17-Mile Drive - Cypresses

Finishing up my series on the famous 17-Mile Drive, here are some photos of their cypress trees.

They add a lot of character to the area.

The most famous sight is probably the Lone Cypress - it's even protected by a copyright!

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Red Rock Reflections (2)

This is the same pond from last week, but taken on the opposite side looking back.

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Wild Sky

The timing on this post is unfortunate given what's going on around Los Angeles, but this isn't fire, just clouds lit up from beneath by the sun around sunset. This is another shot straight out of the camera, all I did was reduce the resolution for posting on the blog.

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17-Mile Drive - Spanish Bay

Continuing with the 17-Mile Drive photos, here are some from its Spanish Bay stop.

Obviously it's a beach!

There was also a boardwalk from which you could see the dunes.

It was definitely another pretty place.

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Red Rock Reflections (1)

Taken at Red Rock Canyon Open Space, one of the many fine parks in my scenic city.

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Peak Moods (13) - Pastel Sunset

To answer a couple of questions on Monday's post, I didn't see sea otters, and the tree is a cypress.

We've had some spectacular sunsets over the last couple of weeks - here's a photo from last week of Pikes Peak taken from our front porch. This is straight out of the camera, except for reducing the resolution I did no editing on this.

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17-Mile Drive - Point Joe

Last time we were in California we spent a couple of days in the Monterey area, and drove the famous 17-Mile Drive. Here are some photos from the Point Joe area on that drive.

It's a rocky, beautiful coast.

Some cypress trees grow near the shore, and there's golfing (the famous Pebble Beach course is in this area).

You can even see sea-lions on nearby islands. There's more to come from this area next week...

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