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Pinnacles National Park and Los Olivos
Back to Pinnacles, this time for the Bear Gulch, Rim and High Peaks loop — the proper circuit rather than the shorter walks I’ve done here before. An early start, up and round through the morning, then south to Los Olivos in the afternoon. Bear Gulch and the High Peaks Out not long after the…
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Castle Rock, Solis Winery and San Juan Bautista
A single Sunday that turned into three quite different places — a morning up at Castle Rock, an afternoon at a winery down in Gilroy, and then San Juan Bautista after dark. The 18mm f/1.4 was on the X-T5 all morning, and the phone did the rest once the light went. Castle Rock State Park…
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Another Visit to UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens
Back to the UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens at the end of October, the 70-300mm on the X-T5 and no particular plan beyond a slow wander round. A bit of everything as it turned out — flowers still going, a few birds, and some smaller things I nearly walked straight past. Flowers, and the Usual Hummingbirds…
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Road Trip 2025 Pt 4 – Getty Center, Griffith Observatory and Home
The last two days of the trip – a quieter day at the Getty Center, then a final morning back at Universal Citywalk, an afternoon at Griffith Observatory, and a sunset over Marina Del Rey to close the loop back where the trip began. A full day at the Getty Center – the gardens, the…
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Road Trip 2025 Pt 3 – Universal Studios and Halloween Horror Nights
Day four of the LA leg turned into the longest and most jam-packed day of the whole trip. It started early and quiet, with a walk through an empty Universal CityWalk before the crowds showed up. From there it was up to the Hollywood Sign Trailhead for a hike with a view, and a bit…
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Road Trip 2025 Pt 2 – Sequoia National Park to LA
Picking up from Three Rivers, the second leg of the trip headed up into Sequoia National Park itself, then turned south the next day for the long drive back to LA through the Mojave and the Angeles National Forest. An early start out of Three Rivers, with a Great Blue Heron working the shallows, a…
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