Marin Headlands

Hiking in Marin Headlands is a good way to build a friendship. I thought hiking was the goal, but it was delayed by a long, slow breakfast and way too many cups of coffee at a coastal cafe. I tend to forget that the journey is the goal, that there is not single endpoint I must keep my eye on. The sun is warm and full of promise, but it is very early spring and I am slipping in the sloggy mud. Eventually standing water blocks the ascent along the cliffside path. We sit on the promontory where we can see the trail, the sea, and many hours later, the sun sinking into the horizon.

Wild Iris

You know you have the right outdoors partner when they are patient with your delusions about photography. How a few inches this way or that does really matter.

Bolinas Bicycle