While we’re waiting (hoping) for coastal clouds & fog to clear so we can fly, I’ve been looking at pix from yesterday’s relatively high and fast flight to San Diego. Some pix from the trip are already on Edhat and our Photo Page, so here are a few more. I never seem to tire of looking at the little residential lakes near Thousand Oaks. That area nestled in a valley beneath the coastal hills has some developments that don’t fit the standard SoCA patterns.
6683 Water World
On the way down we stayed at 3500 feet, higher than the 1500 we usually fly, to save time and because we were flying near top speed to get down and back in daylight. Coming home we went up to 10,500 coming across LAX, to provide more safety margin from the coastal clouds and that also saved time. It was fun getting such a different perspective on the LA basin. We’ve seen it from jets, but that’s at best a small and hazy window if you’re not stuck in an aisle seat. Our windows are clear, and we can even open them to snap views like this.
6689 Long Beach
Approaching SBA just before sunset, we got an unusual view of “Eyelash Hill” (see the Edhat story).
6702 Eyelash Hill
If you click on it (perhaps several times), you can see the stand of tall grass just beyond the mansion that looks like flames in the sunset light. I hadn’t realized what a zig-zag complex of trails are on the nearby slopes. Wonder what’s growing in the terraced garden boxes, and how they keep canyon critters from eating it all. Guess that’s a guard tower next to the garden, eh? Beautiful home, and they must have pretty good views from that tower. Wonder if the entrance room’s large skylights are clear, but regardless it must be a very bright room introducing guests to what is surely a lovely mansion inside.
John & Anne Wiley 
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