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halloween critical mass 09

tayyab

things started out in a happy, festive mood as we left justin herman plaza. the mass started and 40 minutes passed before we even started moving and we were walking. this was probably the biggest critical mass ever?!

tayyab and tony (dressed as a bridge worker)

looking down market st.

and then after passing city hall, things got really ugly on van ness st.

this old man had just maced several bicyclists. (you can see the large spray can in his right hand.) he then was yelling and swung at a bicyclist and then he was shoved to the ground. from city hall on van ness ave. (at mcallister st) to broadway ave. (about a mile), there were physical altercations in almost every single intersection taking place while i biked through these cross streets!

here another pissed of motorist tries to drive through the bicycle parade through van ness. evidently, these motorists had been waiting for 30+ minutes already while the front of the mass went by, and were pretty frustrated by the time we rolled through. they must have had really important things to drive their cars to but they wanted to utilize the same small strips of pavement that we had temporarily claimed for ourselves for just a bit of time - and this really made some folks mad.

this guy was angrily screaming "faggot, faggot, faggot!" after this, i started yelling, "let's keep the peace." before the mass, i had been yelling, "let's storm the bay bridge and go to treasure island." (it would have been traffic-free since the bridge was closed to cars), but no one ever listens to me.

the broadway tunnel...

met up with andrea towards the end of the mass. here's her amazing "dia de los muertos"-style face paint

arch rock at pt. reyes

arriving at the ocean and arch rock after an easy 6 mile hike with mom and pops

the arch on the underside of the rock

my parents embracing atop arch rock

chimney rock trail at pt. reyes

dad and mom

more with my parents in marin

dad and mom

view at sunrise from the home where we stayed, the "artist's retreat" of two great photographers who have put together amazing photo anthologies including visions of marin, visions of pt. reyes and their exhaustive and brand new california trip. you can learn more about them at point reyes visions.

mcclure's beach...

elk!

view at samuel p. taylor state park

some views