Gallery: California Coast (and some bonus road trip photos)

Happy New Year! It’s been a busy past few weeks so I’m still catching up on photos, but I wanted to share a grab bag of shots from back in November, when Becca and I drove from Utah to the Bay Area for Thanksgiving before heading back north to Seattle.

As always, let me know what you think!

On our way out of Salt Lake City, we caught this absolutely stunning sunrise over the Great Salt Lake from Stansbury Island.

The Stansbury Mountains at sunrise, from the shore of Stansbury Bay

The snowpack was pretty grim at Donner Summit when we drove through, but we still got out of the car to stretch our legs with a very mellow ski tour up to get a view of Castle Peak.

Four Mile Beach outside of Santa Cruz, during a nice family outing before Thanksgiving

Dad and I had fun photographing the surf in this blowhole-esque feature on the coast

Sea stacks at sunset at Four Mile Beach

After Thanksgiving Alex and I explored Pedro Point at sunset, just outside of Pacifica

The Point Bonita lighthouse at dawn in the Marin Headlands, on my early morning departure from San Francisco

Sutro Tower at sunrise from across the Golden Gate

A lone tree grows out of the lava flows next to Davis Lake, in Central Oregon

Salt Creek Falls at dusk

Wahclella Falls in the Columbia River Gorge