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I left for Sears Point early in the morning, going through the fire smoke:

It had been 6 years since I last went:

Fast Toys had this rental race car for me:

no space for a passenger

the bumper started to get melted by the exhaust

Alex owned the car and got data from it for me, as well as gave me basic coaching

My best lap was a 1:53:98. I think I never learned to fully use the car, especially on this track I don't know well (jump to 6:38):

While an instructor did a 1:49:68. Doh, I left a lot of time on the table (jump to 6:00)...

I also drove my Mclaren 650S for 30mn, and got the time down to 1:57 on used tires. Car could have gone faster, but I need to get better at this track.

We took a few pictures at the end of the day:

The drive back took me back through the fog and downstream from the fires:

I hope that was fog

280 was definitely smoky

I had to hurry to get enough light before losing it

smoke was visible but on the east side of the bay

black mountain peak was clear

clear at the top

A few animals were out:

The ocean side of the view was nice too:

smoke means nice views

It was then time to bike back since I didn't have a bike light:

Soo much nicer than 2 days prior...

the bike barely fit

not the best view

top of montebello

oops, good thing I had my N99 mask

I unpacked my bike and did the short ride to the first radio tower and then black mountain. I was very out of breath breathing with that max (and even the filtered air not being prefect probably):

couldn't really see the bay

and that's why

biking back to my car

And then I went down, and the air was definitely better:

I didn't know the planes left from Tinian by Guam and there was a plan for them to land at Iwo Jima, and have a 2nd plane take the bomb and try again if the weather didn't allow for the first plane to reach the targets:

mission #1

mission #2

It was so an artillary range:

We had a look around the rest of the base, not much left:

air was ok enough

not the best view though

looked a bit better on the under tree shade

and not as much as soon as we got sunlight

I found this in a hole, looks like some kind of eggs that got eaten by a predator:

quails

Some of the access was supposedly closed:

interstellar anyone?

Back under some trees:

We found an old half abandoned small cluster of houses that was apparently off limits. I'm not sure if that was fully legal, or just trying to scare people away:

from there, we got back to a trail entrance

Eventually we got to Mindego Lake for lunch. It was behind a couple of closed fences and next to a lot of cow "droppings":

We then went to the Mindego Hill loop, which was supposed to have great views, but obviously not so much:

ooops

It was then time to get back to the crowded parking lot where we left the car :) on the way down pagemill, found lots of turkeys:

We then went to the Ritz-Carlton and their semi-private beach:

A few more beaches:

We then ended by going to West Point Parking lot in Half Moon Bay, walked the Jetty and Frenchman reef trail:

a few views from HAF airport

end of the trail, before turning back

poor Half Moon Bay airport, not getting much use with Covid-19