Baker Beach

Whereas Crissy Field lies just inside the Golden Gate, Baker Beach lies just outside. And as a result, it was about 20 degrees colder! Where...

Crissy Field

Crissy Field is located in San Francisco, just inside the Golden Gate. It's seen major restoration work in the last couple of decades (m...

Cape Shoalwater

I'm falling a little behind, but wanted to post some photos from earlier in the month before they get so old that I just abandon them en...

Crescent City

In contrast to our leisurely drive down the coast, our return to Seattle was much faster. We took two days, with the night spent in Crescent...

Ocean Beach

After so many spectacular beaches in the last few days, I almost hate to include this one, but my beach collection is an attempt to compile ...

Point Arena

Our run of great weather has run into summertime coastal fog, which isn't surprising, but certainly impacts our ability to see and photo...

Glass Beach

Like many coastal communities, Fort Bragg used to toss much of its garbage over the edge.  Folks don't do it anymore, but the legacy rem...

MacKerricher

The shoreline north of Fort Bragg up towards Ten Mile River includes a series of dune fields blown inland across a low terrace.  But at the ...

Mattole River

This was our last look at the coast before seeing it again many hours later down near Point Bragg - there aren't a lot of places to get ...

Singley Flat

This sort of follows on the previous post, but focuses on something quite different. Singley Flat is a steep series of marine terraces marki...

Cape Mendocino

Cape Mendocino is the westernmost point in California, at the northern end of the state's remote "Lost Coast." AERIAL VIEW But...

Big Lagoon

Big Lagoon is the southernmost and the largest of the Humboldt Lagoons.  I was intrigued by the secondary landforms on the inside of the 3.5...