Unexpectedly Nice Weather in Tiburon
Aug. 16th, 2023 11:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerFor our QBR this week my work team had an overnight stay in Tiburon, California. The drive up there on Monday afternoon was easy. It would have been about an hour 20 minutes, maybe an hour 30, though I stopped by SFO to pick up a colleague who'd flown in from Denver.
We arrived at our hotel to find a building that looked pretty spiff in the lobby area but a bit shabby in the rooms.
I'm tempted to say there's nothing wrong with this room— except the floor squeaks like crazy, the door has to be slammed to even latch safely, and the walls are paper thin. It feels kind of like we're in an old Holiday Inn that's surrounded by $10+ million houses.
Outside there's a small pool and a hot tub. A hot tub— and I didn't even think of packing swim trunks! It turned out not to matter as I was busy all evening socializing with the team over dinner. I wouldn't get back to my room until 11pm.
The weather in Tiburon on Monday was quite a surprise. I packed for it to be 65° and foggy in the afternoon, and advised my out-of-town colleagues to do the same. That's typical summer weather in this area. But no, mother nature had other plans this week. On Monday it was a stunning 81° and sunny. After finishing a few work tasks on my computer in the room I headed out for a walk before dinner.
The shabbiness of the hotel room didn't bother me so much with scenery like this to enjoy outdoors. As I quipped to colleagues who were laughing about how poor the rooms were, "Most of the time we'll be in our rooms we'll be unconscious." So let's enjoy the beautiful weather!
The view above is from a little park on the edge of the San Francisco Bay. It's just a block and a half from the hotel.
You can see San Francisco across the water. The drive from downtown SF to Tiburon is 16 miles. It's a circuitous route to this point because we're on a small peninsula. The straight-line distance across the water here is maybe 7 miles.
Here's a crop of what the previous picture looks like, except at full magnification. You can see the city skyline with more detail. This is just what I captured with my iPhone SE 2022's built in camera. With such a beautiful day I wish I'd brought my nicer camera.
We arrived at our hotel to find a building that looked pretty spiff in the lobby area but a bit shabby in the rooms.
I'm tempted to say there's nothing wrong with this room— except the floor squeaks like crazy, the door has to be slammed to even latch safely, and the walls are paper thin. It feels kind of like we're in an old Holiday Inn that's surrounded by $10+ million houses.
Outside there's a small pool and a hot tub. A hot tub— and I didn't even think of packing swim trunks! It turned out not to matter as I was busy all evening socializing with the team over dinner. I wouldn't get back to my room until 11pm.
The weather in Tiburon on Monday was quite a surprise. I packed for it to be 65° and foggy in the afternoon, and advised my out-of-town colleagues to do the same. That's typical summer weather in this area. But no, mother nature had other plans this week. On Monday it was a stunning 81° and sunny. After finishing a few work tasks on my computer in the room I headed out for a walk before dinner.
The shabbiness of the hotel room didn't bother me so much with scenery like this to enjoy outdoors. As I quipped to colleagues who were laughing about how poor the rooms were, "Most of the time we'll be in our rooms we'll be unconscious." So let's enjoy the beautiful weather!
The view above is from a little park on the edge of the San Francisco Bay. It's just a block and a half from the hotel.
You can see San Francisco across the water. The drive from downtown SF to Tiburon is 16 miles. It's a circuitous route to this point because we're on a small peninsula. The straight-line distance across the water here is maybe 7 miles.
Here's a crop of what the previous picture looks like, except at full magnification. You can see the city skyline with more detail. This is just what I captured with my iPhone SE 2022's built in camera. With such a beautiful day I wish I'd brought my nicer camera.
