The light is different at 10,000 feet, just a hundred yards from the parking lot.
Little Lakes, Big Views
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Red Rock Wonder
A Palisade of Geology… for your Viewing Pleasure
The Birds: Zmudowski State Beach
A Beach to Just Us, and the Birds…
Arroyo Seco Gorge(ous)
A Rugged Mountain Fix, About an Hour from the Monterey Coast
The Pinnacles, in Full Bloom
A Gallery of Wildflowers at Pinnacles National Park
Twice in a Lifetime
I saw a once-in-a-lifetime flower show. Then it happened again.
Wild for Flowers, Sierra National Forest
The Delight of Late Season Wildflowers in the Sierra
Get Your Feet on the Table
Where Rocks and Wildflowers Beautifully Coexist for a Few Months a Year
The Color Green
With no meaningful rain in the the last four years, whatever color was in the oak leaves had drained away along with the water table, leaving wooded views so muted that you really began to wonder: just how much more will this landscape be able to stand? Then it...