This is probably a first. Posting the pictures within 48 hours. Yeah.
This weekend was so nice that I had to get out and about. First I ended up going to Pt Reyes and noticed that tide plus waves where coming almost to where we hold our annual beach picnic. I only really expect it getting that high during storms.
Being such a nice day, I ended up in Bodega for a late lunch.
Then on Sunday I headed out to Half Moon Bay. Not the weekend to go there since Mavericks happened on Friday, there seemed to be a lot more people around. Also it was Valentine's Day, thus it seemed many more people where about. First I visited Montara Beach where I caught this guy surfing. He was waiting so long out there that I almost missed his ride. Actually he rode this ride all the way into the beach.
Here is the surf sequence.
Now came Devil's Slide. This is the section of Hwy 1 where they built a new tunnel bypassing a troubled section of the highway. Both sides have a parking area and the old highway is now a hiking path along the coast. It's a short 1.5 mile hike. The first is a bridge leading to the tunnel.
Since the traffic was stop and go, I took a quick picture out the sun roof. Just reached up. The wide-angle lens gives a neat perspective.
Devil's Slide hike.
Old lookout stations.
Now for the fun thing. I happened to be at the right angle to the sun and wind was whipping the waves into a mist, creating a rainbow.
Now for the spring picture. I guess it has come, our pine trees are releasing pollen. I saw the pollen cloud but could not get my camera quick enough but you can see the result when I stepped out on the deck to get the picture. People normally do not believe me when I say the cars turn yellow in the spring. (This is just one day and it is a good thing that non of us have allergies but I would hate to try and guess the pollen count. :-)
