Give it another month

Looking forward to a quieter location once the visitors have fled.

Too crazy at street level

Having breakfast upstairs away from the cruiser crush at street level.

Never gets old

Signature Sunday outing

First ride here since mid August

What the rain promises...

Saturday, a few miles along the trail to Necklace Valley.

From the town parking lot

Never seen this in a town before,

Stopped for a Monday farmer’s market in MT Shasta

Certainly scenic enough

South entrance

Would be a wonderful bike ride.

Enroute to Lassen Volcanic NP

Desperation camping at Dillon Beach

Urban camping with every misbehavior checklist ticked: no shower, heck no water period! yahoos in RVs with generators, people sneaking generators after quiet time, screaming kids, screaming drunks, people talking til 3 am, pounding rap music, dogs, people pouring lighter fluid into campfires, and some jerk setting off fireworks after curfew. Yep, everything to make you hate "camping". A scenic sand dune opposite Pt Reyes (Tomales Bluff) ruined by a grandfathered in private campground.

Back at Toby’s before riding to my car parked in Olema

Extraordinary Russian cottage off Sir Francis Drake Blvd

Another historic building near Inverness

Old oyster boat?

My scenic Saturday ride along Tomales Bay

At the farmer’s market

Peace Garden outside Toby ‘s

In my breakfast cafe

Glorious late summer flowers

Saturday farmer’s market in Pt Reyes Station

Pt Reyes Station Saturday market

Heirloom bean cassoulet

Baby kale, butter, fried tofu, shaved fennel and breadcrumbs with a ginger lemonade. I'm obviously in ground zero for foodie San Franciscans weekending in Pt Reyes. Comfort food before a night back in a tent in Samuel P Taylor State Park.

Side Street Kitchen in Pt Reyes Station

Very late lunch in Nicasio

Heading back over GG bridge after dropping off at SFO

Shrouded in fog, with top sticking up through cloud layer.

Wonderful for a morning swim

I managed the pool once this trip. Maybe morning as a bit chilly but still sweet as.

Rush Creek Lodge

More upscale than I usually do.

More Tuolumne

Tuolumne Meadows

Awesome

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.

El Capitan

Half Dome

Dreamlike

In Yosemite Taft Point

First view of Half Dome

Navigating San Francisco

While figuring out how to get through the city and out to SFO, I took a photo of these Victorian grand ladies.

From a bulletin board in Ukiah

Farmers markets in wine country: sweet!

Old Haul Road trestle on Pudding Creek in Ft Bragg

Local lilies

They're everywhere on the coast. Not crocus, as I'd first thought.

Belgian waffle at Headlands Coffeehouse in Ft Bragg

Yum

Hwy 1 finally hits the coast

22 miles of steep and winding mountain road through more redwoods, then finally you hit the Pacific. I guess Hwy 1 was a logging road before the era of the convertible.

California for lunch

In Cafe Phoenix, Arcata, fire roasted corn with cashew cream sauce, andouille sausage, over potatoes and wilted greens. Not the vegan option but gluten free I presume. There's a kitchen garden out back, lavish window boxes and attractive Victorian house across the street.

Paul Bunyan and his blue ox

At something called "Trees of Mystery" in Klamath, CA. So tacky it actually talks to you: "Hello I'm Paul Bunyan..."

Between Del Norte and the National Park

Quintessential road trip.

A drive through park

Still great though

Del Norte Coastal Redwoods SP

Big trees

My evening walk from Harris Beach SP

Whale has good taste