India Basin
India Basin
Here are pics and a couple of short videos from Sunday's visit to India Basin Open Space, which is slated for development. Groundbreaking is scheduled to begin this month, so we are making it a priority to keep visiting this place when we are in San Francisco as long as it's still an undeveloped open space to enjoy in undisturbed solitude.
Looking down the gated-off street toward the trailhead.
Before too long this will be under construction for mixed-use housing/retail.
Hawksbeard.
Evidence of an impromptu fireworks show.
Big ships riding at anchor in the Bay, waiting for their turn in the Port of Oakland: Vehicle carrier Glovis Sigma; Ocean Network Express container ship; and oil tanker Emarat Dubai Brilliance.
The Bay Trail will still be here, unaffected by the upcoming construction.
Looking north toward downtown San Francisco.
Fishing boat Sole-Man.
Tiny boat, big ship.
Wild radish.
Alkali heath is commonly found around the edges of San Francisco Bay, growing in salt marshes and alkali flats.
A sedum of some sort (I think).
A buckeye blossom, with nascent buckeye pods developing.
A ubiquitous western fence lizard.
Another look at the Bay before heading home.
A peek into a tidepool (no audio). The little critters bopping around are water boatmen.
Crab's-eye view of waves coming into the shore.
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Here are pics and a couple of short videos from Sunday's visit to India Basin Open Space, which is slated for development. Groundbreaking is scheduled to begin this month, so we are making it a priority to keep visiting this place when we are in San Francisco as long as it's still an undeveloped open space to enjoy in undisturbed solitude.
Looking down the gated-off street toward the trailhead.
Before too long this will be under construction for mixed-use housing/retail.
Hawksbeard.
Evidence of an impromptu fireworks show.
Big ships riding at anchor in the Bay, waiting for their turn in the Port of Oakland: Vehicle carrier Glovis Sigma; Ocean Network Express container ship; and oil tanker Emarat Dubai Brilliance.
The Bay Trail will still be here, unaffected by the upcoming construction.
Looking north toward downtown San Francisco.
Fishing boat Sole-Man.
Tiny boat, big ship.
Wild radish.
Alkali heath is commonly found around the edges of San Francisco Bay, growing in salt marshes and alkali flats.
A sedum of some sort (I think).
A buckeye blossom, with nascent buckeye pods developing.
A ubiquitous western fence lizard.
Another look at the Bay before heading home.
A peek into a tidepool (no audio). The little critters bopping around are water boatmen.
Click to viewCrab's-eye view of waves coming into the shore.
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