Pacific Coast Highway

Images From California’s Rugged Coast

California, Drone Produced, Ocean, Pacific Ocean

A campanion to my earlier video of same area.

Powerful waves crash upon the beach along Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean at Big Sur, California.

Odds And Ends From My Recent Cali Trip

California, Death Valley, Desert Southwest, In The Country, Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Sequoia, Sierras, Waterfalls

And what a strange trip it was………..

Coastal fog has drifted in to the lush green valleys along California’s Pacific Ocean coastline

A slow exposure produces a continuous red line from a vehicle on California’s Pacific Coast Highway near Big Sur

The moon rises over a remote part of Death Valley National Park, California

Another solar farm has gone online in the high desert of California

Another lush green valley along California’s Pacific Ocean coastline

Fog drifts into an Almond Tree Orchard in California’s Central Valley.

Funky cloud formations appear over the California Coastline at Cambria

A waterfall appears a Garrapata State Park along California’s Pacific Coast near Carmel

Mount Whitney soars above the snow-covered Sierras and the Owens Valley of California

Taken with my Google Pixl phone while driving through the high desert. Not recommended.

“Smell the sea and feel the sky, let your soul and spirit fly”

California, Ocean, Pacific Ocean

That’s a line from the Van Morrison song “Brand New Day” That’s the feeling I get whenever I make my annual trek to California’s Pacific Ocean coastline. From Cambria up to Carmel, the surf was high and the sky was eclectic.

The surf is up along the Pacific Ocean Coastline at Garrapata State Park, Carmel, California

McWay Falls empties into the Pacific Ocean at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park near Big Sur, California

Pacific Coast Highway follows California’s Pacific Ocean coastline near Big Sur

Distant fog marks the horizon along California’s Pacific Ocean.

The surf is up at San Simeon, California

The sun sets along California’s Pacific Ocean Coastline

There were high surf warnings even before the tsunami warning occurred.

Seaside Wildflowers

California, Flowers, Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Seasons

Wildflowers were blooming along California’s Pacific Ocean Coastline. Some, I recognize, others I couldn’t identify even with my flower book.

An ice plant flowers along California's Pacific Coast near Big Sur. — An ice plant flowers along California’s Pacific Coast near Big Sur.

Bright colors come alive during sunset at Goblin Valley State Park, Utah — California Blue Lilac

Paintbrush flowers along the Pacific Ocean at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, Carmel, California — Monterey Indian Paintbrush

Seaside daises are at full bloom along California's Pacific Ocean Coastline near Big Sur. — Seaside daises

Calia Lily grows along California's Pacific ocean Coastline near Big Sur. — Calia Lily

“The Sea Was Angry That Day My Friends”

California, Pacific Ocean

This may have been what Costanza said on a Seinfeld episode but I believe it was a line that Hemingway wrote in “The Old Man And The Sea”. I’m going with Hemingway because my recent trip to the California Coast reminded me more of a Hemingway novel than a Seinfeld episode. A Pacific Storm produced swells as big as I have ever seen. Most of these images were taken from Carmel through Big Sur and onto San Simeon. The obligatory sunset images to follow soon. You can purchase these images as prints or downloadable files at dawn2dawn photography Use promo code PRINTS25 to get a 25% discount!