These are all taken on the Ukiah-Comptche Road in Mendocino County – a road that’s not very long but runs from nearly sea level (well downhill of the shot just above), to a reasonably high crest in the coast range (a bit further above the images below), before dropping down to Ukiah in its narrow valley. At that bottom, Lake Mendocino on the outskirts of Ukiah.
Since our last two posts have featured guest contributions from my cousin Sam, I thought perhaps we’d use this turn in the series-go-round to feature photos from our recent family outing in celebration of things Mom introduced us all to. These all come from probably her favorite place on earth, Storm King Art Center, which is named after nearby Storm King Mountain. Sam’s one of three Oberlin graduates you’ll find the gallery below, the other (thanks for joining, Chris) being an additional contributing photographer for some shots. Thanks, Mom, for helping more of us get to know this fabulous place.
Above, Mt Rainier from on high. Another contribution from Sam: thanks! Below, more snowy mountains, this time in northern Greenland as I flew by in April en route to SF. Theme = snowy mountains, to mentally cool those sweating through hot days :-).
As our plane traveled east and inland after the photos I showed you yesterday, we saw first the west end of the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta (below left), then these islands and more clearly delta-like elements (above), the the more open norther central valley stretching up north towards the city of Sacramento itself (below right).
Above: San Pablo Bay at top left, Oakland & Berkeley bottom left. Top right you are also seeing the end of the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta, which empties into the bay. In the photo below, you see a bit more of this & the Carquinez Strait over which I-80 passes en route between SF & points east. I plan to show you more of the Delta (also called Suisun Bay at times) in our next entry, most likely :-).
In this case, really one mountain – Mt St Helena. This mountain of volcanic origin has several peaks, the highest of which reaches 4,342 ft (1,323 m) in Sonoma County – other peaks are in Napa and Lake Counties. It’s also the highest peak in the bay area, which includes all the counties bordering SF Bay. You’ve seen it often before when I was still based in Santa Rosa, but I devoted more time to contemplating it on this last trip and am sharing my favorite photos of it in various moods and lights here. It’s easily recognizable and always fun to contemplate at all times of day, from many perspectives.
The remaining photos from my lovely drive along Rte 1 through Marin County, mostly along Tomales Bay in this case though I think the one above was along Bolinas Lagoon…
Since our last two posts have featured guest contributions from my cousin Sam, I thought perhaps we’d use this turn in the series-go-round to feature photos from our recent family outing in celebration of things Mom introduced us all to. These all come from probably her favorite place on earth, Storm King Art Center, which is named after nearby Storm King Mountain. Sam’s one of three Oberlin graduates you’ll find the gallery below, the other (thanks for joining, Chris) being an additional contributing photographer for some shots. Thanks, Mom, for helping more of us get to know this fabulous place.
In this case, really one mountain – Mt St Helena. This mountain of volcanic origin has several peaks, the highest of which reaches 4,342 ft (1,323 m) in Sonoma County – other peaks are in Napa and Lake Counties. It’s also the highest peak in the bay area, which includes all the counties bordering SF Bay. You’ve seen it often before when I was still based in Santa Rosa, but I devoted more time to contemplating it on this last trip and am sharing my favorite photos of it in various moods and lights here. It’s easily recognizable and always fun to contemplate at all times of day, from many perspectives.
(so much world, so little time....) 