I packed three cameras for our brief trip to California. I started shooting the Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim when we got near Palm Springs, tremendously impressed with the vast wind farm there. Four thousand wind turbines stand beside Highway 10, producing enough electricity to power the whole Coachella Valley.
I managed to make every available wrong turn on the freeways through Los Angeles, but we ultimately arrived at our destination without major mishap. Canoga Park on the city's north-western fringe is a town of mostly modest homes and small shops.
The place is slow-paced compared to the central city and has the great virtue of being the gateway to Topanga Canyon with its spectacular two-lane curvy road leading down to the coast about twenty miles to the south.
At the end of the canyon road I got my first look at the ocean in twelve years. The sea was sparkling and calm.
We drove south and parked near the Santa Monica Pier, then took a long walk along the broad sandy beach.
The noon temperature was about 75 degrees; it seemed like a warm Spring day at the beach.
The beach front with its small snack bars and luxury hotels has a timeless quality to it.
I learned much later that there had been a tsunami warning occasioned by an Alaska earthquake that morning, but none of the strollers, bikers, or surfers showed any evidence of concern for that eventuality, or any of the other natural calamities that have beset the state recently.
A spectacular day in a dream-like place.
I managed to make every available wrong turn on the freeways through Los Angeles, but we ultimately arrived at our destination without major mishap. Canoga Park on the city's north-western fringe is a town of mostly modest homes and small shops.
The place is slow-paced compared to the central city and has the great virtue of being the gateway to Topanga Canyon with its spectacular two-lane curvy road leading down to the coast about twenty miles to the south.
At the end of the canyon road I got my first look at the ocean in twelve years. The sea was sparkling and calm.
We drove south and parked near the Santa Monica Pier, then took a long walk along the broad sandy beach.
The noon temperature was about 75 degrees; it seemed like a warm Spring day at the beach.
The beach front with its small snack bars and luxury hotels has a timeless quality to it.
I learned much later that there had been a tsunami warning occasioned by an Alaska earthquake that morning, but none of the strollers, bikers, or surfers showed any evidence of concern for that eventuality, or any of the other natural calamities that have beset the state recently.
A spectacular day in a dream-like place.
California
Reviewed by Unknown
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January 26, 2018
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Reviewed by Unknown
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January 26, 2018
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