Sunday, July 19, 2009

Coast Redwood Tour 2009

Last week I travelled with The Goddess on a six-day camping trip from Humboldt County to Morro Bay and back. I only photographed small portions of the trip, so this is an incomplete pictorial account of what we saw.

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Just north of San Simeon, we came across a beach full of elephant seals.

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We watched bulls fight for supremacy.

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I could relate to this fellow, who just soaked up the sun.

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We weren't the only ones enjoying the ocean view.

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On the way home we stayed at a campground in Big Sur and came across an albino redwood.

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We hiked up the Big Sur River with Hula, who had a blast the entire time.

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On Friday night we camped at Samuel P. Taylor State Park, located east of Point Reyes. This photo shows the AdventureMobile, which was outfitted with a canoe and my fixed gear bike.

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On the way home, we stopped at Fort Ross. In the early 1800s, the Russians built a settlement and a fort at this location. Below are various images from the fort.

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TrunkDesign

Kim took this photo of a design on a trunk.

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Kim took this photo of the harbor at Fort Ross.

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3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The elephant seals must have been wonderful to watch.

I cherish the albino redwood up here that I know about but that one down there looks much healthier.

4:13 AM  
Blogger Jennifer Savage said...

Fabulous!

10:58 AM  
Blogger Indie said...

Great pics!!! Do you have some sort of amazing telephoto lens on your little camera? How do you do this? My camera can't get close-ups like that!

11:19 PM  

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