If I'd remembered to bring along my camera, I'd post pictures here of the beautiful hike I went on yesterday along the coast. But I forgot my camera, so you'll have to trust me when I say that yesterday was spectacular. Sunny. Warm. Wildflowers in bloom. Salty spray crashing against the rocky coastal cliffs. Did you know that if you're standing on cliffs overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, you can see which way the tide is flowing? Yesterday you could see the muddy water flowing out of the bay into the vast Pacific, a column of cloudy mud-water pouring and churning into the clear blue. Yesterday was the perfect day to live in Northern California. If only I didn't have to work, and I could go tromping about every day…