In a radical step, possibly never seen before, I walked to the Reno airport this morning. It was about 2 miles, so not very long, but there was something especially satisfying about getting there in an entirely non automotive fashion. I did have to jump over a small fence, but it otherwise went quite smoothly.

Stupidly, I left my camera in my luggage so once again missed the opportunity to take photographs of some very interesting sights, including a spectacular vista of the Yosemite valley. I saw half dome from an angle I've seen it before.. it's actually way narrower than I thought. Then over the southen part fo the vast central valley of California where you can see the transition between desert and irrigated farmland. There seem to be a tremendous number of either chicken or hog farms down there, rows upon rows of long white sheds among the farm fields. In certain areas, salt is visible on the surface - the result of overly agressive groundwater pumping, straight out of Cadillac Desert.

And of course the spectacular final aproach into the ultimate megalopolis, LA. Next time my camera remains in my pocket.