Battery Townsley Hike

Just returning from an LA weekend trip.
Never seen Catalina from above.
Hiking Headlands, a beach and protected park located just above the Golden Gate.


The beach was really fine sand and dog friendly, definitely want to plan a trip for little Obi to run around here.







Not the worst place in the world to do a little walk.


The battery was one of several defensive bases that housed huge cannons. During WWII, there was concern that the Japanese would attack the California, so the US installed several of these along the coast.
When I say huge cannon, I'm not kidding. It's basically a rifle, except the bullets were 16" caliber and weighed over 2100lbs. FOR JUST THE BULLETS. Suckers could go as far as 25 miles.

Wasn't able to go further than the battery this day, but I'll return to go to the top of the hills.

NightLife at the Academy of Sciences

Started the day hanging around downtown. Union Square is always a nice place to chill.

The colors...
Love these older Dodge vans/pickups. The Ford versions were pretty cool too.
Some crazy looking creatures in the sea, like this Dragon Seahorse
Nightlife is intended for people to hangout and party a little, but sometimes even the animals can get in the clubbing mood.
Oh hai

A Little Coast Life

A quick day trip to Capitola
They have their own version of dogtown up here.

Am I in Mexico?
Obi even came out with us
What kind of dog would he be if he didn't like hanging out of the window?
Heading over to the boardwalk

Surprisingly few places to walk any dog.
Did make me miss SoCal a bit.







There's always a scene somewhere...

Another Day Goes By

Still not quite sure if the Bay Area is where I belong, but it's certainly a nice place to wait while I find out.
Just a little gig for local band The Parade.

Some Cars and V-Day

Just a quick shot of what's in the garage right now.
A pretty quick little Starlet. Honestly, I think I'd take one of these over a Civic EG6, though not sure about over an EK9...
An anxious Michelle waits for V-Day dinner
Mmmm, that wooden Japanese interior design.