Make 7...... Up yours!!!!

For the first time since I have started the post I missed a day! AHHH THE PAIN!!!

The picture today was taken next to an old deli/ restaurant that was located in the now famous China Camp. It is amazing to see how this metal poster has aged over the years. If you think back to the time when it was first hanging there fresh and new, full of color.

I have to admit I have not had the Grammatical Fairy touch this post, so I am sorry if it is not up to my standards that you have seen in the past.

Car past its prime

Today's post comes to you straight from the broken down town of Bodie California. If you remember from one of my previous posts, Bodie was a true Wild West town. Toward the end of it's era, it started to see the industrial age move in.

Jacob?! That you?!

Next time you are in Northern California take a hike! No seriously. Take a hike...in the Russian Ridge Nature Preserve at the top of Page Mill Road in Palo Alto. While hiking in this area, the Fairy and I stumbled across this coyote (Jacob to all you Twilight Fans). He was about 35 yards away from us just chilling on the path that we were walking on. I was able to snap this shot before he got spooked and ran the other way.

I have yet to stumble across a coyote again this close, but you can often see them in the brush below the trail. This photo is labeled "The Wolf Pack of One"(Hangover Shout out!).

Sonoma Valley

I took this photo back in March of last year. I am astonished that this was not one of my first posts on this blog. Coming out here from New York, this is the image that I had in my head of what Wine Country was all about. The beauty, the simplicity, and the f***ing good wine.

This is a pond that sits on top of the winery itself. The winery is built into the hill. When walking up to the tasting room you feel like you are walking into a WWII bunker. If you were standing on the other side of the hill you would have no clue that a winery was inside. The great thing about building a winery like this is that it is naturally cooled by the earth. There is no need for air-conditioning, which means your wines are being created in a natural environment. Cheers!

Why did you drink all the wine?!?!?!?!?!

For today's post I wanted to have some fun. I was going through what feels like millions of photos and stumbled onto these two shots. The Fairy took both of the pictures while we were camping in Santa Cruz in September of last year. I brought them into photoshop, flipped one of the pictures, removed the background, and presto! I like to call this "The Philosophy of Camping."

Enjoy!

Saturday Evening Post

Well I am soooooooo tired! It has been one heck of a day. Woke up this morning, took the Caltrain into the city and biked for 17 miles. I know for all you hardcore bikers, that sounds like nothing. I HAD FOUR BEERS HALFWAY THROUGH! Add the windburn and sand into the mix and you have one tired New Yorker.

I have not had enough time this evening to go through my pictures from today so I am picking one from a few weeks back. This is the lighthouse at pigeon point. Pigeon Point sits halfway between Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay. This shot was taken from the picnic bench where myself and the GF were sitting.

This picture is a winner in my eyes because it reminds me of Moutauk Point on Long Island. During our trip to this lighthouse our goal was to see the migration of the grey whales. While we did have the pleasure of seeing the whales they come up so fast that I was not able to get a picture of them.

Welcome to another weekend! For this Friday's post I invite you above the clouds. This shot was taken in the Marin Headlands just north of San Francisco.

The original picture is color, but I tweaked the shot in Photoshop in order to bring out the red in the Golden Gate Bridge. Every time I look at this picture I tend to get lost in the clouds...was that the name of a romantic comedy with Keanu Reaves?

Honestly though. How many places have you been to that you get a view like this? The only other place that I have felt on top of the world like this was standing at the top of Rockefeller Center in New York. Even there you are not above the freaking CLOUDS!!!!!!!

I plan on taking some new photos this weekend. Stay tuned.

This blog has been enhanced by the fairy!