newport beach

the "back bay" of newport beach, down the street from paul's place. the road on the bridge is the pacific coast hiway; i decided to take it to san diego. mistake! i was picturing it as a wide open road sweeping along by the ocean. actually, it goes through every town on the way and has stoplights every 10 feet.

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this park on the hill above the "back bay" was started two years ago on the former site of a golf course. makes a nice place to walk.

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a view of the hillside and the houses along it.

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very expensive homes up here. paul says people were opposed to the land being turned into private property, but that money talked in the end.

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fancy, fancy. not sure what purpose the glass wall serves other than to reinforce the social/economic "this is not for you" division.

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paul, my host.

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looking back across the hillside. they've installed sprinklers all along it and are planting greenery.

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all kinds of birds circle around watching for fish. here are three herons. they were huge, as you can tell from the fact that they showed up on my camera.

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gratuitous silly shot of the day. ok, it's just a water fountain, but i like the idea of attaching a bowl to the side of it so people can use it for their dogs. good thinking.

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the pools at paul's apartment complex. a nice place.

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