nature

San Francisco

Here some more photos from my San Francisco trip. Can’t wait to go back and really explore the area.

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A person walks the trail in front of the Golden Gate Bridge at Lands End park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco.

 

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A red-tailed hawk at Lands End park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco.

 

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A view of the Golden Gate Bridge from Vista Point in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area

 

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A view of the Bay Bridge from Vista Point

 

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Couples take selfies at Vista Point.

 

Did you say food? Of course! So many delicious things everywhere. At Scoma’s Restaurant in Sausalito, I had the lobster risotto and my friends had the Dungeness crab. Everything was delicious and the view was awesome.

 

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Lobster risotto at Scoma’s Resturant in Sausalito.

 

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Dungeness crabs at Scoma’s Resturant in Sausalito.

 

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A sailboat glides past the San Francisco skyline as seen from Sausalito.

 

Had a wonderful shrimp and grits at Brenda’s French Soul Food in San Francisco, but the Beignets were out of this world. Plain, chocolate and apple. I’d take any of them again.

 

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Shrimp and girts at Brenda’s French Soul Food

 

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Full moon over San Francisco

 

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The Holy Virgin Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church

 

If you are a food lover, you can’t miss stopping at the Ferry Building Marketplace.

 

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The U.S. flag on the Ferry Building is reflected in a water puddle.

 

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Fishermans Wharf reflections

 

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A seagull tries to get the leftovers of a fish sandwich

 

Dog Walk – January 1, 2014

Happy New Year! I’m back home and went on the first dog walk of the year. Turned out to be iguana day. Counted over eight in one spot.

 

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An iguanas looks for food on the edge of a canal.

 

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Two iguanas look over the edge of the canal.

 

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Big iguana displays its dewlap.

 

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Big iguana sunning in a mangrove tree.

 

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A Turkey Vulture flies by.

Dog Walk – Dec. 3, 2013

Today’s dog walk was fun and some of our usual friends were out. The Green Heron was searching for bugs to eat. Then Pixel decided we needed to go a couple blocks further than normal, which took us past a neighbor’s yard full of wonderful lush, green plants.

 

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A bee flies near a Bottle Brush tree.

 

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An iguana swims across the tidal canal.

 

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A Green Heron eats a bug.

 

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Two iguanas face off on a branch of a Mangrove tree.

 

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Detail of a cut palm tree trunk

 

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Detail of a palm frond

 

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A Jaguar hood ornament escapes its car cover.

 

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The sun shines through palm fronds.

 

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Orchids blooming

 

Dog Walk – Friday, Nov. 29, 2013

A Cormorant lands in the water while we were at the bridge today.

 

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Dog Walk – Thanksgiving Day

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Just when I was joking that I had dragged the camera with me and there was nothing to take photos of today. I actually said to my husband, “Please take the leash, maybe there will be a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker” on the tree ahead. Surprise there was! Turns out that it wasn’t such a bad outing after all.

 

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A female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker looks for dinner.

 

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A Cormorant looks for dinner.

 

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A Green Heron perches on a mangrove tree.

 

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Air plants hanging in a tree.

 

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A male Cardinal

 

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A cracked coconut on a rock

 

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Well, it is Thanksgiving in South Florida.