Just up the coast from Cambria, close to San Simeon, is Hearst Castle.. Unlike any other castle I have ever visited – more an Italianate village atop a hill than a fortified castle.
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George McConnell
Visit to Cambria
After leaving Las Vegas we headed west, stopping off at the Griffiths Observatory in Los Angeles before heading on to Cambria for a couple of nights.
Visit to Cambria – Private
Las Vegas 2018
An assortment of images from day and night in Las Vegas
Las Vegas 2018 – Private
Grand Canyon West
Like Yosemite – the Grand Canyon is unrepresentable in pictures. We visited Grand Canyon West – the least developed of the three main tourist areas around the vast Canyon. The views were simply stunning – and the pictures fail to give a real sense of the scale. In one picture I have highlighted a helicopter flying through the canyon – it is (at the resolution that is used in these albums) impossible to spot.
Visit to Hoover Dam
A must visit from Las Vegas is the magnificent Hoover Dam.
Visit to Hoover Dam – Private
Visit to King’s Canyon
Yosemite has a number of ‘cousins’ when it comes to spectacular Californian valleys. A couple of days after our visit to Yosemite we went to King’s Canyon – much less developed – and the day we went very much deserted, which was nice. The trip also took in the Sequoias.
Visit to Yosemite
There are some places in the world where even the best photos cannot hope to convey the experience of actually being there – Yosemite is one of those. This selection from the pictures that I took during our couple of days in the area doesn’t come close to representing the grandeur of the scenery, but hopefully gives a little taster that makes you want to go see it for yourself.