Back here for the first time since 1994. For most of the albums of pics from the trip I have limited myself to no more than 50 images – failed to cut it down given that I had more than three times that many from the area. Was lucky enough to get up close to a family of deer and we spent one evening watching the sunset – stunning.
Seals of California
Mainly taken at the Elephant Seal Sanctuary near Hearst Castle – but also at Monterey, San Francisco and elsewhere. Noisy, smelly animals that often manage to produce cute pictures.
Visit to Hearst Castle
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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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.
Las Vegas 2018
An assortment of images from day and night in Las Vegas
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 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.
San Francisco
Our first port of call in our roadtrip around California (and some other bits….).