Sylvanite
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Last month, my wife and I (along with another couple) flew out to Los Angeles and drove up the pacific coast highway. We stopped in San Francisco to watch a couple days of America's Cup racing, and then went to Yosemite National Park and Sequoia National Forest. Here are some snapshots from along the way:
We stayed at a motel on Morro Bay, and this was the view from the restaurant at breakfast:
We had dinner in Big Sur, right about sunset:
This is the roadside view of McWay Falls. The beach is inaccessible but very pretty.
And, here's a shot through the trees at Point Lobos State Park.
The America's Cup (the oldest active sporting event in the world) was between 72-foot hydrofoiling catamarans this year, and they are impressive. It's one thing to read that the boats exceed 50mph - but quite another to see them do it in person. We chartered a sailboat and watched the racing out on San Francisco Bay.
This is one of the support boats towing a starting mark out to the course:
Team New Zealand up on their foils:
Team USA and Team NZ racing. To give you a sense of scale, the wingsails on these boats are bigger than the wings on a Boeing 747.
Here is Team USA, approaching the edge of the racecourse and getting ready to tack. We were watching from just outside the boundary.
We probably picked the worst time of year (autumn when the waterfalls are dry) and the worst year (the valley was full of smoke from the wildfires) to visit Yosemite National Park, but it was still spectacular.
Here's a picture of Yosemite from the valley floor, with the Merced River in the foreground:
And a view looking down from Glacier Point:
Of course, every photo journal of Yosemite has to include a picture of Half Dome:
And here's a shot of the moon rising over Cathedral Spires at sunset:
From there, we drove through Sequoia National Forest. It's surprisingly difficult to capture the impressive scale of these trees in a photograph (you can literally drive through some of them). These are a couple of my attempts.
Here's my wife next to a fallen sequoia:
And the two ladies posing with trees by the roadside:
Here is the wood porn I promised. The burl on the side of that giant sequoia tree is at least 6 (if not 8) feet across:
One of our side stops was the Getty Museum. Just before leaving, I stuck a fisheye lens on the camera, laid down on the foyer floor, and took this picture of the stairway and skylight. People looked at me like I was nuts, but as I packed up, others started doing the same thing. :biggrin:
I hope you enjoyed the pics,
Eric
We stayed at a motel on Morro Bay, and this was the view from the restaurant at breakfast:
We had dinner in Big Sur, right about sunset:
This is the roadside view of McWay Falls. The beach is inaccessible but very pretty.
And, here's a shot through the trees at Point Lobos State Park.
The America's Cup (the oldest active sporting event in the world) was between 72-foot hydrofoiling catamarans this year, and they are impressive. It's one thing to read that the boats exceed 50mph - but quite another to see them do it in person. We chartered a sailboat and watched the racing out on San Francisco Bay.
This is one of the support boats towing a starting mark out to the course:
Team New Zealand up on their foils:
Team USA and Team NZ racing. To give you a sense of scale, the wingsails on these boats are bigger than the wings on a Boeing 747.
Here is Team USA, approaching the edge of the racecourse and getting ready to tack. We were watching from just outside the boundary.
We probably picked the worst time of year (autumn when the waterfalls are dry) and the worst year (the valley was full of smoke from the wildfires) to visit Yosemite National Park, but it was still spectacular.
Here's a picture of Yosemite from the valley floor, with the Merced River in the foreground:
And a view looking down from Glacier Point:
Of course, every photo journal of Yosemite has to include a picture of Half Dome:
And here's a shot of the moon rising over Cathedral Spires at sunset:
From there, we drove through Sequoia National Forest. It's surprisingly difficult to capture the impressive scale of these trees in a photograph (you can literally drive through some of them). These are a couple of my attempts.
Here's my wife next to a fallen sequoia:
And the two ladies posing with trees by the roadside:
Here is the wood porn I promised. The burl on the side of that giant sequoia tree is at least 6 (if not 8) feet across:
One of our side stops was the Getty Museum. Just before leaving, I stuck a fisheye lens on the camera, laid down on the foyer floor, and took this picture of the stairway and skylight. People looked at me like I was nuts, but as I packed up, others started doing the same thing. :biggrin:
I hope you enjoyed the pics,
Eric
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