Good morning, Maddie!
Bird-like tree
Introduction - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3
Early morning, I wake up. Knock, knock, knock on the tent door. Well, I'm not exactly Lucky, but I did wake up early in the morning to the break of sunlight. Then, I went back to sleep!
Good morning, Maddie! |
Bird-like tree |
I learn how shutter speeds can make for interesting photography effects in my pictures.
 Creek on fast shutter |
 Creek on slow shutter |
 Creek Landscape |
 Adam with the D30 |
 Adam with his Blackberry |
The picture of me with the D30 was taken with the S100; yes, I ended up taking the little camera with me, in the hopes of using it in places where the D30 would not be appropriate. I ended up hardly using the camera, as I just couldn't justify the downgrade in image quality just because of the size difference. Still, the S100 came in handy when taking pictures of me with the D30!
 Drying the shoe and sock |
 Brett and the bear canisters |
 Maddie and her Stanford cap |
 Hikers on the impassable section |
 Brett hiking |
 Flying bird |
We didn't travel that far until we saw something interesting up ahead. It was the Chico State students! Or, at least, it appeared to be them. From a distance, all we could see were little things that looked like backpackers heading in the same direction that we were travelling. I was thinking of Star Wars at the time and I couldn't help but think of Sandpeople as I saw the backpackers slowly move in the distance.
 Sandpeople walk in single file |
 Brett with Chico students |
I set up a punishing pace, hoping to catch up with the Chico State students to talk with them and photograph some of them. Once we reached the point where they obviously stayed for the evening, we saw that their tracks were not single file, but side by side by side by side. I thought of the wise Ben Kenobi, "These tracks are side by side. Sandpeople always ride single file to hide there numbers."
The first person that I met was Katie Caminiti.
 House overlooking the coast |
 Hiking out of Black Sands |
The sun was setting as we got back into my car and began the long, six hour journey back to Stanford and civilization. After a brief stop at a Shell gas station, we began the slow exit out of Whitethorn, Garberville, and all these small little towns where technology and life seem to move much more slowly than in the Silicon Valley. Highway 101 is more like a fast two to four lane street for the first couple of hours, until opening up to the fast highways that we know and love (when not in rush hour!).
 Enjoying In-and-Out Burgers? |
 Kelly and Amanda |
On our way back home, we stopped by an In-N-Out Burger about 70 miles away from San Francisco. Brett was an In-N-Out virgin, so Maddie and I were happy to introduce him to the pleasures of their burgers. Unfortunately, I don't think that Brett likes fast food all that much here in the States. My sole Double Double burger wasn't that bad, though it didn't satiate my hunger completely; I still remember fondly the day at my former company when I ate four Double Double burgers in one sitting and still felt like I had room for more!
While we were at the burger joint, an interesting scenario occurred. We were standing in line when, out of the blue, I heard my name spoke by someone other than Maddie or Brett, "Adam???" I turned around and, 100 miles from where I would ever expect to see him, I saw a former classmate of my from Stanford, Kelly Schwarzhoff. He was there with his girlfriend, Amanda, and happened to come to In-N-Out for some shakes. It was definitely a strange experience, but one that's all good; I love it when having random people from my life just pop up during my travels!
We dropped off Brett at his apartment at Stanford, a new building complex next to the undergraduate apartment complex, Mirrilees. Stanford had built these buildings as studio apartments for graduate students and, I must admit, they were pretty nice. If I was a graduate student, I definitely would not mind living in one of these units! Maddie and I stopped by the studio of a friend of hers, Edison Ng, a graduate student in Electrical Engineering (EE). Proving the point that you can never know your friends, Maddie learned that Edison is an avid camera buff, after he noticed that my SLR was really a digital SLR, "That's a digital camera?!?"
 Maddie and Edison |
I drove Maddie back to Casa Italiana, the Italian-theme house on the Row (the real Row, mind you, Stanford students). Afterwards, I made my way back to my humble abode in Mountain View and promptly went to sleep.
 In Edison's Studio |
All in all, I took 361 photographs during the Lost Coast trip. These photographs and commentary just touch on the fun that we had during our trip. I hope that you've enjoyed our journey to the Lost Coast!
Introduction - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3
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