This Gallery is
all about the North and Central Coast of California.
This part of coastline has
taller trees (giant coastal redwoods-tallest
in the world) and
louder wildlife (the once nearly extinct Elephant
Seals of Piedras Blancas near San Simeon)
than the more robust
San Francisco,
Los Angeles and
San Diego.
Here you will find a respite for tired travelers like
the Monarch Butterfly,
the endangered Condor, and the
African Crane (along
with the other 100 animals of the Sequoia Park Zoo).
Lighthouse after
lighthouse after
lighthouse after
lighthouse has protected
these pacific shores - turning the sound of crashing
waves into the silence of
a colorful sunset.