I’m a sucker for waterfalls and rapids, to the point where I’ll sometimes spend half my time on a hike trying to capture good shots of foaming water. So this week from the album I’m sharing pictures of fast-flowing streams, most of them shot near Ophir, California, in the spring of 2010. Perfect focus may be lacking in some of […]
Only a couple of years ago I was complaining that, apart from one occasion in Ensenada, Mexico, many years ago, I had never gotten a good look at a Brown Pelican in the wild. That all changed this past year during a couple of trips to Mendocino County in the fall and winter. I saw so many pelicans that my […]
Today I’ve got a whole lot of fascinating California history for you! In this episode of California’s Gold, originally aired in 2000, Huell introduces us to two of the state’s most colorful 19th century characters. They may be mostly forgotten these days, but their stories are a very real part of our state’s past. Like other states, the hierarchy of […]
More phone images from my trip to Muir Woods National Monument in September 2021.
This Classic episode of California’s Gold, first aired in 1995, may be titled Olives and Berries; but after watching it I would say it’s really the story of two very different family-run businesses, both of which have been incredibly successful and long-lasting. I was drawn to the story of the olives because at one time, during the late 19th and […]
Back in mid November I shared some images from our all-too-brief visit to Bowling Ball Beach, a place I would love to spend more time exploring. But even though we were there for less than an hour, I spent nearly the whole time crouching in the sand, admiring the colorful fragments of abalone and other sea shells strewn across one […]
The thundering surf is always eating away at the rocky shore, and the Mendocino coast is a perfect place to see the effects of this neverending erosion.
This 2002 episode of California’s Gold offers yet another great example of the colorful pieces of history that are lost over time. If you were to glance out the window of your commuter train and see the flat marsh of Drawbridge Island extending off into the distance, you might never dream there had once been a bustling make-shift community of […]
After last Monday’s teaser, I thought I should jump right in (no pun intended) with photos from early spring 2010 shot along the American River near the Foresthill Bridge. Just browsing through these images is making me impatient for spring to arrive this year — with its (hopefully) high water levels, mosquitos, and poison oak, to say nothing of the […]