[Pix] Roadtrip!
Mar. 28th, 2010 01:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jon_chaissonAnd I didn't have to drive this time! :)
Emm's parents were in again this weekend for another visit before heading out at the crack of dawn this morning, so they treated us to a nice drive. We met up at the farmer's market at the Ferry Building, where I was bullied by the nice people at the Alfieri Farms stall into buying some Aspen Mint powdered-sugar-coated, chocolate-covered almonds (OMG YUM). Highly suggested you buy stuff from them. :)
Anyway...it was a gorgeous sunny day and from there we drove over GGB to points Marin. We stopped Muir Beach Overlook again where Emm and I went last year.
A view of San Francisco from the Lookout. That's Sutro Tower to the left, and to the far right you can just about make out the Seal Rocks and Cliff House--we're about a mile or so from there, behind that wooded hill.
Looking northward towards the Stinson Beach area, which is far off in the distance there.
And if that wasn't enough, we drove further up Route 1, past Stinson Beach, to Point Reyes. Quite the drive, but very scenic and purty. Most of this area is National Park land, so it's relatively quiet with a lot of small towns poking up here and there.
Best shot ever:
Great Beach, looking north from the lighthouse area. That's a good couple miles of coastline, really, and this picture can't do it justice...you have to be there to soak it and the surrounding area in. It is open to the public, but I didn't see anyone that far down...the two public beaches are about halfway up.
Artier shot, with a lookout bench:
Same bench, looking out to sea:
Looking out to sea. The Point Reyes Lighthouse is right on the other side of these rocks, but I thought this shot looked quite nice. :)
Here's the lighthouse...a lot smaller than I'd expected!
And a close-up of it:
Last pic: precipitous cliffs? Yeah, just a little bit. ;)
By the time we got back it was just in time for dinner so after a good fifteen minutes or so of circling the neighborhood for a parking spot, we stopped around the corner at India Clay Oven for dinner, and saw Emm's parents off afterwards.
So yes, busy but fun day! :)
Emm's parents were in again this weekend for another visit before heading out at the crack of dawn this morning, so they treated us to a nice drive. We met up at the farmer's market at the Ferry Building, where I was bullied by the nice people at the Alfieri Farms stall into buying some Aspen Mint powdered-sugar-coated, chocolate-covered almonds (OMG YUM). Highly suggested you buy stuff from them. :)
Anyway...it was a gorgeous sunny day and from there we drove over GGB to points Marin. We stopped Muir Beach Overlook again where Emm and I went last year.
A view of San Francisco from the Lookout. That's Sutro Tower to the left, and to the far right you can just about make out the Seal Rocks and Cliff House--we're about a mile or so from there, behind that wooded hill.
Looking northward towards the Stinson Beach area, which is far off in the distance there.
And if that wasn't enough, we drove further up Route 1, past Stinson Beach, to Point Reyes. Quite the drive, but very scenic and purty. Most of this area is National Park land, so it's relatively quiet with a lot of small towns poking up here and there.
Best shot ever:
Great Beach, looking north from the lighthouse area. That's a good couple miles of coastline, really, and this picture can't do it justice...you have to be there to soak it and the surrounding area in. It is open to the public, but I didn't see anyone that far down...the two public beaches are about halfway up.
Artier shot, with a lookout bench:
Same bench, looking out to sea:
Looking out to sea. The Point Reyes Lighthouse is right on the other side of these rocks, but I thought this shot looked quite nice. :)
Here's the lighthouse...a lot smaller than I'd expected!
And a close-up of it:
Last pic: precipitous cliffs? Yeah, just a little bit. ;)
By the time we got back it was just in time for dinner so after a good fifteen minutes or so of circling the neighborhood for a parking spot, we stopped around the corner at India Clay Oven for dinner, and saw Emm's parents off afterwards.
So yes, busy but fun day! :)
