Friday, July 30, 2010

Marin and Tiburon

Posted by Karen on 20-Jun-2010

 Marin and Tiburon

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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“.

Empire Mine State Park

Posted by Karen on 28-Nov-2009

 Empire Mine State Park

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We’d planned on going up to Empire Mine State Historic Park yesterday for their Holiday Open House, but we decided to postpone because of the rain storm. Today was a much better day, even though it looked like it was going to be extremely windy. I went up by myself and it turned out to be a lovely day and the wind died down. Empire Mine State Park was once the largest and richest gold mine in California and was mined for more than 100 years until it was closed in the 1950s. This weekend was an open house, where docents are dressed in period costume and all the buildings were open for touring. All the buildings are well maintained seeing them all decked out for Christmas is a nice way to start the holiday season.

Empire Mine Hike, Grass Valley

Posted by Karen on 12-Jun-2004

20040612 Empire Mine Grass Valley

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Empire Mines State Park in Grass Valley with Trish, Paul and Andy.

Approximately 3 miles.