California 2023 — A Trip in Photos

Coast, crest & the city

Ten days up the length of California — the Lone Cypress and the wild Big Sur coast, Bixby Bridge and Point Lobos, the giant sequoias of Kings Canyon, the granite cathedral of Yosemite with its waterfalls and the rainbow on the Mist Trail, and finally San Francisco: the Golden Gate in the fog, Alcatraz, the sea lions of Pier 39, Lombard Street, the Painted Ladies, and Chinatown. Tap any photo to enlarge it, or open the map.

Ten days up the length of California, and it felt like three trips in one. The coast came first — the Lone Cypress, Bixby Bridge, and the wild edges of Point Lobos along Big Sur.

Inland we walked among the giant sequoias of Kings Canyon and into the granite cathedral of Yosemite, where the waterfalls were roaring and a rainbow hung in the spray of the Mist Trail. Then the city: the Golden Gate coming and going in the fog, Alcatraz out in the bay, the sea lions of Pier 39, the curves of Lombard Street, the Painted Ladies, and Chinatown. Coast, crest, and city, all in one go.

This trip ran 9 days, May 28 – June 5, 2023. Along the way we spent time at Yosemite, San Francisco, Monterey, Carmel & Big Sur, and Sequoia & Kings Canyon. The gallery below tells it day by day, in 104 photographs.