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I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area during my high school and college years

Mt Diablo with Walnut Creek in the foreground

People have visited San Francisco but may have never noticed a very picturesque area about 30 miles east of the city.  In 1967, my family moved to the San Francisco area from the east coast.  We moved to the town of Walnut Creek.  Our neighborhood was at the base of Mt Diablo and was a very pretty area.  It was quite different from the east coast.  The grassy hills and oak trees were very different from what I had ever seen back east.  But it was Mt Diablo that made the place so nice.

I used to hike through the hills and make trips up Mt Diablo just to take pictures.  I have pages of negatives of photographs taken in the area back then.

30 miles east of San Francisco is a valley overshadowed by Mt Diablo. This is where I lived between 1967 and 1972.

I found some photos online that show Mt Diablo’s location from San Francisco.  This is what visitors may never have noticed.  I think San Francisco is a very  beautiful city, but our area was just as nice.  I have very fond memories of Walnut Creek.