"Day 51 - Judas Tree"

DAY 50 "The Dolphins"

A beautiful hike along the Pacific Coast trail. Along the way a pod of dolphin was spotted. You can see baby in the back.

DAY 49 "Last to Fall"

Just one left...all by itself.

DAY 48 "Time"

"It is what it is"

DAY 47 "fenced"

A walk down the beach to a sand fence. A nice relaxing moment. Just picked up the lens, lazily fired and this is what I got.

DAY 46 "Manzanita Bloom"

One of my favorite shrubs in the chaparral.

DAY 45 "Ejected"

Charting new territory for future outings (pictures,camping,hiking) today and had the option to take a 9 mile fire road or a 4 mile back country trail. Keep in mind, the 4 mile route has the name "devils canyon" in it and the map labeled it as VERY strenuous. Well, I love adventure and a challenge, plus limited on time = DEVILS CANYON! I hit the trail and within minutes this thing descended so rapidly I knew there was NO way I could possibly bike back up it...plus the rain started in and the trail started to get muddy. Well 3/4 the way down I hit a soft, muddy gopher hole at ~20 mph...EJECTED! My bike and all my gear down the ravine. If this had happened a mile before this area, I wouldn't be typing this...300 foot drop!!!

At this point I no longer had front or rear brakes and this spill here, destroyed my gear mechanism...the only thing my bike was good for at this point was a simple hill and rolling. On the return trip, as expected, I pushed it up 4 miles...I have NEVER seen any 4 miles so nasty or take so long in my LIFE!!!! But I loved it!