Some cows we encountered on recent trip to Tomales Bay. Not only did these ladies all have matching earrings, many of them had white hearts on their foreheads.

Continuing yesterday’s theme: more thistles!

Last weekend, Dad came out for one last visit before we move. We went kayaking in Tomales Bay. Click here
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We were feeling like two sacks of shit the other day. It was rainy out and it looked like our only option was to sack around at home and watch "It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia." Fortunately, Sarah had the gumption to suggest and convince me of going on a hike in the rain.

After some quick internet research, we settled on Briones Regional Park out near Walnut Creek. It rained pretty hard for much of the hike, but we had a lovely time anyway. I got to pet a cow!

I applied for a lot of jobs before somehow managing to land the position of my dreams at SUNY Potsdam. And a lot of job applications means a lot of rejection letters. Some were terse. Some were dismissive. Some were encouraging. But this was the nicest rejection letter I’ve ever seen!

Almost back to the car on our Point Reyes hike, we encountered a gigantic puddle that blocked the entire trail. Sarah went for the wet-grass-and-shallow-water road on the right. I opted to go left and follow some precariously rocking logs laid out as bridges by previous hikers.

Both paths came to a wet end.

Sarah is not pleased that this (gigantic) mussel shell is larger than her head.

Walking back along the water from Sculptured Beach the other day, we noticed a big cutout in the neighboring cliff. Naturally we went in for a closer look! The mouth of the topless cave was just small enough to fit inside the frame of a single picture.

Sculptured Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore

After walking along the beach at Point Reyes the other day, we cut inland to head back to the car. Soon after doing so, we saw an incredible old eucalyptus tree with a rope swing dangling from it:

We were tired, but it was irresistible.