While have my morning coffee, I thought to myself.  ”I need to get out of this city for the weekend.”

Yeah I’m headed to Bishop next weekend, but I wanted out.  Now.  A quick check online showed there was an Avis close by.  I walked over there, and drove out with Ford’s econobox, the Focus.  Ugly maroon, but it would get me where I wanted to go.

The next question was – north or south on US-1?  I decided to go north, since I’d gone south a few times with friends already.

First stop was required to make my own shot of the Golden Gate Bridge from the Marin headlands.  This shot is made millions of times everyday by tourists who flock to the vista points.  But even in spite of this massive redundancy, it just begs for a shot anyway.

Another common shot, the San Francisco skyline from the Marin headlands.

After about an hour of driving, I found myself heading into Point Reyes.  Its an finger of land that sticks out in the ocean that sports treacherous rocks and currents that lured in and sunk many many ships in the early 1900s.

Completely by accident, this crow flew into my frame when I pulled the shutter.  Not bad!

I had barely gone 60 miles north on US-1 when night fell.  I checked in an hotel and here I am, posting a couple pictures I took.  I don’t quite know where I’m going tomorrow, but this trip ain’t over yet!