Posted by Karen on 20-Jun-2010
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Lori and I took a Sunday drive today to Marin County to see what there is to see. Our first stop was at the Marin County Civic Center, which was closed, but the outside of the building is still very interesting to check out. The building was designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957, near the end of his life. The building is huge and hard to get a photo of the entire thing, but there are numerous architectural details that catch the eye and the camera. Our next stop was as the Marin Art & Garden Center, which is a tucked-away jewel of flowers, gardens and art to explore. Our last stop of the day as at the Railroad-Ferry Museum in Tiburon, where I learned that Tiburon, at one time was more than million-dollar views, it was a railroad town. On the hilltop we found Old St. Hilary’s Church, an old church in the Carpenter Gothic style built in 1886. We end our day down to the center plaza and docks of Tiburon, enjoying the San Francisco skyline and the fascinating wave sculpture and fountain named “Coming About“.
Posted by Karen on 01-Jun-2010
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A few photos of the history markers I saw on my way home along Highway 299 in Trinity County, after a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.
Posted by Karen on 31-May-2010
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After 3 days of nice sunshine, it rained again last evening and so today it is a foggy and damp kind of day. Since I woke up with a headache and didn’t feel I’d be able to maintain the proper glorious spectator smile, I decide to skip the last day of the 42nd Kinetic Grand Championship and go for a hike instead. I headed north to the Redwood National Park and took the Lyons Ranch Trail to the old homestead. A herd of deer and I kept startling each other in the dense fog, but otherwise it was a quiet hike in the solitude of the fog. The homestead is so very well preserved that I almost wondered if someone was still living there, but no, not on park property. I searched around a bit for a geocache that was hidden there, but with the fog as dense as it was, I didn’t want to wander too far off the trail, so I didn’t find it. But I did have a nice hike and my headache went away, so that was a bonus.
Posted by Karen on 30-May-2010
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Day 2 of the 42nd Kinetic Grand Championship starts off with the water launching at the Eureka Public Marina. The spots for getting a good view of the water entries are much more limited than the other launching spot, but apparently, they tide direction dictates where there enter at, so we make do. From what I could see, all the sculptures entered the water without any difficulty, however Classical Nudes got stuck in the seaweed and one of their priests was brave enough to jump into the harbor to help the mechanic untangle them. And as they paddled on their way, we all shouted “For the Glory” as good spectators are required to shout.
