36°35’59.65″N 121°42’14.61″W
A scrapwood ladder leads up an oak tree to a treehouse in Salinas, CA.

37°20’2.52″N 122°12’30.60″W
Riding through Coal Creek Preserve, you pass this barn on Crazy Pete’s Road (really, that’s the name of the road).

37°19’11.87″N 122° 9’45.51″W
On the Bella Vista Trail in the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve.

37°29’1.13″N 122°18’57.60″W
Erected at the end of the Hetch Hetchy water system, bringing fresh water to the Bay Area.
I processed this one to give it a postcardish look.

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This windmill sits atop Russian Ridge. It is a water pump for a set of private buildings on the hill.

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Alpine Pond, which is actually in the Santa Cruz mountains.

37°25’59.97″N 122°10’8.01″W
This is a sculpture by Andy Goldsworthy installed at Stanford. It is made from sandstone recovered from buildings destroyed in the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes.

I love Goldsworthy’s work, and it’s wonderful to have a piece so close to home.

Photographing it was quite a challange – it’s difficult to convey the size and dimensions of the work.

37°19’17.21″N 122°12’12.95″W
Another visit to Russian Ridge to go biking. The trail cuts through the grasses high above the valley fog.

36°37’12.50″N 121°38’27.19″W
Salinas, CA. Lettuce almost to the horizon.

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A small buckeye tree on Russian Ridge. Seen during a beautiful morning mountain bike ride.