This big fella was hanging out on the Pismo Beach Pier as I was walking by. He didn’t seem to notice me, but I’m pretty sure he was nonchalantly looking for a hand out. I quickly snapped his photo before he expected too much of me and went about my business
This restaurant that extended out onto the beach was a common sight in Playa del Carmen. To get this shot the way I wanted it I had to do a little bit of shooting from the hip, and I think I got lucky with the timing of the clouds and some of the patrons! I miss this place, with a cool and rainy week in progress here I’m ready to go back!
Two boats and a few groups of crazy kids on the beach.
What more needs to be said?
This was a familiar scene for me last week, and it was a hard one to leave. I love winters in California, they are mild in Sacramento with fantastic mountains and skiing nearby, but after a week on the beach in Mexico I’m having a hard time adjusting to my regularly scheduled life.
I had to do a little convincing of some in the group to hike out on this narrow point high above the water. This view alone was worth it for me, the fuzz on the tree branches framed up this rock sticking out of the ocean perfectly. We all lived to tell the tale!
Most of the beaches I saw in Oregon were pretty clean, but this one was particularly neat and free of anything other than sand. Except of course for this one washed up tree.
Cold, blue, green, stormy and snowy are all ways to describe Lake Michigan on this day. I always liked the way the snow built up along the shore in the winter. The snow and ice still has beach under it, but soon it will be reaching out into the water and floating away in cold chunks. Even though the clouds on the horizon looked menacing, but they didn’t produce any of the snow that I was hoping for. They did however allow the lake to show off its many colors!
I had high hopes of catching the one day a year where there is a clear, fog-less sunrise from China Beach in San Francisco. As you can tell I must have picked the wrong day. I decided to make the best of the early morning and was able to get some cool shots of the beach in the fog.
This photo might not make you think of Thanksgiving, but it was where I spent Thanksgiving a few years ago! The Pismo Beach Pier at sunset was a pretty great place to be.
A wave breaks on Agate Beach. This beach is part of Patrick’s Point State Park in Northern California. We spent a few hours here collecting rocks and just walking down this beautiful dark beach. This might not be a true black sand beach, but the darker sand looked pretty cool against the ocean.
