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Sunday, June 1, 2025

California 2024

 June 25 - July 7

The day before we are leaving for California. New camera lens and the kids say there are a couple baby racoons wandering in the backyard, seems like a perfect test


Mendocino (June 25 - 29)

June 26 
It was foggy on the coast, so we drove inland to see big trees

Hendy Woods State Park & Montgomery Woods State Nature Preserve (I liked the second one more)









Caspar Headlands State Nature Preserve for sunset (It was walking distance from the Airbnb)



June 27

Glass Beach outside of Fort Bragg




MacKerricher State Park






June 28

Ecological Staircase at JugHandle State Preserve (cell phone pics)


















Mendocino Headlands








June 29

Point Cabrillo Lighthouse



June 29 - July 2 - Redway and Humboldt Redwoods State Park
June 30






Funny sign

July 1










Trinidad 
July 3 Fern Canyon







The beach near Fern Canyon




Trinidad Beach




July 4

Backyard hummingbirds


Redwoods National/State Parks

Tall Trees Grove




Trinidad Head



Trinidad Beach





July 5

I said that I was going to wake up early for the low tide and my youngest said she wanted to come as well. 

Receding water makes interesting patterns in the sand. I might have got carried away.








Sea Urchins are weird









Tiny sea urchins

Sue-Meg State Park








Little River Beach


Trinidad Beach




One day in Lassen NP on the long way back to SFO







Then my oldest and I dropped everyone else off at SFO and we headed south to Sequoia NP for a short backpacking trip.