The delta

I can't resist, one more aerial shot, this time of the delta area, east of San Francisco. You can see a bunch of wind turbines on the hills. The town might be Pittsburg California, but I'm not sure. More delta pics from PJ's Universe.

Flying over UC Berkeley

The East Bay with UC Berkeley in the middle (look for the stadium). You can see my apartment in this shot, I live in Richmond Annex between I-80 and I-580.

Sierra Nevadas

The Sierra Nevada mountain range from about 30,000 feet. Below is the photoshopped version.

The view from Marin County 2

Another view from this Carson falls hike in Marin county. You can sort of see the golf course, at least you can't see the dust on the sensor. The falls aren't really anything special. More from Rajiv Pant and Gambolin' Man.

Northern California Coast

This is near Muir woods off highway 1.

Berkeley Tree Sitters

Three or so tree sitters moved into these oak trees outside of UC Berkeley stadium in protest of a new practice field being built where the oak trees are now. They are supposed to stay in the trees full time, but when I was there, one of them was running around on the ground trying to sell tourists some books. Here is a close up of their buckets of urine:
The whole thing is very California. As far as I know, they are still there if you want to head out and see them (I took these pictures on Dec 26, 2006). More on the tree sitters here and here.

Santa Cruz

Sea lions near Santa Cruz.

Church of Scientology in San Francisco.

The Church of Scientology in San Francisco is in this neat looking building.

East bay hills.

Unfortunately, the green in the East Bay hills near Tilden Park only lasts a few months. More at Elongation to Break and The Greatest Blog in the Entire World!

Lens day Entry: Green

Dusk.

The Golden Gate Bridge, you get great sunsets in November, this is one not so great one in December, and January there was nothing but fog.

The Queen Mary 2 in San Francisco Bay pt 2

Another shot of the Queen Mary 2 in San Francisco. I skipped the superbowl for this!

Queen Mary 2 visits San Francisco.

More here.

Lets go fly a kite in Berkeley.

The plane kite:
You can find many kite fliers every windy weekend in Cesar Chavez Park (a former landfill) near the Berkeley Marina. A kite vendor parks a truck at the park so you can test them out before you buy. More from banane blog and Brooke & Lian.

Golden gate bridge.

The Golden Gate bridge from the Marin side overlook. This is probably the best place to take pictures of the Golden Gate bridge without getting on a boat. Matt's Today in History, James Duncan Davidson, and My Picture Perfect Diary have more.

The shoreline in Martinez, California.

This marshy area is about 2 blocks from downtown Martinez, just cross the railroad tracks and you're there, right on beautiful San Pablo Bay... There is also a marina with a few piers and you could kill an afternoon walking around Martinez downtown and the coast area right there. You could, if you were really bored. Firedancing4life has pictures of the new bridge going up in the area. Yelp has a review of the John Muir site also in the area.

Squaw Valley, California.

Monterey bay cruise ship.

More information on Monterey bay, California here. Also, notes and pictures from Nicole Hanusek and Tow.com. As I said before, I'm not a big aquarium fan, especially when its swarming with kids.

The lost coast California

The lost coast in Northern California.

East bay view.

A view of the east bay from the Berkeley hills, you can see the Richmond bridge off in the distance, and the refinery tanks to the right of it.

Inspiration point.

Inspiration point is a point in the east bay where people go to be inspired, it overlooks San Pablo reservoir.