penitent, turbulent, multiplex!

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make it out to the Black Mountain Trail this weekend, but I’ll get there eventually.

I did manage to go for a little walk just north of where I work. There’s a hill there that is appropriately called Vista Slope, since it gives a terrific view of the surrounding area. I’ve been meaning to bring my camera up there since I bought it, and this time I actually remembered to do so.

On the way there, I saw this curious vehicle sitting in the parking lot. It is apparently an electric truck: I’ve seen them around before.

About halfway up the hill on the north side, the trail curves up behind the Shoreline Amphitheatre, where I will be martyring my eardrums in June at Ozzfest.

Also at this section of the trail, I saw this strange scene. I would love to see this as a cover for a software engineering book or something — or better yet, for a guide on the STL.

The view at the top of the hill was pretty amazing, but unfortunately I’m a pretty craptacular photographer, so you may not be able to fully appreciate things from these shots. Also, I was constantly being distracted by amateur pilots — it seems like everyone around here owns the airborne equivalent of a sports car. Shiny things on land are enough of a distraction for me, so you can imagine how I react to shiny things buzzing around in the air.

Here’s the view roughly to the south. I managed to catch a small chunk of the Googleplex there in the middle:

And to the (sort of) east, I believe that one can see NASA headquarters, but don’t quote me on that. In my first week here, I stopped paying attention whilst biking one morning on my to work, and ended up at the NASA security gate, so I know it’s in that general direction.

To the (approximate) west… a big honkin golf course.

And to the north(-ish)… well, see for yourself.

Not too shabby.