Point Reyes National Seashore

Sarah and I went for a great hike in Point Reyes the other day. We’ve been there many times (for example), but never made it over to the famed Sculptured Beach. The beach wasn’t really any more impressive than any of the other beaches, but we had a great time anyway.

From the right angle, this monstrosity looks like two separate berries:

Continuing an earlier series.

Site #4: boarded up store front, Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA

Sarah and I aren’t huge fans of the people who live in Berkeley. In our experience, they tend to put on a big show about how caring and community-oriented they are. But when comes to actual personal interaction, they tend to be a pretty haughty and seemingly self-centered bunch. We say "Hi!" to our neighbors all the time, but the greeting is rarely returned with anything more than a dismissive nod or a request to not park our car so close to their driveway.

And we’ve never once been invited to one of the neighborhood block parties, only blocked out when we drive home to find our street’s been roadblocked with traffic cones. 🙁

I will, however, give the citizens of Berkeley this: when it comes to throwing things away, they’re very conscientious about allowing their old possessions a second life. (Presumably that was the case here, though the box was empty by the time I got there.)

With a(n off) white stucco wall.

Berkeley’s kinda funny in that most of the residential areas are full of single-family houses with yards but with the occasional large apartment building. The big buildings are, for the most part, peppered throughout the community as opposed to being centralized in one location. You wouldn’t necessarily notice it, though. This building is just a few blocks from my house. I’ve walked past it many times, but only recently realized how big it is.

Just around the corner from my house. Here.

They don’t get much in the way of surf inside the Berkeley Aquatic Park. I have seen people water-skiing though, and there’s a community workshop that leads wooden boat-building classes.

Haven’t done one of these in a while.