My photo journal

Golden Gate Park

Trees in Golden Gate Park. Doesn't it look like a forest, rather than a city park?

3 photos near the Japanese Garden in Golden Gate Park.

The main gate to the Japanese gardens.

Shakespeare Garden. Unfortunately, nothing is in bloom right now.

Musical concourse near the California Academy of Sciences.

Entrance to the California Academy of Sciences. It houses the Morrison Planetarium and the Steinhart Aquarium, along with other exhibits

Tutankhamun is only on display at the De Young Museum for the remainder of this month..

I took this photo standing on a stairway next to the De Young Museum. The "living roof", atop the Academy of Sciences building can be seen in the background.

The Academy of Sciences building beyond the trees from a different vantage point.

Old buildings located in the Presidio, a former military base in San Francisco.

Historic Santa Rosa

Former home of botanist Luther Burbank. Located in the middle of downtown Santa Rosa, California, the residence and gardens are a historical landmark.

One of the plants that Luther Burbank cultivated was the Flowering Nectarine.

Old Courthouse Square in downtown Santa Rosa.

Hotel La Rose located in the historic Railroad Square section of downtown Santa Rosa. The hotel was built in 1907 is still in operation today.

Another famous resident of Santa Rosa is Peanuts comic strip creator, Charles Schultz. Schultz lived in Santa Rosa for nearly 30 years, until his death in 2000.

This statue of his most famous creations, Charlie Brown and his dog, Snoopy, is located in Depot Park and dedicated to his memory.

These statues are also located in town featuring characters dressed in uniforms related to the railroad theme.

This is Woodstock dressed in a military uniform.

Living in the City By The Bay

These are houses in an affluent area of San Francisco. I wonder how much it would cost to live in such a neighborhood?

I took a day trip to Lake Tahoe recently. Lake Tahoe is a very large lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains on the border between California and Nevada. It is at an elevation of about 6,200 feet ( almost 1,900 meters ). During the winter it is a popular ski destination with many resorts in the area. In fact, Squaw Valley, the host of the 1960 Winter Olympics is located near Lake Tahoe.

The drive from the Bay Area is about 3 hours, depending on traffic. It snowed the night before I drove up so the view of the snow capped mountains was particularly beautiful.