Ripples, Lake (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2024 |
Ferns (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2024 |
I'm usually hoping for some clouds or fog for my weekly Lake Lagunitas hike. Don't always get my wish.
Colier Spring - Marin County 2024 |
Chain Fern - Marin County 2024 |
We were trying to keep track of our progress using Google maps, with limited success. At last we heard voices coming from above! We finally made it! Colier Spring! (I’ve seen both “Spring” and “Springs.” I’m using Spring for blog purposes.)
We dropped our daypacks on the convenient little bench and had some snacks. While Hanna played some video games on my iPhone I poked around with my camera. Of note were some unusual chain ferns.
We hadn’t thought of it, but of course the damp nature of that area was an ideal habitat for mosquitoes. They didn’t bother me, but Hanna was apparently an extremely tempting target.
Climbing Through Rocks - Marin County 2024 |
Colier Trail Going Up - Marin County 2024 |
So. Only 1.1 miles is it? But most of the trail turns out to be a vertical slog. Plus there are numerous rocky sections that require use of the hands to surmount.
As we toiled upwards the sun had finally come out. At one point I tripped on a tree root, but due to the vertical nature of the trail I fell, not forwards, but backwards. Luckily I landed on a young pine tree. But it felt odd.
I took some photos of the trail looking back. Of course they don’t convey just how steep the trail really is.
Colier Trail Looking Back - Marin County 2024 |
Colier Hike Trailhead (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2024 |
Reeds, Fog (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County 2024 |
The hike up to Colier Spring in Marin County is widely acknowledged as pretty strenuous. I had done it solo in the 1980s, but not since then. Lately I wanted to repeat the hike, but not by myself.
Seriously . . . I couldn't find anyone that wanted to do it! But then I got lucky, in that my granddaughter Hanna was coming to visit us for a week last summer. Of course she'd want to go on a hike with me, I reasoned. So I scheduled our hike for the first Monday in August.
When we arrived at the Lake Lagunitas parking lot the weather was overcast and foggy.
Tuffy and Moon (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County 2014 |
Somewhat mysterious photo taken with an iPhone 5s ten years ago, 6:45 PM.
Ogden Drive House Afternoon - Los Angeles 2024 |
Highlander - Fresno County 2024 |
Leaving Los Angeles . . . making sure that the AC was turned off and the refrigerator unplugged. Then the drive back up Highway 5.
So, actually there were two trips to Los Angeles in July, the first one with Hali and the second with Shawna (and Nolan). The photos I've posted were taken during both trips with an iPhone 12 Pro Max. (I brought my Canon G5XII, but didn't use it. Then it somehow went missing during the first trip.)
Short 'n Sweet - Los Angeles 2024 |
Getting some last minute steps down on Melrose, 7 PM.
Continuing my billboard theme from 1973.
Vivienne Westwood - Los Angeles 2024 |
Toys - Los Angeles 2024 |
"Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood DBE RDI (née Swire; 8 April 1941 – 29 December 2022) was an English fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream."