Visiting Sondy and Adam

Over winter break I found my way to California for a few days.  As part of the trip, I visited Sondy and Adam around the Tomales Bay area.  These few photos are along Highway 1 as it winds its way around the coastal mountains.  The area strongly reminds me of southern Albania.

 

 

 I located Sondy and Adam in Bolinas where we had a late lunch and watched the sun set over the pacific.

Adam borrowed one of my coats for the chill of sunset.  We were matching.  Thanks Sondy for this photo!

 Looking south toward San Francisco.

 There were quite a few surfers riding the waves just offshore.

 This sure is a gorgeous part of the planet.

Sailing in Tomales Bay

Before I returned home to Oregon I decided to take a quick detour to Tomales Bay for a sailing excursion with a friend from working at JPL. I also crashed a yacht club party while I was in town. This was actually the second time that I visited the yacht club and bay over the summer. The first time was about a month prior.

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Sondy shoving us off from the dock at the yacht club.

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Ahead full!

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I’m on a boat!  I’m on a boat! Everybody look at me cause I’m sailing on a boat!

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Midway out on our sail some of Sondy’s friends motored up alongside and handed across a beer using a net.

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A cute little sailboat chugging up the bay.

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On a beach where we stopped to walk around for a bit.

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I took a turn at driving.

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Then I got demoted to crewing again.

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Cleaning up the boat and getting ready to put it away.

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We sailed in the Blue Bonnet.

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It sure is beautiful out on Tomales Bay.