Sunday 09/15/2024
My feet were sore after yesterday’s hike. Oh, and using the excellent Dish trail map I worked out that the total elevation change for the circuit is 479 feet. From the Stanford Gate which is where you park, up and around in either direction, you will gain 479 feet and lose it again. I had lots of time to wonder how much climbing I was doing, while I was slowly doing it, so… good to know, I guess.
Today about 2pm I got antsy and took the car down to San Jose to the art museum there. Actually there was some kind of mexican/native american festival on the plaza so I wandered around that too. But the main thing was, they had opened an exhibit of small objects by Alexander Calder, that I wanted to see. Calder made lots of jewelry and trinkets out of twisted wire, for instance. But the star of the show for me was this exquisite little mobile, about 18″ high and wide.
The tiny little wire loops that connect the rods just make you say awwww. That lily-pad plate that circles the neck is just soooo 60s. The whole thing, really. Eames chairs and bell-bottoms, the whole mid-century thing.
Codgerville 