CALIFORNIA 3

^ Ventura County Secret Left.... aka Hobsons

C-Street in the morning.







^ Tanks


The Doc and his Speed Machine



Rincon

Surfline

Thanks to Bird for pointing out that Surfline ran a shot of me surfing from the same day I took the "California 2" photos. Unfortunately they couldn't identify me from my patented frontside tube squat.

CALIFORNIA 2

CALIFORNIA

Mori-Town

Koyo season here has already ended, but luckily I still had some photos on my other camera to show. These are from a mini-hike up in the hills above Mori-town.


We got a little lost and needed some help from some friendly country-folk.



Waterfall #1. We didn't make it to #2 and #3 this trip. Next time...





The sign makes it look easy enough, but a landslide took out the trail past the first waterfall and we couldn't get past it.



Scenic firewood clearing on the side of the road up to the trailhead.



More Koyo color...



You've heard of Chia pets? Well in Japan they have Chia Lions!
We were both very surprised.

Autumn season in Japan is famous for Koyo, the color changing of the leaves. As a native southern Californian, I am unfamiliar with such extreme changes in the seasons and the extreme color change in all of the trees. The other weekend we checked out a spot up in the mountains called Shirakurakyo to spot some koyo. Our timing was a bit early, the best color change wouldn't happen for another week or so, but there were a few nice views anyhow.





This blue shack and red bridge are part of a very picturesque bustop. Only comes twice an hour, but not a bad place to hang out for the bus.


Trail leading down into the gorge.


Leaf litter in the river.




I didn't have a tripod with me, but I was able to prop my camera on a wooden rail to grab a slower shutter speed shot of the waterfall.





Not only are the Koyo leaves beautiful, they're also delicious!




colors...