Small by population, the City of Trinidad, California offers amazing coastline and nearly a dozen public beaches. Trinidad State Beach marks the location of one of the area’s natural landmarks.
A bench view of the cove and harbor …..
Trinidad Fishing Cove California Coastline
Internationally renowned gardens at Self Realization Retreat, Encinitas, California, offer a diversity of colorful plants, meditation nooks, koi ponds, and spectacular ocean vistas – providing a unique inspirational setting where one can pray, study, meditate, or just sit quietly enjoying the expression of God’s beauty in nature.
A bench view of the Pacific Ocean from the Meditation Gardens
Encinitas, California
A street fair under the signature palm trees in San Francisco, California
A Street Market Under the Palms
The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, known locally as the Bay Bridge, is a complex of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay in California.
An ideal place to view the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Perfect Place to View a Bridge
Alcatraz Island is located in San Francisco Bay, 1.25 miles offshore from San Francisco, California. The small island was developed with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison, and a federal prison from 1934 until 1963.
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco, in northern California, is a hilly city on the tip of a peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. It’s known for its year-round fog, iconic Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars and colorful Victorian houses.
Two different views of this famous city …..
A City on the Hill
Speeding by San Francisco
Street musicians performing in front of a painted scene in Seal Beach, California
California Beach Town Musicians
A typical beach town scene on a holiday – Seal Beach, California
Beach Town California
Mission Santa Barbara, also known as Santa Barbara Mission, is a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan order near present-day Santa Barbara, California. It was founded on December 4, 1786 as the tenth mission for the religious conversion of the indigenous local Chumash-Barbareño tribe of Native American people.
Mission Santa Barbara
Bridalveil Fall is one of the most prominent waterfalls in the Yosemite Valley in California, seen yearly by millions of visitors to Yosemite National Park. The waterfall is 188 meters (617 ft) in height and flows year round.
Bridal Veil Falls
A glorious ocean sunset sky off Santa Barbara, California
Glorious Ocean Sunset Sky
A palm-tree California sunset at Oxnard harbor …..
Sunset at Oxnard Harbor
Footsteps in the sand accentuate this sunset at Silver Strand Beach in Oxnard, California
Sunset at Silver Strand Beach Oxnard
Cloudy sunset reflections at a lakefront community in Yorba Linda, California
Reflections at a Lakefront Community
A spectacular sunset over the ocean off Santa Barbara, California
A Spectacular Ocean Sunset
A beautiful sunset landscape from Santa Barbara, California
An Ocean Sunset Landscape
Birds on a pier line up with the palm trees at sunset in Oxnard, California
Birds on a Pier at Sunset
A man walking his dog at sunset on Silver Strand Beach, Oxnard, California
A Man and HIs Best Friend at Sunset
Will be posting over the next few weeks images from a recent trip to Southern California. Had the pleasure to stay just off Silver Strand Beach, Oxnard. Here are some beach homes basking in the rays of sunset …
Beach Homes Basking in Sunshine at Golden Hour
Quite a contrast from yesterday’s image. Golfing while surrounded by mountains, fog and water (rare in Southern California)
Golfing in SoCal Mountains