North of the Bay

I took this while visiting my sister in Oakland last year. It was a great time -- Sapta (see my last picture) came out to see my mom in Dallas, and the both of them went to San Francisco to see my sister (she's a lawyer up there). Since they were so close, I hopped on a plane and went to join them for the weekend, which brought no end of happiness to my grandmother: she hadn't seen all of us together at the same time for I think almost ten years (we all tend to visit her in shifts since she's in Israel).
This photo was taken at a cabin my sister was staying at, one of her old law professors let her use it while he and his family go out of town. It's got a magnificent view of the Bay, and I hear whales are often seen migrating in the waters you can see from the cliffside.