Easy and spectacular hike around the perimeter road of Angel Island. Around five and half miles, although gets a bit longer if you add a detour or two, and there is something interesting around every corner. Just make sure you don't miss the last ferry back.
(Previously: Mt. Livermore on Angel Island)
Hike starts at: 37.869421, -122.433996. View in Google Earth.
A 4.5 mile out and back hike to Echo Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Start at the Summit Lake Ranger Station, take the short trail to Summit Lake and then follow signs to Echo Lake.
Hike starts at: 40.498228, -121.42711. View in Google Earth.
SONY ILCE-7C 20mm f1.8 1/30s ISO2500
Just inside the mouth of Skull Cave at Lava Beds National Monument in Northern California.
SONY DSC-RX10M4 9mm f16.0 1/125s ISO100
SONY DSC-RX10M4 58mm f11.0 1/200s ISO100
SONY DSC-RX10M4 9mm f11.0 1/160s ISO100
The Sundial Bridge in Redding, California crosses the Sacramento River while also providing the correct time one day a year (the Summer Solstice) assuming it's a sunny day (a pretty safe assumption for Redding).
The New York Times: Opinion | America Needs to Break Up Its Biggest States
I'd rather get rid of the electoral college and have a national, ranked choice vote but this is interesting.
A four mile, 1,400 foot hike into the Santa Cruz Mountains from just above Woodside. The trail is almost entirely under canopy but with a lot of variety and the occasional snatch of a view of the bay as you climb. The Bear Gulch section is very steep in places, if I did this route again I'd try Marker 3 to Marker 11 to see if the descent is more forgiving. Oh, and make sure you have a map or a downloaded route, there are a lot of trails with multiple entrances so it would be pretty easy to get lost here.
Hike starts at: 37.424658, -122.281739. View in Google Earth.
Catfood Earth has been missing a detailed guide since I shut down the Catfood Software web site. That has been fixed with this somewhat epic post which covers every feature of the Windows and Android versions.
Two new timelapses: stars over Columbia State Historic Park and another sunset. I also started working on a longer term project, it will be a few weeks until I get to see if it's going to work.
Hike posts have been upgraded with route maps and a chart showing elevation profile.
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Sunset over the Pacific.
Shot from Pacifica and San Francisco. A low pressure system was flinging some dramatic clouds around but unfortunately no rain.
(Previously: Sunset #6)
Timelapse of stars over Columbia State Historic Park in California.
The video has four sequences shot over two nights. It was a challenging weekend right before the Summer Solstice with a pretty bright moon, but there are some hints of milky way in there. The first and third clips are from a Sony A7C with 20mm f1.8 G lens. The second and fourth are from a GoPro Hero 8 Black which suffered from a few stuck pixels but nice enough overall. Post processed in Lightroom, LRTimelapse, Resolve and Filmstro Pro.
Robert Ellison's blog, I Thought He Came With You, on the Fediverse via fed.brid.gy. Photography, time lapse, programming, politics, hikes and more.
