A few weeks ago we went to Roaring Camp near Santa Cruz to ride the narrow-gauge steam train up the “mountain”.
The train line abuts the Henry Cowell redwoods – I strongly recommend that you visit those as well (though the photos I took were all terrible, for some reason).
This is a more or less continuous view of a ride on the California Street cable car, from Hyde Street to Sansome, taken in December 2011.
Note the auto that passes around 1:30 – looks about the same vintage as the cable car!
Yesterday, after several (many!) weeks of hard work and other stresses, we took a day of rest: a yoga retreat with Victoria Russell Bell and a small group at Casa de Flores – which reminded me in spirit of one of my favorite places on the planet, Spankyville.
We practiced yoga out under a clump of redwood trees, where it was refreshing just to stare up into the soft green fronds, stretching far above us. And we had time to explore the garden, a lovely jumble of colors, scents, and textures. So (of course) I took lots of pictures of flowers.
Thanks to Vickie, Teresa, and Joe for a lovely day!
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“It’s such a perfect day, I’m glad I spent it with you…”
