Well sorta. Hey, she is not tied up to a buoy, a pier or a dock but out on the open water passing by a city and looking majestic as she passes under a majestic bridge that is 75 on Sunday. As far as I am concerned you would never know she wasn't under her own power.
I had to work and rush out of my office at noon to beat it to Marin. That went fine right until I got off 101, before the Golden Gate Bridge, to head up to the road to the Nike Missile Site. Oh, did I make a HUGH mistake there. After 2 miles up and down over a period of an hour I decided to leave. Seems the water front, wherever you could see the bay, was packed with people all looking for the Iowa. Drove down and went east of the Bridge to see about Fort Baker. Way less cars and lots of precious legal parking. Got my shots and talked with an ex-Air Force guy who is now a professional photographer. He made the same mistake I made but we finally did get what we could. Leaving took another 2 hours what is normally a 40 minute trip on another day.
First shot coming around Tiburon and Alcatraz in the background. Yes, that is a Huey in some shots.
I had to work and rush out of my office at noon to beat it to Marin. That went fine right until I got off 101, before the Golden Gate Bridge, to head up to the road to the Nike Missile Site. Oh, did I make a HUGH mistake there. After 2 miles up and down over a period of an hour I decided to leave. Seems the water front, wherever you could see the bay, was packed with people all looking for the Iowa. Drove down and went east of the Bridge to see about Fort Baker. Way less cars and lots of precious legal parking. Got my shots and talked with an ex-Air Force guy who is now a professional photographer. He made the same mistake I made but we finally did get what we could. Leaving took another 2 hours what is normally a 40 minute trip on another day.
First shot coming around Tiburon and Alcatraz in the background. Yes, that is a Huey in some shots.
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