ...

Lots of rocks had interesting holes and rounded depressions in them. This one even has a shell that grew in it.

2009-06-12T19:42:50Z

MatMan
Lots of rocks had interesting holes and rounded depressions in them. This one even has a shell that grew in it.

This is just a piece of glass that's been smoothed by sand and sea. I just wonder how old it is. How long would it take to wear down a piece of glass like this? A year? Ten? Fifty? A hundred ...

2009-06-14T02:04:38Z

MatMan
This is just a piece of glass that's been smoothed by sand and sea. I just wonder how old it is. How long would it take to wear down a piece of glass like this? A year? Ten? Fifty? A hundred ...

More rocks with rounded craters and holes clear though.

2009-10-09T04:04:09Z

MatMan
More rocks with rounded craters and holes clear though.

One of my favorite finds. I don't know what it's made of, but this rock is marbled with zebra-like stipes that are oddly symmetrical.

2009-07-13T07:32:41Z

MatMan
One of my favorite finds. I don't know what it's made of, but this rock is marbled with zebra-like stipes that are oddly symmetrical.

A piece of shell.

2009-10-09T03:30:10Z

MatMan
A piece of shell.

More bits of shell.

2009-07-13T07:13:19Z

MatMan
More bits of shell.

Back in San Francisco, we drove to the Cliff House to take a few more pictures. You can see a couple of diners in the restaurant overlooking Seal Rock and the Pacific Ocean.

2009-10-09T03:37:29Z

MatMan
Back in San Francisco, we drove to the Cliff House to take a few more pictures. You can see a couple of diners in the restaurant overlooking Seal Rock and the Pacific Ocean.

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2009-07-13T06:53:59Z

MatMan

The Cliff House, with The Great Highway that runs the length of Ocean Beach in the distance.

2009-10-09T04:23:25Z

MatMan
The Cliff House, with The Great Highway that runs the length of Ocean Beach in the distance.

Looking south from the Cliff House overlooking Ocean Beach and the Great Highway on the western edge of San Francisco. The little red dots are bonfires on the beach.

2009-10-09T03:49:47Z

MatMan
Looking south from the Cliff House overlooking Ocean Beach and the Great Highway on the western edge of San Francisco. The little red dots are bonfires on the beach.