From the elevated height of Palisades Park, Santa Monica, California, well protected paths provide vantage views of the Pacific Ocean, beaches, and the Santa Monica Pier.
Vantage View
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Pier in the Distance
Palisades Park is a 26.4-acre park in Santa Monica, California. The park is located along a 1.6-mile section of Ocean Avenue on top of an uplifted unconsolidated sedimentary coastal Quaternary terrace with exposed bluffs, offering views of both the Pacific Ocean and the coastal mountains.
Walking along the park on a hazy morning, one can see a pier in the distance. The Santa Monica Pier is a large double-jointed pier at the foot of Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California.
Santa Monica
Santa Monica is a coastal city west of downtown Los Angeles, California. Santa Monica Beach is fringed by Palisades Park, with views over the Pacific Ocean. Will be posting images from our recent trip to Santa Monica.
This 18′ high art deco sculpture “Santa Monica” by Eugene Morahan is located on the bluff at the foot of Wilshire Blvd. It is a statue of Saint Monica, for whom the city of Santa Monica was named. Apparently, Spanish explorers were reminded of the tears Saint Monica shed for her errant son while they were drinking from a refreshing spring in West Los Angeles. Because that particular day was St. Monica’s day on the religious calendar, they named the area “Santa Monica.”
Oceans – Waves from the Cliff
An overlook from the cliffs of Carlsbad, California with waves of the Pacific Ocean gently brushing the shoreline
Oceans – Tide at Half Moon Bay
Oceans have featured prominently in our various trips around the world. This week’s theme is scenes by the oceans. Here is an image of full tide at Half Moon Bay, California.
Bridge Silhouette at Sunset
A colorful sunset sky creates a striking silhouette of an old railroad bridge in Santa Clarita, California
Painting the Bay Bridge
An artist paints the Bay Bridge between San Francisco and Oakland in California
Bay Bridge San Francisco
The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, known locally as the Bay Bridge, is a complex of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay in California. As part of Interstate 80 and the direct road between San Francisco and Oakland, it carries about 260,000 vehicles a day on its two decks.
Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco
Posting a series of images of bridges across the country and the world.
The 1.7-mile-long Golden Gate Bridge, an icon of the San Francisco Bay region, connects the city of San Francisco to Marin County, California. At its completion in 1937, the suspension bridge was considered an engineering marvel—the longest main suspension bridge span in the world.
Picture Perfect Setting
We end this series on images from Tierra Rejada Golf Club in California with a picturesque setting
Picture Perfect Setting
Green Fairways at Tierra Rejada
Green fairways and blue sky at Tierra Rejada Golf Club. Moorpark, California
Green Fairways at Tierra Rejada
Green and Colorful Hills in SoCal
Greenery and colorful hills in southern California from a few weeks ago
Green and Colorful Hills
Oblivious to the Picturesque Setting
This putter is focused on his putt, completely oblivious to the picturesque setting at Tierra Rejada Golf Club, Moorpark, California
Oblivious to the Picturesque Setting
Green at Tierra Rejada
Not only the putting area, but also the hills are green at Tierra Rejada Golf Club in California
Green at Tierra Rejada
A Green by the Waterfall
A hills with wild flowers, a waterfall and lilies surround this golf green at Tierra Rejada Golf Club in California
A Green by the Waterfall
An Ideal Golf Green
A golf green with water and flowers at Tierra Rejada golf Club in Moorpark, California. What an ideal setting!
An Ideal Golf Green
A Green Nestled by the Hill
A golf green nestled by a hill with wild flowers at Tierra Rejada Golf Club in Moorpark, California
A Green Nestled by the Hill
Overlooking Tierra Rejada Golf Course
Tierra Rejada Golf Club is nestled in the foothills of eastern Ventura County, California. Here is an overlook of one hole with Moorpark in the background. The greenery was amazing!
Overlooking Tierra Rejada Golf Course
Color on California Hills
With abundant rain earlier this Spring, the hills of Southern California were, a few weeks ago. so green and covered with wild flowers. Will be posting in the coming days a few images of the scenery around a golf course.
Color on the Hills
Bench View – California Redwoods
Redwood National and State Parks are a string of protected forests, beaches and grasslands along Northern California’s coast. The trees in California that people call “redwoods” are actually two distinct species – giant sequoias and coastal redwoods, both of them best described in superlatives like tallest, biggest, most massive, or magnificent.
Here is a bench to view the coastal redwoods of California.
Redwoods California