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April 6th 2011: San Bruno Mountain County and State Park


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Di Yin near the beginning of our hike. Notice the tall trees in the background-right.
I knew from the trail guide that there were elderberry plants on the route. Di Yin guessed (as it turns out, correctly) that this was one.
A close-up of the elderberry flowers.
A eucalyptus grove.
Di Yin near the beginning of our hike. Notice the tall trees in the background-right.
I knew from the trail guide that there were elderberry plants on the route. Di Yin guessed (as it turns out, correctly) that this was one.
A close-up of the elderberry flowers.
A eucalyptus grove.
As we climbed, we got glimpses across the park.
In this high-resolution photo looking east from the park, one sees the curve of the Candlestick Park stadium, the bay, and the east bay. I don't know what that large crane is.
A high-resolution shot of downtown San Francisco.
Using an 8x zoom, one can see the bay bridge leading to Yerba Buena Island / Treasure Island, with the Berkeley hills in the background.
As we climbed, we got glimpses across the park.
In this high-resolution photo looking east from the park, one sees the curve of the Candlestick Park stadium, the bay, and the east bay. I don't know what that large crane is.
A high-resolution shot of downtown San Francisco.
Using an 8x zoom, one can see the bay bridge leading to Yerba Buena Island / Treasure Island, with the Berkeley hills in the background.
On the south side of the park, a strange series of layers of exposed rock.
A panoramic movie looking south through north-east from one of the park's ridgelines. Listen with sound to hear my entertaining commentary.Yes, it was incredibly windy!
Looking west from the park across the town of Colma toward the (washed-out) Pacific Ocean. All those green spaces in Colma are cemeteries. Colma is pretty much the only town in the peninsula with cemeteries, and it has a lot of them!
A close-up of one of Colma's cemeteries. (I took this picture because I was unsure that those green spaces actually were cemeteries as opposed to something else that requires green space.) No, I don't know why many headstones are dark. (That's what made me question my original theory about cemeteries.)
On the south side of the park, a strange series of layers of exposed rock.
A panoramic movie looking south through north-east from one of the park's ridgelines. Listen with sound to hear my entertaining commentary.
Yes, it was incredibly windy!
Looking west from the park across the town of Colma toward the (washed-out) Pacific Ocean. All those green spaces in Colma are cemeteries. Colma is pretty much the only town in the peninsula with cemeteries, and it has a lot of them!
A close-up of one of Colma's cemeteries. (I took this picture because I was unsure that those green spaces actually were cemeteries as opposed to something else that requires green space.) No, I don't know why many headstones are dark. (That's what made me question my original theory about cemeteries.)
Looking north-west from the park, one can see the sandy beaches along San Francisco's Richmond and Sunset districts. In the distance are the Marin headlands (the north bay).
A wide panorama, stretching from west (the Pacific Ocean) to north-west (the Marin headlands), north (the many hills of San Francisco), north-east (downtown San Francisco's skyscrapers then the bay bridge) to east-north-east (the east bay). This photo gives a good sense of the park, which is shown spanning the foreground.
At one point, the trail we were on disappeared into overgrown bushes. Fear not: the trails we hiked were always easy to follow except for this short (20 foot) segment of Dairy Ravine trail.
Looking north-west from the park, one can see the sandy beaches along San Francisco's Richmond and Sunset districts. In the distance are the Marin headlands (the north bay).
A wide panorama, stretching from west (the Pacific Ocean) to north-west (the Marin headlands), north (the many hills of San Francisco), north-east (downtown San Francisco's skyscrapers then the bay bridge) to east-north-east (the east bay). This photo gives a good sense of the park, which is shown spanning the foreground.
At one point, the trail we were on disappeared into overgrown bushes. Fear not: the trails we hiked were always easy to follow except for this short (20 foot) segment of Dairy Ravine trail.
Fodder for Huge Panorama