Mount Diablo

Anne-Lise, Danny, and I went to Mt. Diablo. It's a pretty big mountain and it's close to the Bay Area. These are some of the pictures I took.

Shot on Fuji Astia or Velvia color slide film (not sure which).

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Our first stop on Mt Diablo was half-way up the mountain, at about 2000 feet. This area is full of limestone rocks. Here Anne-Lise is climbing on one. Mt Diablo is a great place for climbers :-)

After lots of ups and downs following trails that were not all made by people, we stopped for lunch. I took this picture of bell grass.

We wanted to keep going in the general direction we started it, but we kept running into impasses. At one of these, I stopped to take this shot. Beautiful. We eventually found a way through to a real trail, but it wasn't easy!

Out in the open, we came across huge fields covered in this thorny plant. Definitely a place for hiking books rather than running shoes. It was hot, but I sometimes still wished I'd worn jeans!

A pretty plant right next to the trail.

Cute puff-balls. Anne-Lise touches everything and reports how it feels. These are soft, of course!
That's it for now.

Another shot of Anne-Lise.

Danny, photographer.

Danny climbing down. He's wearing his custom camera carrying system, loosely modeled after mine.

Inedible berries near the top of Mt Diablo.

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	Our first stop on Mt Diablo was half-way up the mountain, at about 2000 feet. This area is full of limestone rocks. Here Anne-Lise is climbing on one. Mt Diablo is a great place for climbers :-)
	After lots of ups and downs following trails that were not all made by people, we stopped for lunch. I took this picture of bell grass.
	We wanted to keep going in the general direction we started it, but we kept running into impasses. At one of these, I stopped to take this shot. Beautiful. We eventually found a way through to a real trail, but it wasn't easy!
	Out in the open, we came across huge fields covered in this thorny plant. Definitely a place for hiking books rather than running shoes. It was hot, but I sometimes still wished I'd worn jeans!
	A pretty plant right next to the trail.
	Cute puff-balls. Anne-Lise touches everything and reports how it feels. These are soft, of course! That's it for now.
	Another shot of Anne-Lise.
	Danny, photographer.
	Danny climbing down. He's wearing his custom camera carrying system, loosely modeled after mine.
	Inedible berries near the top of Mt Diablo.