lynnb
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#USA34-11 Bakers Beach, San Francisco, 10 June 1979. One of those photos I couldn’t resist. Look in the opposite direction and the Golden Gate bridge is in the background.
American Road Trip 1979 on Kodachrome
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Archiver
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Just wondering, have you ever owned a Kombi, and if so, did you make any road trips with it? I have an idealistic wish of doing a road trip in a Kombi, but the reality is probably much worse than my imagination.
lynnb
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#USA34-13 Bakers Beach, San Francisco, 10 June 1979
Remarkable how much trash was lying around.
Remarkable how much trash was lying around.
lynnb
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#USA34-16 Lunch with my tour group at Bakers Beach, San Francisco, 10 June 1979
lynnb
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I owned a Mitsubishi Express L300, the poor man’s Kombi, which I converted into a semi-camper. I traveled a lot with it in the 1970s and 80s. I had great times with it going on surfing, skiing and camping trips.
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My tangential dream is to do a road trip in a Mitsubishi Delica! I hope you have lots of photos from your 70s and 80s trips, too.
lynnb
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#USA34-14 Bakers Beach, San Francisco, 10 June 1979. Golden Gate bridge is in the background.
lynnb
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#USA34-17 Ocean Beach looking south from Point Lobos Ave near the Cliff House, San Francisco, 10 June 1979.
lynnb
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#USA34-18 The Cliff House, Ocean Beach on Point Lobos Ave, San Francisco, 10 June 1979.
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#USA34-20 San Francisco from Twin Peaks, 10 June 1979.
1920pixel image on the long side. The fortress-looking building near the centre is the Mint Building. Bay Bridge in the background. The top of the Transamerica Building is prominent. Taken with the Nikkor 35mm f/2.8 AI
1920pixel image on the long side. The fortress-looking building near the centre is the Mint Building. Bay Bridge in the background. The top of the Transamerica Building is prominent. Taken with the Nikkor 35mm f/2.8 AI
Freakscene
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I helped a guy on the Pacific Highway near Burringbar in the 1990s. He had a Kombi. Its engine was on fire. Luckily I had a fire extinguisher. I then gave him a lift to Murwillumbah and swore off Kombis, however cool they look.
Edit: Do VW Kombis really catch fire and why?
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lynnb
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#USA34-21 San Francisco from Twin Peaks, 10 June 1979. Taken with the Nikkor 105mm f/2.5
1920pixel image on the long side. The fortress-looking building near the centre is the Mint Building. Bay Bridge in the background. The top of the Transamerica Building is prominent.
1920pixel image on the long side. The fortress-looking building near the centre is the Mint Building. Bay Bridge in the background. The top of the Transamerica Building is prominent.
lynnb
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#USA34-22 San Francisco and Golden Gate bridge from Twin Peaks, 10 June 1979.
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1920px image.
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#USA34-23 San Francisco from Twin Peaks, 10 June 1979. Alcatraz in middle distance.
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1920px image.
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#USA34-24 San Francisco from Twin Peaks, 10 June 1979.
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1920px image.
AlwaysOnAuto
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Great shots Lynn, keep 'em coming!
Ray Vonn 2023
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Did you take any snaps of Camera Obscura or "Giant Camera" about 30 metres away from that location?
lynnb
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No, I didn’t see it. Was it there in 1979?
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#USA34-26 On the Alcatraz ferry, San Francisco, 11 June 1979.
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#USA34-27 Alcatraz, San Francisco, 11 June 1979.
