WestCoast

Oregon

“Because it’s there.”

Photoed at Crater Lake, Castle Lake View Point, Haystack Rock, Mt. Hood Meadows, Rodea Point, Sahale Falls, Thor’s Well, Heceta Head Lighthouse, Siuslaw River Bridge
Oregon, US

Los Angeles

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby)

Photoed at Beverly Gardens Park, Mulholland Scenic Overlook, Griffith Observatory, The Getty, Santa Monica Pier.

California Hwy No.1

“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
— Jane Austen (Pride And Prejudice)

Photoed at Point Reyes Lighthouse, Gamboa Point, Bixby Bridge Vista Point, Pfeiffer Beach, Morro Strand State Beach, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Devil’s Bunker, Albany Bulb, Mt Tamalpais.
Northern California, US

South Bay Area

“”In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”

— Albert Camus(L’étranger)

Photoed at Alviso Marina County Park , Stanford, Sunnyvale Bayland Park Meadowlands, PayPal Park, Canyon Heights – Vallejo Mills, Tiburon.

Yosemite

“All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world’s wildernesses I first should wander.”
— John Muir (The Yosemite)