Quest West

Our photography corkscrewed through cracks in the concrete of urban realities.
That was and will be our wonderland. 

Silicon Valley is a chain of unmemorable settlements beaded on a narrow corridor between 101 and 280 (*). Most noticeable (**) of which, and worthily, is Stanford.

Vacationing in the Valley presents several options :
- commuting to San Fran ( and back ! ) ;
- camping under the Apple in unfounded hopes of something ending up on the top of your lap ;
- going West.

“West quest” snakes through the ridge, what is, presumably, Santa Cruz Mountains, to the vastness of the Pacific.

Super wide landscapes of the Monterey Bay. Super tall portraits of Big Basin Redwoods State Park.

What we saw colored our urbanite, mostly B&W soul. Velvet of the dunes, teal of the ocean, mahogany of the redwoods, Egyptian blue of the deep blue sky. We tried to bring these back home.

Here’s what we managed to preserve.
Welcome to our Valley Photo-Serenade.
 
All images are clickable.

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(*) sclerotic commuter veins of Southern SF Bay Area
(**) If you visualize a halo over Parc Place, navigating processions of the 
IT Magi “rejoiced with exceedingly great joy”, hate to disappoint you.

Año Nuevo Natural Preserve

Shoreline Park ( Mountain View )

Shoreline Park ( Mountain View )

 Marine Dunes Preserve

Shoreline Park ( Mountain View )

Carmel-by-the-sea

Carmel-by-the-sea

Pelican colony ( Pescadero State Beach )

Sequoia ( Big Basin Redwoods State Park )

Santa Cruz Mountains ( view from La Honda Road )