#eastbayhills

view on the morning hike into town

For the last six months of my life, I have felt a little lost. A lot of personal reverses have dogged me and gotten me rather down. However, a couple days ago, I was hiking into town when I saw this view

Not sure which one I like more. It was pretty amazing: there was crazy dense fog down in the valley and then the top of the east bay hills were clear as a bell. Looking down it looked like soap suds in

moonrise, sunset

seen as I walked thistling by

highlighted ferns

peering through the fog

daring to look up as all faded away

sweet before the bloom

awaiting shadow's embrace

This and the next photo didn't come out nearly as well as I hoped. There was something...almost magical about the late afternoon light. It wasn't quite faded, but down in the valley it seemed as though

This is looking to the East from the East Bay Hills into Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area. The town below is Orinda, California. The highway is Highway 24 and there is a BART station (light

This is the fog tree again as I hiked back home around 6-ish PM. I'd love to catch it at sunset, but by the time I was at this point (3 miles in at 85 deg with multiple ups and downs through a couple valleys),

This is the same tree I snapped a photo of in the fog four days ago. The last two days there has been no fog at all in the morning. The sky has been crystal clear and very warm. However, it gets rather

A buck and doe were on the path ahead of me. I grabbed my phone as fast as I could and snapped a shot. They bolted up the hill, but stopped to look back. I should just keep my phone in camera mode when

splash of color in the rough

It looks rather different than this morning. I was a bit higher up than when I took the earlier photo it looks like.

I had hiked from the next valley over and it was completely enshrouded in fog. I have another turkey shot of them in the fog, but it wasn't good. However, once you cross this next valley, the sun is shining

Still almost as foggy right now.

You probably won't believe me, but this photo was taken about 20 minutes after the tree in fog and was one ridge line over. The SF Bay Area in California is segregated into microclimates and one of the