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  1. 5-11-24, 7:37pm #111
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    Got an unexpected fun surprise on my hike today. Went to the trail next to the reclaimed wetlands. The city's general aviation airport is also next to the wetlands and today there was a small airshow with 4 single prop planes! I can't find anything about it online, so I don't think it was announced publicly. (I had a commitment to help a friend with her drip irrigation system afterwards. Otherwise I would've gone out to the airport after my hike to see if they were still there and find out what the story was.) Anyway, first I snapped a couple of pictures and then I got a few videos since they came around three more times. (Imagine the first two pics rotated 90 degrees clockwise to get a better idea of things...)

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    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WxiQUG--DQk
    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k1XeXiYGe0o
    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DxBxtlegqxQ
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  2. 5-12-24, 9:22am #112
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    Very nice, jp! Surprises like that always add some fun to the day.
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    okay-----all this stuff you kids have posted is very cool. but yeah-----in THE most crime-ridden city in Zurra, we had an active shooter out on the trail, taking random shots at cyclists. so anyway----the po-lice rounded up the thug who did it, and it was sent away to prison for awhile. sometimes, when i go to the park with the huskees, i get either: some bozo wanting to give the doggs chicken bones, or B: someone with a drone swooping down over us. how do you like that? hope that helps you some.
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  4. 7-4-24, 7:39pm #114
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    Since we're in the middle of a major heat wave I went down to the peninsula south of San Francisco for my hike today. Temperatures in the north bay were going to quickly get into the 90's but down on the peninsula highs only in the mid 70's were predicted. Sweney Ridge is the sight where European explorers in October of 1769, led by de Portola, first discovered San Francisco Bay. 200+ sailing expeditions had previously sailed past the Golden gate and not realized there was a bay. To be fair the mouth of the Golden Gate is relatively small, there are a couple of islands just inside the mouth that would make it look like a continuous shoreline from a distance, and depending on the weather fog would make seeing it more difficult. And if it had been foggy the day they climbed to the top of Sweney Ridge they wouldn't have found it that day either. I've been up there numerous times when there is no view on either side because of the fog.

    In any case, there was no fog today and the trail along the top of Sweney Ridge has amazing views of both the bay and the ocean.

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  5. 7-4-24, 8:38pm #115
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    Wow. Awesome photos. Thanks for sharing. Nice you have a place to go that’s cooler.
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  6. 7-5-24, 6:27am #116
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    That's beautiful JP, and amazing that there was such a big difference in temperature. We did a beach walk the other day, and although it was a pretty hot and humid day, the ocean breeze at the beach kept it very comfortable there.
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  7. 7-6-24, 8:26pm #117
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    Thankfully it’s still been getting down into the50’s at night. So today as soon as I woke up around 6 I went out to a trail nearby and was done by 8:30 when it was still only about 70 out.

    This afternoon we spent a couple hours at the hoa pool. Surprisingly no one else was there the entire time. Labor Day 2022 we had six days in a row over 100. A couple of them over 110. We invited friends to the pool that Sunday and it was a mob scene of people trying to stay cool in luke warm water.
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  8. 7-7-24, 1:56pm #118
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    Beautiful photos, jp. You have totally re-adjusted my opinion of San Francisco. Not that it was bad - just that it has more beauty surrounding it that I ever imagined. Thank you!
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  9. 7-8-24, 9:19pm #119
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    Quote Originally Posted by happystuff View Post
    Beautiful photos, jp. You have totally re-adjusted my opinion of San Francisco. Not that it was bad - just that it has more beauty surrounding it that I ever imagined. Thank you!
    Glad to hear that I’ve convinced at least one person that coastal California is beautiful! Because it is. And the fact that I can go out hiking year round is a major bonus.

    One of the things I noticed when I was down on the peninsula is that the hillsides are still green even though it’s July. Here at home in the north bay we’re in dry, brown season. The microclimates will never cease to be fascinating to me.
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  10. 7-9-24, 10:24pm #120
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    Not really related to hiking but two days of no heat wave so we haven’t needed the a/c. It’s so nice to be able to open the windows before bedtime.
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