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Great Egret Taking Off
An elegant great egret at Don Edwards Wildlife Sanctuary demonstrates how to fly. A Great Egret shows you how to fly – Step 2 A Great Egret shows you how to fly – Step 3 A Great Egret shows you how to...
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Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge at Alviso
The Alviso portion of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge is within eyeshot of my office. Due to many issues, I never paid a visit there all these years. One was the smell,...
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Fitzgerald Marine Reserve – Part 1
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve is one of our favorite places to hang out. Not only it is fairly close to our home, within 40 min. driving distance without traffic congestion, but also it is a beautiful...
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Search for Wildflowers in Point Reyes
It’s been a while since I last captured on photos fields of wildflowers of Point Reyes National Seashore. Douglass Iris at Point Reyes Seashore Small bushes of Lupines along our hiking trails...
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Sequoia National Park
On New Year’s day, we visited Sequoia National Park, where the biggest tree on earth, General Sherman Tree, resides. General Sherman Tree, about 2,200 years old. Not the oldest nor the tallest, but the...
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Valley of Fire
One hour drive out of Las Vegas, we arrived at Valley of Fire, a state park in Nevada. At the Entrance of Valley of Fire The Waves! Words are unnecessary… Moon comes out in the park Twilight in Valley...
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Red Rock Canyon
Out of Mojave desert, we stayed in Las Vegas, because 30 min. out of this gambling town, there is a wonderful National Park, the Red Rock Canyon. Red Rock Canyon First Day Hiking in Red Rock Canyon...
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Mojave Desert
We went on another road trip during the Thanksgiving holidays. Entering the Mojave Desert Our first stop was the Mojave desert. The sand dunes here were much more difficult to hike comparing to those...
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In the Redwoods…
Portola Valley Redwood State Park was closed in 2011, we were told by a volunteer park ranger when we visited the park this past weekend. However, the place still looked fairly well maintained with a...
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Bighorn Sheeps
Two hundred years ago, bighorn sheep were widespread throughout the North America. Some estimates placed their population at over 2 million. By around 1900, hunting, competition from ranching, and...
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The Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco
This is an alternative to the Fisherman’s Wharf of San Francisco. It is part of the U.S. National Park services, and locates right next to the popular Wharf. It’s a wonderful spot for both children and...
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Yosemite – Rocks
After a post for the rivers and waterfalls of Yosemite, we have to mention the rocks of the gorgeous National Park. Little girls on top of Sentinel Dome, Yosemite Sentinel Dome The granite mountains of...
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Yosemite – Water
Yosemite is one of our favorite national parks. Yosemite Valley Inside the park, we love the water of Yosemite the most! Coming down the valley from the mountain glaciers via many water falls, the...
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Montana De Oro State Park
Montana De Oro, or Mountain of Gold, is a California State park in San Luis Obispo county. Montana De Ono One of the trademark rocks of Montana De Ono If we favor Ano Nuevo and Julia Pfeiffer Burns in...
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The Channel Islands of California
The Channel Islands of California are a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California. Five of the islands (San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, and...
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Snake – California Whipsnake
We went down to Southern California for our daughters’ Spring Break. The kids had quite an adventure during the week. On our way home, we thought we could relax a bit by having a hot picnic lunch at a...
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Pinnacles National Park continued….
More photos from the Pinnacles National Park. Pinnacles National Park Kids need a lift to the top
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California Condors in the Pinnacles National Park
We got rained in this weekend. Time for me to sort out some photos taken at the Pinnacles National Park, another one of our favorite natural places. There are so much going for the Park, but its best...
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Bridge
To meet a California Newt during our “rainy” season, we visited the Big Basin State Park twice. We saw no Newts the first time. For our second trip, we hiked over 2 hours and it seemed we’d come up...
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California Newt
The California Newt was illusive to us during our multiple trips to the state parks along the Pacific Coast. Besides some photos printed on the park maps, we had never seen a newt in person. The myth...
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