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4/8/08

America : A trîp from California to the Pacific coast

A friend of me, Leigh Goessl, a well known writer for the site helium, and her husband were heading 'west' from San Francisco to find the Pacific Ocean and ended up going up a mountain and down. Interestingly after 1.5 hours of driving, the Pacific suddenly appeared on the other end! It was amazing to drive through forests, then farm areas and then look up and see the Pacific waves crashing across the street.

The first picture was taken on a road when they accidentally got lost on which started off as a forest/mountains and turned into flat farmlands.
The second picture is the beach they came upon at the end of the road; the beach was named San Gregorio and it was very chilly there, but so beautiful.
The 3rd shot is from another beach a few miles down the road and the 4th is from another angle. You can see the beauty of that big rock with the sparkling blue water.

The last picture is of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. This place is used to be a military base and then became a famous federal prison for many years. It is well known of the movie “Escape from Alcatraz” with Clint Eastwood.

Pictures taken by Leigh Goessi

Read also her article : Visiting Alcatraz, San Francisco Bay, California





6 reacties:

jadey said...

What beautiful pictures. I can't imagine those inmates who once tried to escape from Alcatraz. Some actually made it I believe very few if any.

ERIK VAN TONGERLOO said...

I like these pictures too. These are really wonderful and taken by Leigh Goessi, also a helium member.

America is so beautiful.

Marja said...

Hi Erik I am just visiting How are you. I love the rough sea on these beautiful pictures. There are so many nice places in the world.

ERIK VAN TONGERLOO said...

Hi Marja,

You are right, Marja, there are many beautiful places and the Pacif coast looks me wonderful.

KB said...

Beautiful pics as always. I especially love the one with the rough sea. Great minds think alike Marja

*waves* that was a wave with my hand to Marja...I'm not just randomly talking about the waves in the sea.

ERIK VAN TONGERLOO said...

Karen,

These pictures are not taken by me but Leigh Goessl, a helium member like you, but I really wanted that I could make this trip.