Everyday Encounters: A Tiburon meeting spot bridges decades, distances

From left, Gay Maxey, Joan Boyce and Patty LaVine meet regularly at Blackie’s Pasture for walks along the bay. The three retired friends, all 65, gather at the Tiburon bayfront path as a midpoint between their homes in San Francisco and Santa Rosa. (Tyler Callister / The Ark)

 Joan Boyce, Gay Maxey and Patty LaVine have turned Blackie’s Pasture into their regular meeting spot since retiring. The three 65-year-olds walk the path, logging about 13,000 steps while talking about their lives after decades in different careers.

The path sits partway between where each of them lives — Boyce and LaVine in Santa Rosa, Maxey in San Francisco. On Oct. 15, they met for one of their regular walks.

“It’s calm and peaceful and beautiful and safe,” LaVine says. “We love it here.”

LaVine recalls bringing her kids to Tiburon years ago for travel soccer matches and marveling that the field sat right on the water.

“We used to play on that field, and I’m like, ‘How crazy is this?’” she says.

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