California hills

In the interest of not creating a slideshow of my recent trip via train and boat to and from Alaska, I'll keep this relevant (over 900 photos were taken). For much of my day-to-day observations of L.A., I am within looking within. But what if I were to be elsewhere and renew context while away and upon return see with new eyes? On this trip I was fortunate enough to ride through the breadth of California as well as stop and explore Portland, Seattle and Victoria, in addition to the main…

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Driving along the highway 29 through the valley I had to stop and capture this.

View of Los Angeles from the Hollywood Hills

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My cell phone didn't work here, as I was surrounded by hills.

Briones Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California

The oaks and hills of the east bay interior at Joseph Grant Park. I had only ever ridden my mountain bike into the hills. And I had seen lots of wildlife, including wild hogs. But I had never taken my camera along. The first thing I noticed was that the birds were much faster to fly off when a human came by than they are in the water. I spotted a hawk in a tree and in the time it took me to sight the branch, it was gone. The other thing I noticed is that the trails are long, which works well…