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