The summer and fall of 2017 found me focusing my photography on northern California. Started with a road trip up the coasts of Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte and southern Oregon. I followed that up with several trips to Marin, in particular to Mount Tamalpais and the Marin Headlands.

These pictures are presented by location south to north, rather than as part of a chronological narrative, due to the somewhat rambling nature of my travels. Besdies, how many times do you really want to read, ‘I drove up the winding roads to Mount Tamalpais’…. or it was foggy at the beach near Pescadero. so I drove up to Skyline….

Capitola Beach

Santa Cruz Main beach

Russian Ridge, Santa Cruz Mountains, San Mateo County

Maverick’s beach and lagoon, San Mateo coast

Marin headlands, Marin coast, Golden Gate bridge area

Marin headlands, Marin coast, Pacific ocean area

Mount Tamalpais, Marin county

Bodega Bay and Bodega head, Sonoma coast

North of Bodega head

South of Bodega head

Bodega Bay

Gualala, Mendocino coast

Pt Arena, Mendocino coast

Geenwood Creek beach, Elk, Mendocino coast

Mattole beach, Lost Coast, Humboldt county

Moonstone/Luffenholtz beaches, Trinidad, Humboldt county

Trinidad/Trinidad head, Humboldt county

Patrick’s Point, Humboldt county

looking up at the sky or down at the water?

Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Humboldt county

Brookings, OR