Moving In Soon

I will be moving in to my new apartment in downtown San Francisco either today after work or tomorrow morning. I'll be sure to post some pictures really soon!

First Commute

I will be living in downtown San Francisco this summer in an apartment with Kate. Google is in Mountain View, which is about an hour's drive away. Therefore, I must commute.

Commuting to Google is easy and comfortable, thanks to the Google shuttles. There are pickup stops all around the San Francisco Bay Area, including in downtown.

The coolest part of the Google shuttles is that they have Wifi access. In fact, I'm writing this blog post from the shuttle, on my way to my first day of work!

Looks like we're arriving, see ya later!

The Big Sur

After staying the night in Carmel, California, we drove a little further south along the Pacific coast to go see the Big Sur. The Big Sur is the section of coastline with a winding highway precariously perched on the cliff face. This section of highway has been used as a setting for many Hollywood car chases.

Here is a photo that I took of the highway. Behind the sign you can see the highway snaking back and forth. You can also see the highway winding back and forth in the far distance.

Driving this highway even at a slow pace was sometimes quite scary. In some spots there is a sheer drop hundreds of feet down to the Pacific ocean right next to the roadway, without any guardrails.  Here's me standing too close to the edge.  Don't jump!  

Here's a view of a secluded beach far below.

There is a famous arch bridge in Big Sur, called Bixby Creek Bridge. It's quite a feat of engineering. Someone is going to dig this thing up in four thousand years and wonder how we managed to build such a thing.

The coast is inhabited by many different sorts of birds, including our friends the seagulls. I snapped this picture of two of them in flight.

A couple more pics of the coastline.