Fort Baker and the bridge

A couple of picture of the Golden Gate Bridge from the Fort Baker vantage point.  Fort Baker is on Marin side of the bridge.  Once on that side, go to the bay side and not the ocean side.  Going there in the morning would be nicer, I happen to get there as the sun was getting ready to set.

I just happen to see the Crystal Serenity coming into SF.  Big boat.  Another shot was the helicopter tours that fly under the bridge.  This one happen to fly under right after the Serenity came through.

Above Fort Point

Again this was a day of firsts, this was the first time I walked part way across the Golden Gate.  I had not planned on even getting on the bridge but I had the time.  Thus to start, I took several pictures of the structure itself.  I like the angles, rivets and the solid look of these beams and from Fort Point one can see them up close.

Walking from Fort Point to the Bridge, these two pictures gives you the perspective of how the Fort and Bridge are situated to each other.

Now onto the Bridge.

Now some pictures of the San Francisco tower.  Warning attempt to be artsy.

This last one, Alcatraz through the Golden Gate cables.

Day at Fort Point

January 2015:

Fort Point San Francisco.  The day starts like most days in San Francisco cool and foggy.  This is not my normal location since I tend to haunt the Marin side more but my wife and daughter had things going on in the city and I decided to head to Crissy Field to look around, thus the wandering to Fort Point.  At first I could not believe I have missed this place but upon talking with my wife, it seems that I have forgot about it.  She said that we had visited it many times.  Ok, now I am feeling old.

Anyway here a few pictures from Fort Point and the area.  This would be a few nice trip for anyone who is inclined to do some photography.

Here is an artsy picture of the chains guard rail that I parked at.  Ocean spray does wonders.  This second picture is down the hallway of the barracks.

Since the Fort sits right under the San Francisco side of the Golden Gate Bridge, you would be hard pressed to find an area where you would not get a picture of the bridge also.  The lighthouse at the Fort and the Bridge structure.  Oh and fog.

This view from on the Bridge looking down on the Fort will give you a perspective of the civil war fort.  The wall cannon placement and the second picture is of the lower cannons which faced the bay.

The fort also offered a good opportunity to do B&W.  Here are a couple shots followed by one of the Golden Gate.

View of the Golden Gate from the Fort.

Was going to post the Bridge picture here but I think that will be the next post.

Marin and other photo outings

Here is a few places that I visited over the past couple of weeks.  I think my daughter would love to visit most of these places.

First off was Kirby Cove in the Marin headlands by the Golden Gate Bridge.  Here I was trying to catch the sunrise.  See my previous post about the timelapse, but here are a couple of sunrise pictures.  The second one was from my iPhone.



Here are a couple of other pictures from Kirby.  I think the swing on the beach is nice.  (Too bad I goofed the picture but I think I'll have another chance.)



Later that day, here is a picture from Mt Tam. and Alpine Lake and how low it is.



Here again was from Fort Baker plus a strange looking crab.



Here are some pictures from Mt Diablo.  This was a couple of weeks later and again I think my daughter would love climbing around on the rocks.  There certainly was a lot of kids on the rocks.



This shot shows how the fire line was created during last years fire on the mount.

Last, here is Point San Pablo and The Brothers (bed and breakfast).

LA 2013 Endeavor

We finished up the year by staying in LA for a few days.  Many things to see but we just did a couple of them.  Actually tried to do some other places that we normally do not get to.  (Well it mostly worked.)  Also I think I will break this into three different posts to try and keep the number of pictures in each down.

First off we, mostly I, had to go see the Endeavor at the California Science Center.  We saw the Enterprise when it was at the Air and Space Museum in DC.  The Enterprise was nice but this one was actually used.  Anyway, the setup is very nice and they have it in a separate building which they limit the number of visitors to.  They do this via free tickets and a time schedule.  This makes the viewing and access a lot nicer.  (You just have to remember to either stop in at the ticket counter to get IMAX and Shuttle tickets or get them online before you go.)

To start, they have a static display for the shuttle or space living.  Here is a quick photo of a set of tire.  I would guess they are a one time use item.

Now for the shuttle.  Here is what you see when you first walk into the building.

Here are a lot of general pictures of different aspects of the shuttle.



This picture make no sense, well it does in a very limited sense.  (There is probably a very small window of time in which this option could be used.)

Also here was some damage, not sure if this would have been from the move or from the last use.

Also at the Center is several other space and science related stuff.  Here was Felix Buamgartner capsule, I think this was only a replica.

Lastly a shot of the Endeavor as it flew over the San Francisco area.