November 29, 2013

sunset from Ridgecrest Boulevard, Mt. Tamalpais


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photo by Donald Kinney

Well, Mount Tamalpais isn't far away, but with all the twists and turns in Fairfax-to-Bolinas Road it takes a good half hour to get up on the ridge. There are so many distractions along the way that there is real danger in being late for the sunset.



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photo by Donald Kinney

2000 feet below is Stinson Beach, and about a million miles out to sea is Asia. This is where one tectonic plate, with each successive slip of the San Andreas Fault, moves San Francisco and Los Angeles a few silly-milimeters closer together.


 


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