27 May Marin

IMG 7948 Frank's reading material IMG 7950 around the kitchen table in his Fairfax house IMG 1858 planning the day's outing with Christine IMG 1859 it required more than one map
IMG 7951 breakfast at Frank's place IMG 7952 Toni shows up IMG 7953 side view of the house IMG 7954 from another era perhaps
IMG 1860 in the market considering strawberries from the state of Oreganic IMG 1861 some familiar cheeses IMG 1862 parking lot of nature center IMG 7955 from which we will walk
IMG 1864 the crew IMG 7956 stonecrop IMG 7957 quite varied vegetation IMG 7958 from dense woods
IMG 1866 to annual grass prairie IMG 7959 Frank on the trail IMG 1867 the ladies ahead IMG 1868 gaining some elevatoin the typical Marin landscape emerges
IMG 1869 Frank and hills IMG 7960 looking east toward the bay IMG 7961 directly north IMG 7962 poppies
IMG 7963 IMG 7964 on top of Bald Hill IMG 7965 San Francisco in the distance, Pacific fog IMG 7966 more herbaceous detail
IMG 7968 the wide view IMG 7970 the hikers IMG 7971 checking out the view IMG 7972 the herbs again
IMG 1870 descending the hill IMG 7974 the place fairly screamed "California!" IMG 7976 what a beauty IMG 1872 the valley was well wooded and even wet
IMG 1873 an old cabin fence made of split redwood IMG 1874 the woodpeckers had worked over this structure IMG 1875 what cool window finish work! IMG 7977 Oreganic strawberries
IMG 7978 and chocolate for lunch IMG 7979 IMG 7980 and for dinner, we went to Toni's apartment IMG 7981 and her close friend, Ann, joined us
IMG 7983 the main characters in the play IMG 7985 more berries