they don't even have bikes in them-this is crazy!this is the view from my back yard. a little cloudy today, but nicemy son the pirate.

Nice pics.

thanks. i hope people don't give me crap about this thread having nothing to do with bikes. what the heck is foo anyway?

And here are the landscape shots from today’s hike that are just too pretty not to share:





By the way, this road was going UP! Would have been a butt burner on the TREK:

[QUOTE=merider1]And here are the landscape shots from today’s hike that are just too pretty not to share:

Was that Henry Coe?

Okay, so no riding for me today or these would have gone into random ride images thread. I went for a hike/walk instead (and let me tell you, after 2 hours my butt is sore! It was no walk in the park…) As some of you who have ridden with me know, I just bought this new camera and so I’m picture crazy at the moment, and I just couldn’t help snapping a few. So, what I’ve done is take shots of the landscape and then I took shots of the wonderful critters who came out to greet me. I saw more animals than I did humans, so I’m sharing. NONE of them that I could get anywhere near (i.e. weren’t behind miles of barbed wire) wanted me petting them, except the beautiful little kitty-kat that I encountered outside a barn. She didn’t want me to stop petting her!

Shetland Pony:


Rooster:


Little Pig that ran as fast as his stubby legs would carry him. I must have looked hungry:


Sweetest Kitty:


Goat:


Domestic Turkey


Wild Turkeys:


Deer Family:


Deer Action Shot:


Dalmation:

[QUOTE=BigSean]No, it was Llhagas Road off of Hale. There is a canyon back there that is so lovely. There is a road (Oak Glen maybe?) that leads to three dams, but I'm so geographically-challenged, I couldn't tell ya.

I love these threads!

San Simeon State Beach


Avery at El Capitan State Beach


My favorite campsite at El Cap


Point Lobos


Marcellus looking at the Big Sur River

+1 Lovely shots, B. Those children are so photogenic...kind of like their mom.

[QUOTE=merider1]
Ok, know it well. My step son crashed wifey truck on Oak Glen. I used to live on De Witt. Yes Oak Glen goes up to Chesbo Lake and you can also get to Uvas and Calero from there. Uvas canyon park is awesome place and not too far from there. Thats actually many of the roads that I rode on my longest ride to date. In another month all of that will be really green.

[QUOTE=BigSean]Well, the next time I'm up here I'm determined to sneak off and ride up to the lake. My aunt has begged me not to ride on that road (which is why I went hiking), and I do agree it's narrow. But my Lord, is that area stunning. My pics do not do it justice. By the way, I headed down a road that said No Outlet right near Oak Glen. I wanted to find the end but it just kept going and going. Ring a bell? I know, there are tons of dead end roads up in the canyons, but that one was particularly remote and gorgeous.

Marcellus and Gavin in a tree in Vasona Park...it was a billion degrees that day!!

[QUOTE=merider1]
Doesnt ring a bell. Some of those roads are narrow, but there is no traffic on them either. I **** riding over there for that reason, it can be a while before you see a car. I use that part of town as recovery ride area. None of the climbs are very long or steep, its a rolling area at the base of the foothills. Still a country living society. Friendly people for the most part. Its definately a good place to ride around aimlessly.

hey B, thats my back yard.

I know! I was wondering if you'd notice that.

Here are a few from San Timoteo Canyon near Calimesa in Riverside County. I had to go out there for some ambient noise monitoring and the site was a few miles off the beaten path. There's nothing like getting paid to go on a little bike ride

Yep, I also noticed you didnt stop and say hi while you were here.

Sorry...it was Avery's birthday. We were busy. Oh...and I didn't know you then!

All excuses.

Okay...next time I'm at Vasona, I'll come visit you!

Ok.

Brandy....
All those pix are truely incredible....but the one of Avery and water is unbelievably incredible!

merider - those pics from your hike are schawweettt!

And Brandy - sweet pics as well - especially love the one of the sun setting at San Simeon - and the kids are oh so gorgeous!

Here are a few recent random ones -


J. Paul Getty Villa in Malibu






My munchkin playing peekaboo there -




Huntington Library/Gardens near my house -












Random wind thingy on a local farm -




And a few older ones -

Experience Music Project (EMP) in Seattle -

Fall in western Washington

Deception Pass -




Anacortes - the wife's hometown








Back when we were just starting to date . . .