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Subject: [Leica] A walk in Bixby Park
From: jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:15:21 -0400
References: <926A4569-F4BC-4FC1-A093-BE30B748A517@acm.org>

Herb:

I like the last one the most, I guess for showing the expanse of that 
part of the bay, and your positioning of the winding road.

Jim


On 10/10/12 5:59 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote:
> Bixby Park is in Palo Alto, adjacent to San Francisco Bay. Palo Alto 
> recently abandoned its garbage dump, an eysore, sometimes a smellsore, but 
> often a seagull heaven. Our garbage is now being trucked to a more 
> fortunate town, and Bixby Park is being extended into the former 
> dump--it's a work in progress.
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> Recently, I saw a notice that there was a new geocache in Bixby park, and 
> I set out. It appeared to be well into the newlyexteded portion.
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> First, we go up the hill.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002517.jpg.html
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> The park is full of strange artwork. Those stones are an example, but 
> theoretically functional, as they are said to point to the runway 
> threshold (for the prevailing wind).
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002518.jpg.html
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> Another piece of artwork.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002521.jpg.html
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> I take the most plausible branch in the trail and run into this, with the 
> cache 0.13 miles straight ahead.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002523.jpg.html
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> A view on the way back.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002524.jpg.html
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> On the way back, I saw the trail branch I should have taken, but it was an 
> extra half mile round trip and it was getting late, so I decided to leave 
> it for Friday, when I will have a companion.
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> C&C welcome.
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> Herb
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> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
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