A Voyage In A Red Tesla & Other Northern California Escapades
The scarlet, self-driving Tesla which drove us up to San Fransisco. (Photo taken in the small town of Soledad)
A jacaranda tree (Jacaranda mimosifolia) in full bloom, Santa Barbara.
Delicious bubble teas from a shop in Santa Barbara.
View of Santa Barbara from a balcony of the car park building.
Stunning terracotta and tile stairs in downtown Santa Barbara.
Mexican fan palms (Washingtonia robusta) towered above us as we walked around Santa Barbara.
Fathomless chocolate squares in the Ghirardelli Square, San Fransisco.
A picturesque small, rocky outcrop seen while walking on the Golden Gate Bridge.
The Golden Gate Bridge as seen from Fort Point, positioned just under the famous bridge.
Doorway after doorway inside Fort Point.
Mussels growing on a rock under the Golden Gate Bridge, which face constant pounding by violent waves.
From the top of the San Fransisco Ferris Wheel, Fisherman's Wharf spreads out below.
The Celebrity Summit cruise passing underneath the Golden Gate Bridge.
The steering wheel of a Waymo. The instructions on it are somewhat frightening!
Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber) plants growing prolifically on Alcatraz Island.
A heater inside the Alcatraz prison: one of the only comforts for inmates, needed on the cold, blustery days.
Western gulls (Larus occidentalis) on the gardens of Alcatraz Island.
Scary-looking bars on the windows inside Alcatraz's Prison.
A restored cell inside the A-block of the prison on Alcatraz Island.
By-the-wind sailors (Velella velella) stranded on a beach near Watsonville. These curious creatures, which seasonally wash up on this beach in their thousands, are in fact colonies of hundreds of polyps, of different types. (They are closely related to the more common Portuguese man-o-war)
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