Raven's Roads
Living an interesting life: the travels and musings
of motorcycling author Linda R. Moore

07 April 2008

Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area is a striking oasis just a few miles away from the interstate. Because it’s run as an environmental park, it’s a rich wonderland of woodland, river and meadow habitats with a lovely clear-cut nature trail.

I pretty much filled my hard drive up on this trip, and picked out several pictures to share in a photo essay. This is a wonderful time of year to be there–spring in full force, wildflowers everywhere, and no hint of the coming summer heat.

I stumbled upon the trail when I checked out the restrooms–the ones near the group camping.

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This photo essay is part of a series. Here’s the first one.

08 March 2008

Sandy Beach is a Solano County park, a well-kept place which really does adjoin a sandy beach, albeit one associated with the river and the Delta. The morning after we settled in, I wandered down to the river and discovered this for myself, spending a peaceful while making footprints in the sand.

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This photo essay is part of a series. Here’s the first one.

06 March 2008

In the evening I set out for another walk. This time I picked up the cycle path round about where I’d left off, i.e. at the visitor center, and went to see where it was. The entire time, I saw a grand total of one cyclist and no other walkers. I guess in season it’s busier around here, but it was delightfully quiet when I went there.

At the start of the path was a swathe of this golden bush, reminiscent of gorse.

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This photo essay is part of a series. Here’s the first one.

06 March 2008

I set out in the morning to pay for another night (it’s usually done in an honesty box at this time of year, though they do check sometime during the day). I spotted a large, well-fed cat having some fun in the grass.

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See also: [A second day on Brannan Island] [Evening on Brannan Island] [A walk on the Sandy Beach]

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On the 5th of March Don and I headed off to Brannan Island State Park for our monthly jaunt into the country. For my part, it was a sanity-saving exercise, an opportunity to unhook and unwind.

I wasn’t in the mood for anything intellectual while I was there; I just needed to relax and detoxify from the unexpected intensity of life behind a keyboard. And it’s because of this that rather than try to find words to write you a travel essay, instead I’ll do a series of simple photo essays for a change.

Mostly what I did out there was walk. I went on several different walks and brought my camera along. This was the first walk, which I took on 6th March in the early-ish morning, when the dew was fresh on the grass and everything smelled earthy and warm. (more…)

When I visited Yountville Cemetery, I was looking for one historical marker. I failed to spot it until the very end, and did a tour of the whole place. I’m glad: had so much going for it that I saved a bunch of photographs for this photo post. (more…)