My photo buddy Barry and I drove south along the Mississippi River at the peak of fall foliage season and captured some color.
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Sea Ranch, California is a planned community designed to meld with the natural environment. A walking path runs along most of its 10-mile coast line. Lawrence Halprin, landscape architect. The Sea Ranch Covenant and Concept
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I’ve been up and down the California coast many times and the views always thrill me whether winding through rolling green foothills or teetering on the edge of a cliff plunging into the ocean. On our last trip we started in La Jolla and drove through Big Sur with a stop in Cambria. With the ever changing weather and light, the views are always mesmerizing. Here are some of them.
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Moonstone Beach, Cambria
Fiscalini Ranch Trail, Cambria
Moonstone Beach, Cambria
Fiscalini Ranch Trail, Cambria
Pfeifer Beach, Big Sur
We saw otters drifting in the surf and whale spouts in the distance, but these were too far away to photograph. Seals and pelicans are so used to being around tourists it was easy to get some close-ups.
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Brown pelican takes off, La Jolla Cove
Brown pelican, La Jolla Cove
Harbor seals, mom and pup, La Jolla Cove
Harbor seals, mom and pup, La Jolla Cove
Cormorants, Moonstone Beach
Elephant seals, Piedras Blancas. The males can weigh 2.5 tons! The smell on this beach was unreal!!
A deer in the neighbor’s garden, Cambria. Flirting with the camera.
It was great to spend a week in California and get away from winter for a bit. We drove up the coast and took a tour of the Hearst Castle which we hadn’t done before. I’m not sure what WR Hearst’s point was in building this silly thing, but the land is beautiful and I enjoyed the views.
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The only interior room I liked was the roman pool (below). The rest of it was so over the top. I summed it up in a photo collage.
Sunrise at Swiftcurrent Lake, known as the Many Glacier region. The Many Glacier Hotel is on the left.
Road trip! We traveled from St. Paul, Minnesota to Glacier National Park in Montana, visiting the east side, west side, and Canadian sections of the park.
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When looking at satellite photos of Minnesota, Roman noticed large swaths of wilderness in the northern part of the state. So, Friday morning the four of us left cold, drizzly St. Paul for the north shore of Lake Superior and its promise for a wilderness experience. Years ago Rocky, Roman, and I went to Berklee together – kindred spirits coming of age in jazz and baseball infused Boston when Newbury Street was still a student ghetto. Our friendship is eternal, what more can I say. Roman is Parisian and he and his wife Bibi are in the states for a vacation. Bibi is wonderful and the four of us have great adventures, dramatic conversations, and drink a lot of French wine.
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My garden in Harvard, Massachusetts, May 2013.
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