Photos as I Like It

For today's Noon photo moment I decided to go on an adventure as I had a friend visiting from Las Vegas, and I wanted to show her the beautiful coast line and country side in Marin County. (And, the last of the bridges into and out of Alameda can be saved for later.)  We headed out with the idea of going to the Marin Headlands and photographing from above the Golden Gate Bridge. It was pretty foggy several days this past week and I was hoping to get a photo of the bridge peaking through the fog layer. Foggy days are usual for June Gloom around the Bay, but today was a bright sunny day with nothing in the sky.  There were several tourists trying to do the same thing as us with very limited parking, so we headed further into the Headlands to find one of the many historic forts and check out the options there. I'm so glad we did. We found Battery Mendell, which like many historic forts is a combination of decaying buildings with graffiti and striking views of the ocean,

Getting close to finishing the access routes on to the island of Alameda. The Bay Farm Island Bridge leads from the Alameda "main island" to the Bay Farm Island  district of Alameda, which is not really an island, rather a peninsula attached to Oakland. This is one of the few drawbridges and includes a separate pedestrian/bike bridge which also acts as a drawbridge. Being a bright sunny day, it was pretty busy out there with cyclists, runners/walkers and even a few kayakers, which you can catch a glimpse of in my photo below. 11am on June 8 This photo shows the two bridges, one for cars and the other for pedestrians. Molly 11am Sarah 11am

My niece, Makenna, has the one of the most expressive faces. These photos are from just a few moments on the sidelines of a soccer game.