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Purisima Creek Redwoods (PC03 Gate), Tunitas Creek Rd, Highway 1 Ocean View, Windy Hill Open Space Preserve (WH05 Gate) San Mateo County, California Sunday, July 21, 2013 By Peter Y. Chou WisdomPortal.com |
| Preface: On Sunday July 21, 2013, my friend planned going to Cowell Ranch Beach for a 3-mile hike since we couldn't find a parking space there last week. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my distance glasses, so we changed our plans going first to Eastern Purisima Creek Redwoods (PC 03 Gate). We came here five years ago (September 14, 2008). After a short 20-minutes stay (2:33-2:53 pm), we headed west on Tunitas Creek Road. From the car, photographed two mountain bikers coming and going. At the junction of Lobitos & Tunitas Creek Road, there were many Yellow Lotus on the roadside as well as Farewell to Spring (Clarkia amoena). After 35 minutes on Tunitas Creek Road, we arrived on Highway 1 for scenic views of the Pacific Ocean (3:54-4:23 pm). It was surprising to find a piano on the seaside cliff. A man with an official Half Moon Bay T-shirt tells us that this is a music project, Sunset Piano Opus 2 for Twelve Pianos by Mauro Ffortissimo. Twelve pianos were installed along San Mateo Half Moon Bay coastline for July 7-21 (Mercury News, 7-14-2013). Anyone can sit at one of these pianos and play "songs for whales migrating along the coast". Nine of the pianos were already removed, with the last three removed tomorrow. After my friend took a photo of me at the piano, we stopped by San Gregorio State Beach before heading for Windy Hill Open Space Preserve. entering the WH05 gate (5:11 pm). There was a giant gnarly oak on the Betsy Crowder Trail. No ducks or coots were swimming in Sausal Pond. However a hawk flew overhead on the Spring Ridge Trail that I was lucky to photograph. We left Windy Hill at 5:45 pm and my friend drove me home. I got my distance glasses and caught the 6:40 pm Bus #22 which arrived at Palo Alto Train Depot at 7:05 pm. Went to the Stanford Theatre and saw two films of Spencer Tracy & Katherine Hepburn Adam's Rib (1950) and Desk Set (1957). |
 Purisima Creek Info Boards (PC03 Gate) |
 "Step Throne" Redwood Stump |
 "Cavern" Redwood Stump |
 PC03 Redwood Trailhead |
 Sunflare through Two Redwoods |
 "Three Graces" Redwoods |
 Bluebell (Hyacinthoides) |
 Driving West on Tunitas Creek Road |
 Star Hill Road Signpost |
 Trees along Tunitas Creek Road |
 Mountain Bikers Coming & Going |
 Lobitos & Tunitas Creek Road Signpost |
 Yellow Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) |
 Farewell to Spring (Clarkia amoena) |
 Clarkia amoena on Tunitas Creek Road |
 Ocean View on Highway 1 |
 Yellow Lotus on Roadside |
 Lobitos & Tunitas Creek Road |
 Piano on Coastal Cliff |
 Golden Yarrow & Ocean Cliffs |
 Ocean Waves & Cliffs |
 Sunset Piano Opus 2 for Twelve Pianos |
 Steep Descent to the Beach |
 Incoming Waves on the Beach |
 Peter Playing at the Piano |
 Golden Yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum) |
 San Gregorio State Beach Sign |
 Highway 1 Uphill by San Gregorio Beach |
 Geese, Ducks, Seagulls at Beach |
 San Gregorio State Beach |
 Birds & Picnic at San Gregorio Beach |
 Hills & Farm Fields on Highway 84 |
 Vista of Hills on Highway 84 |
 Hills & Farm Fields from Car on Hwy 84 |
 Windmill on La Honda Road |
 Windy Hill Info Boards (WH05 Gate) |
 Spring Ridge Trail Signpost |
 Betsy Crowder Trail Signpost |
 Spring Ridge Trailhead |
 Tall Eucalyptus Tree |
 Gnarly Oak Tree |
 Sculpturesque Oak Tree |
 Fallen Oak on Betsy Crowder Trail |
 Gnarly Oak on Betsy Crowder Trail |
 Sausal Pond Sign "Critical Wildlife Habitat" |
 Edge of Sausal Pond |
 Tall Reeds in Sausal Pond |
 Verbena (Verbena bonariensis) |
 Trees Around Sausal Pond |
 Hawk Flying Overhead Closeup |
 "Three Witches" Eucalyptus Stumps |
 View Across Sausal Pond |
 Hawk Flying Overhead |
 Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) |
 Eyes in Y-Oak Tree |
 Broken Eucalyptus Stumps |
 Bench by Sausal Pond |
 Stanford Theatre Marquee (7-21-2013) |
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