Welcome, Great Pumpkin!

Happy ...

... Halloween!

A Day in October

Point Reyes near North Beach.

Point Reyes at South Beach.

Point Reyes at South Beach.

Tomales Bay at Inverness.

Stranded in Inverness.

Down The Road Apiece

Into San Francisco on a Saturday morning.

Across Golden Gate Bridge.

On Great Highway along Ocean Beach.

Rock Rock Rockaway Beach.

The Big Chill Out XVII - the Pedro Point Surf Club's annual longboard surf contest at Lindemar Beach, Pacifica.

Women's preliminary heat.

Katie in her preliminary heat.

Katie after her preliminary heat.

Men's preliminary heat.

Let's go tripping!

Judy and Katie awaiting the outcome of the contest – and of the raffle.

Back home on Skyline Boulevard.

What a nice day!

Let's go East!

On Sears Point Road along the San Pablo Bay.

The Rio Vista Bridge across the Sacramento River.

The Rio Vista stone monument for Humphrey the Humpback Whale.

Into the Suisun Marsh.

(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back.

Straight south into Collinsville.

Straight north back out of Collinsville.

The tavern in Birds Landing, where Clint Eastwood filmed parts of Honkytonk Man.

Heading back home.

By the way ...

... my American Dreamcar:

A 1989 Honda Civic DX with some minor issues like leaking cooler liquid, no radio, a non-lockable driver's door and some other stuff like that. But ... hey! It's running!

A Quick Trip to the North

On Highway 1 along Tomales Bay.

White Pelicans near Bodega Bay.

Doran Beach at Bodega Bay.

View north from Bodega Head.

Vineyards near Sebastopol.

City Limit of Sebastopol.

On the road in Sebastopol.

A Trip to Santa Cruz

Welcome to Surf City, USA.

Inside Haut Surf Shop in Santa Cruz.

Just finished: An artist and his artwork.

The beach at Pleasure Point.

The surf at Pleasure Point.

Katie and Jeremy at Pleasure Point.

Katie and Jeremy on their way to the surf.

A palm on 41st Avenue.

Some yellow on 41st Avenue.

The Chill Out Cafe on 41st Ave, unfortunately closed.

Hang loose: Katie is happy about her new board.

Yum yum!

Wasp and Pear.

A Bash on the Beach

On Saturday, September 29th, Bay Area Scores held its 3rd annual fundraiser Bolinas Beach Bash at the Jefferson Airplane Beach House, 99 Brighton Avenue, Bolinas.

Here we go!

The pool deck at the Jefferson Airplane Beach House.

Inside: a lot to bid on in the silent auction.

Outside: an exclusive BBQ right above the Bolinas beach.

Big Mike from Stinson Beach is enjoying the day having a margarita while wearing a shirt of the German national soccer team.

Two little girls are enjoying the day with some soap in the hot tub.

Pleasing sounds, all day long: Bolinas band The Fireflies and singer Taylor Brooks.