Making our way around the state to visit family, friends and old favorite places around the Fourth. Started in Sausalito, would up the coast to Mendocino, camped in Calistoga, over to Auburn and back to Walnut Creek.
Took the train from Reno to Denver to see more of the mountains and enjoy the Amtrak experience. Twenty-six hours wasn’t so bad in a roomette with a view!
Took a week off to go visit some of my favorite places and take photos under the dark and clear skies of the Sierras.
I first met Fadi Skaik fifteen years ago. We haven’t ever actually met in person, because he lives in Gaza and I live in Massachusetts. I am Jewish and he is Palestinian, but once our paths crossed through the internet we have been connected ever since.
After experiencing the awe of totality in 2017, I knew I had to see it again in 2024. Lucky me, it was much closer to home this time.