Salt Point State Park

The night before was gorgeous, I captured a lot of good images. The next morning started early, even for March. It was the raccoon’s fault, they got into our cooler, stole some food and tipped it over. We camped at Salt Creek State Park, and the food boxes were too small (and broken) to store the cooler. I figured that critters must not be a problem, I was wrong, which I found out from a rude awakening at 1:00am. Getting back into the pickup I stepped on the remote, the alarm was going off, and I had to dig through my pants to find it. Good thing we left camp before sunrise, to photograph the sunrise, I am sure our neighbors were not happy.

 Sonoma County, California Coast

After we left Point Arena, we drove further south on Highway 1, down to a campground in Sonoma County, California. We got there, found a campsite, and headed to the ocean shore with the sky looking promising. On a photography road trip you are at the mercy of mother nature. Capturing the light is what photography is all about. Tonight and tomorrow morning made the trip, the light was gorgeous.

Day 4 of our Road Trip started off wet, gray and cloudy, it rained hard all night. We left Burlington Campground in Humboldt Redwoods State Park and headed for Westport on the California coast. Highway 1 from Leggett to Westport reminds me of the old McKenzie Highway here in Oregon. It has enough curves for a road that is much longer, one hour to travel 28 miles (ca. 45 km) was curvy enough.

Day 2 of our Photography trip over Spring Break. We spent the night at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park and got up early for the promise of a colorful sky at sunrise at Klamath Cove. Clouds had moved in overnight more than what was forecast, so I settled for what Mother Nature gave me.