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Road Trip – Day 3 Leaving Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Little twins refused to leave the Smith River bank unless they were allowed to keep a couple of the colorful river rocks. While hiking out of the Jedediah Smith redwoods State park, we explained to the...
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Road Trip – Day 5 Fern Canyon
The friend who had major input for this road trip itinerary emphasized to me that Fern Canyon was his favorite. Fern Canyon is also the place Steven Spielberg chose as a location for Jurassic Park Part...
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Road Trip – Day 5 Little Things at Fern Canyon
Fern Canyon Admission Fee: $8 USD. The experience is priceless… I failed to capture any decent shots of the beautiful ferns there. Fortunately, other little things along our hike in the gorgeous canyon...
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Road Trip – Day 5 More from Fern Canyon
“Mommy, what is Tsunami?” my little twins asked me while we were hiking in Fern Canyon. I told them Tsunami is a big ocean wave that can fill up this whole canyon. “I am NOT afraid of Tsunami!” my...
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Road Trip – Day 5 Columbia Lily from Fern Canyon
The first time I saw this beauty is from a fellow blogger’s Gravatar profile image. Then I saw it in person in Fern Canyon. It’s stunning! Her name is Columbia Lily. Columbia Lily and a Spider Columbia...
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Slug – Banana Slug
We miss the redwoods so we went to the Butano State Park which is one hour drive away from our home in Santa Cruz mountains. The redwoords in the Butano park are nothing like what we saw up north – the...
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Fights – Between a Seagull and a Crab, Part I
A seagull caught a little crab to snack on. Good for the seagull… Seagull caught a little crab But he keeps dropping the little catch. First I thought it was due to the inexperience of a young seagull....
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Fights – Between a Seagull and a Crab, Part II
Seagull finally got a firm clutch of the little crab. Seagull has a firm hold on his crab Seagull parading his catch Seagull proudly walked to the shore, flaunting his catch. He didn’t enjoy his...
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Marine Reserve
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve is in California on the Pacific Ocean. It is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of San Francisco. What are they looking at? Ah! It’s a big blue crab. The reserve...
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Catch and Release (放生)
At the Marine Reserve, my little girl Leilei caught a small black fish. The park ranger at the reserve told us it’s a Sculpin. Little Girl and Her Catch A small black fish named Sculpin. Too bad it’s...
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Monarch Butterfly
The Monarch Butterflies are here!!! Monarch Butterfly More Butterflies than Leaves… There are tens and thousands of them on their way south, a spectacular migration only seen on the America continent....
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More Monarch Butterflies
I spent over two hours watching these Monarch butterflies. Two happy hours!! The butterfly in the title photo has a broken wing and was on the ground without much movement. That brought up the question...
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Beach – Natural Bridges State Beach
Natural Bridges State Beach is a 65-acre California state park in Santa Cruz, California in the United States. The park features a natural bridge across a section of the beach. It is also well known as...
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Deer
There is a young deer in the grassland. Deer in the grassland As we get closer, it runs and jumps away. Deer is allowing me to get closer Occasionally, I feel time is like this beautiful deer – it...
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Park – Ano Nuevo State Park (Part I)
There are many beautiful state parks in California. Ano Nuevo State Park, located in Northern California, is one of the most beautiful natural places I’ve ever visited. Twins checking out the elephant...
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Park – Ano Nuevo State Park (Part II)
If you’ve been following along, you probably notice that we take our 5-year old twin girls to state parks a lot. Come on, says the relaxing seal on the sand. Twin girls observing the elephant seals...
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Last of Wild Burros
We just returned from a week’s stay in the Death Valley National Park, the largest of the continental United States. The nonstop spectacular scenery everywhere inside the park makes it a photographer’s...
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Coyote (Part I)
These photos were snapped about 10 minutes before I spotted the wild burro in Death Valley National Park. Coyote in Death Valley National Park We slammed on the brakes when we saw this handsome coyote...
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Mosaic Canyon, Death Valley
Our first hike in Death Valley National Park. I will let the photos do the “talking”. Begin our hike in Mosaic Canyon The metal bar was installed to help people get to higher ground due to a sudden...
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Sand Dune, Death Valley
Our children did a stellar job handling the trails of Mosaic Canyon in the morning. March on Sand Dune In the afternoon, they marched to the sand dune. All reached the summit without fuss. The entire...
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