Large Woody Debris in San Geronimo Creek, 2016-2017

This is the story of wood in San Geronimo Creek pools immediately upstream of the Meadow Way bridge during the 2016-2017 winter season. When it arrived, and when it, sadly, departed.

Looking north along the bridge railing during the biggest flood
in a decade (December 2012) on the left and September 2016 (right).

2: calm coastal waters

This is the second question in the new quiz category on my blog and on Twitter: #WithoutTheRoar, where I give information about a place and you guess where in California it is. See the first question (and answer) here.

You arrive. The first thing you hear might be the honking of Canada Geese on the lawn near the lagoon. An angler walks by with his catch of starry flounder and striped bass.You cross the railroad tracks--apparently abandoned--and scramble down the rip-rap boulders to the shore of a large, calm, salty body of water. You head uphill, hoping to get a better view from above the fog. You cross a street and head up a trail, taking care not to touch the poison oak as you ascend under the coast live oaks. You recognize coyotebush and toyon, and California poppies as you ascend into open rocky grassland. The fog does not clear, so you head back down to the water's edge, noticing that automobiles must go through a tunnel to get here. The fog clears just enough for this view:

Where in California are you?