California

California National Parks

Laguna Beach

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Laguna Beach, CA: Friends
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Laguna Beach, CA

Laguna Woods

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Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary Ama and Kong-Kong!
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Laguna Woods, CA: Kao Family
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Laguna Woods, CA: Silly, weird, or maybe a little of both: Kao, English, and Grzywa Families.
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Laguna Woods, CA: Kao Parents

San Diego

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San Diego, CA: Sailing lessons from Uncle Phil.
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San Diego, CA: Sailing lessons from Uncle Phil.

Los Angeles

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Los Angeles, CA: Friends
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Los Angeles, CA: The Getty
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Los Angeles, CA: The Getty

Monterey Bay

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Monterey Bay Aquarium, CA
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Monterey Bay, CA: Scuba Instruction
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Monterey Bay, CA: Scuba Instruction
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Point Lobos Nature Reserve, CA: Gibson Beach
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Point Lobos Nature Reserve, CA
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Asilomar Beach, CA: Tide pools
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Asilomar Beach, CA: Tide pools, octopus
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Point Lobos Nature Reserve, CA
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Point Lobos Natural Reserve, CA
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Point Lobos Natural Reserve, CA
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Point Lobos Natural Reserve, CA
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Point Lobos Natural Reserve, CA: Young Elephant Seals
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Watsonville, CA: Gizdich Ranch
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Point Lobos Natural Reserve, CA
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Watsonville, CA: Gizdich Ranch

Bay Area

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Mountain View, CA: Googleplex Tour
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Piedmont Hills, CA: Friends
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Scotts Valley, CA: Friends
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San Jose, CA: Friends
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Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, CA
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San Francisco, CA: Friends
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Berkeley, CA: Adventure Playground
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Berkeley, CA: Adventure Playground
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Emeryville, CA: Pixar Tour
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Emeryville, CA: Pixar Tour
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San Jose, CA: Friends
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Redwood City, CA: Friends
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San Francisco, CA: Golden Gate Bridge
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San Francisco, CA: Rock climbing lessons with our good friend, Nicholas
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Menlo Park, CA: Facebook, Instagram
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Foster City, CA: Friends
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Foster City, CA: Red Vinyl Band

Sacramento

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Sacramento, CA: Friends

McArthur-Burney Falls State Park

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McArthur-Burney Falls State Park, CA
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Burney, CA: Fly fishing makes him happy!

Redwood National Park in California is home to the world’s largest living tree.

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Redwood National Park, CA
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Redwood National Park, CA
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Redwood National Park, CA: Smith River
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Crescent City, CA: Battery Point Lighthouse
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Redwood National Park, CA: Roosevelt Elk
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Redwood National Park, CA: Gold Bluffs Beach
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Paul Bunyan and Babe

Lassen Volcanic National Park in California “Nature is ever at work building and pulling down, creating and destroying, keeping everything whirling and flowing…out of one beautiful form into another.” John Muir

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Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA: One of the many beautiful wildflowers growing in Paradise Meadow
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Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA: Hiked to some snow.
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Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA: Paradise Meadow
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Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA: One of the many beautiful wildflowers growing in Paradise Meadow
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Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA: One of the many beautiful wildflowers growing in Paradise Meadow
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Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA: Mt Lassen and Manzanita Lake
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Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA

Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park in California. Home of the giant sequoia, earth’s largest tree.

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Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, CA: Astronaut Don Thomas, Dark Sky Festival
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Sequoia-Kings Canyon, CA: General Sherman Tree, largest by volume
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Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, CA: Crystal Cave
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Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, CA
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Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, CA
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Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, CA: Tree Tunnel

Yosemite National Park in California. The cliffs, waterfalls, wildlife and extraordinary beauty of Yosemite inspired the “National Park” idea.

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Yosemite National Park, CA: Half Dome

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Yosemite National Park, CA: Upper Yosemite Falls
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Yosemite National Park, CA: Swan Slab
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Yosemite National Park, CA: Swan Slab
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Yosemite National Park, CA: Midnight Lightning
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Yosemite National Park, CA: Plein Air
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Yosemite National Park, CA

Pinnacles National Park in California was formed by volcanoes, which created a unique and rocky landscape.

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Pinnacles National Park, CA
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Pinnacles National Park, CA
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Pinnacles National Park, CA: Bear Gulch Reservoir
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Pinnacles National Park, CA
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Pinnacles National Park, CA
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Pinnacles National Park, CA

Anacapa is one of the five island that make up Channel Islands National Park. The Island is a breeding colony for some estimated 10,000 seagulls during nesting season.

Channel Islands National Park in California
Channel Islands National Park, CA: Anacapa Island
Channel Islands National Park in California
Channel Islands National Park, CA: Inspiration Point
Channel Islands National Park in California
Channel Islands National Park, CA: Anacapa Island
Channel Islands National Park in California
Channel Islands National Park, CA: Anacapa Island
Channel Islands National Park in California
Channel Islands National Park, CA: Anacapa Island
Channel Islands National Park in California
Channel Islands National Park, CA: Anacapa Island
Channel Islands National Park in California
Channel Islands National Park, CA: Sunset at Inspiration Point
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Channel Islands National Park, CA: Anacapa
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Channel Islands National Park, CA: Anacapa
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Channel Islands National Park, CA: Anacapa
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Channel Islands National Park, CA: Anacapa
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Channel Islands National Park, CA: Anacapa
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Channel Islands National Park, CA: Anacapa

Joshua Tree National Park is a desert landscape with rugged rock formations that beckon you to climb!

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Joshua Tree National Park, CA: We found this cute little sloth hanging from a Joshua Tree.
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Joshua Tree National Park, CA
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Joshua Tree National Park, CA
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Joshua Tree National Park, CA
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Joshua Tree National Park, CA: Skull Rock
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Joshua Tree National Park, CA
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Joshua Tree National Park, CA: Cholla Cactus Garden

Death Valley National Park is the hottest (record 134 degrees) , driest (low rainfall, high evaporation rate), lowest (282 feet below sea level), and wildest (3.1 million acres and is the largest designated wilderness in the USA outside Alaska).

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Death Valley National Park, CA: Ubehebe Crater (500 ft deep, 1/2 mile across)
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Death Valley National Park, CA: Teakettle Junction
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Death Valley National Park, CA: Badwater Basin, lowest elevation in North America (282 ft below sea level).
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Death Valley National Park, CA: Artists Palette
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Death Valley National Park, CA: Zabriskie Point
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Death Valley National Park, CA: Zabriskie Point