When the fires were no longer a danger I decided to visit Northern California and then continue on south.
Bonneville salt flatsMade good use of my loungy chair when I needed a break from driving Reno Nevada templeCalifornia State CapitolSacramento temple…incredibly beautiful on the most amazing wild grounds. I went early in the morning and it was so peaceful 🙂I love my car. I love sleeping in my car. I love relaxing and putting my feet up in the middle of a long stretch in the back of my carLassen Volcanic National ParkCool bubbly mud pots So much amazing volcanic rock!This huge rock came from the mountain in the distance!Manzanita Lake…cool and refreshing Whiskeytown NRA Yay! The beach! woke up early to this amazing sight. The long drive down a bumpy dirt road in the total darkness the night before did not give me a sneak peakCamped at Gold Beach so named for the soil colorHiking through the Redwoods 🙂The early morning gave me a peaceful grove almost to myselfThe drive that morning was misty and surrealFound the Bill Cipher statue!Visited some of the crazy exhibits while at Confusion HillThe Gravity House…queasy and strange. I made videos of the things I saw there for my nephews who love Gravity Falls and wanted me to visit for them Westport HeadlandsGlass Beach…collected some sea glass to take back. It was much sparser and smaller than the last time I was here. Oakland temple…closed grounds 😦Camped at Pinnacles National ParkMorro Bay. Where are my sunglasses?!?Pismo Beach. There they are!Solvang, fun Danish town that my family visited when I was little. Mmm, Danish pastries 🙂Driving down through Los Padres National Forest at sunset. GorgeousYay! windy boat ride out to the Channel Islands National ParkWent kayaking which was so much fun!The dry bag I bought was pretty terrible so this is the best photo I got. Rowing through that arch with the waves swelling took timing and courage. Chillin’ on the beach afterward. I opted not to go hiking because I was wet and sticky from the kayaking abs there is no fresh water on the island in which to clean offBack to civilization and showers 🙂Saw pods of dolphins in the ship’s wake on the way back! Loved it 🙂Los Angeles templeCute vacation rental in Long Beach was home sweet home for a few nightsSo happy to be back at my happy place!Disney did a great job with distancing and requiring everyone to wear a maskThey also kept the numbers low and stopped people who were walking and eating. Downtown Disney is fine and I got to shop and eat good food but it was really sad being right here and not being able to go inside the park 😦Belmont Shore Beach plus new Mickey mask 🙂The Newport Beach temple is so cool Drive down the coast to San Diego and back for the day. Black’s Beach. Humidity plus my already curly hair…yikes!San Diego Castle, I mean temple. I still remember how awed I was the first time I ever saw this temple. Dreamed of getting married there for most of my young lifeLa Jolla Cove was so neat! so many sea lions!Carrillo National Monument It’s on the very tip of the peninsula affording the most striking views of the pacificBye bye ocean! It rained the morning I left Long Beach Redlands templeJoshua Tree National Park…still stormy!Cool random Route 66 historic hotel that I didn’t even know was there!Mojave National PreserveJust missed the sunset. Dam. Hoover Dam in the dark…freaking scary. Would not recommend Las Vegas temple in the dark. Not scary. Extra cool. 🙂Visited Ada in Cedar City and then home again, home again. What an amazing trip!
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