California Dreaming

God Beams and Lone Oak

Late afternoon Crepuscular Rays reign down on a lone California Oak, Diablo Mountain Range, Santa Clara Valley, San Benito County, California, USA.

Country lane line with eucalyptus trees and fog, San Benito County, California, USA

The Bay Bridge and skyline of downtown San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.

A crescent moon rises alongside two California Oaks, San Benito County, California, USA.

A crescent moon and Venus hang over two oaks along a ridge of the Diablo Mountains, San Benito County, California, USA.

A cypress tree tunnel leads to old RCA Communications building on a foggy day, Point Reyes National Seashore, California , USA.

A setting sun warms the golden hills of the Diablo Range, San Benito County, California, USA.

Dawn skies over southern Santa Clara Valley, San Benito County, California , USA.

The pink hues of dusk provides a warm plaette over rolling hills and oaks of San Benito County, California, USA.

Clouds lit by dusk light over Bay Bridge, San Francisco, and San Francisco Bay as seen from Berkely Hills, San Francisco, California , USA.

Evening fog slips through the valleys of the Gabilan Mountains high above Monterey Bay, California, USA.

A Full Buck Moon (Native American) rises behind oaks in Henry Coe State Park, Morgan Hill, California, USA.

A full moon rises over rolling oak-lined hills, San Benito County, California, USA.

Warm fall color enlivens a vineyard in southern San Benito County, California, USA.

Early light illuminates California's Gabilan Mountain Range, Monterey County, California, USA.

A full moon rises through high peaks at Pinnacles National Monument, California, USA.

Turqoise waters and a stromy spring morning at Sand Harbor State Park, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.

Dawn light casts a warm glow following an overnight snow storm at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California, USA.

Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.

Summer fog rools over Monterey Bay and is illuminated from the lights of small towns underneath. A warm glow holds along the horizon an hour past sunset. Image captured from Fremont Peak State Park looking towards Santa Cruz, California, USA

The summer sun sets into fog bank over Monterey Bay as seen from the top of Fremont Peak State Park - elevation 3,000 feet, California, USA.

A full moon rises over rolling hills and oaks, Diablo Mountain Range, San Benito County, California, USA.

A full moon rises over Capitola Wharf, Capitola, California, USA. Pamaps grass grows on a hillside in the foreground.

In 1917, during wartime steel shortages , three concrete ships were built. One, the S.S. Palo Alto remained docked in Oakland until 1929, when a Cal-Nevada Company bought the ship with the idea of making her into an amusement and fishing ship. Her maiden voyage was made under tow to Seacliff State Beach. Once positioned at the beach, the sea cocks were opened and the Palo Alto settled to the ocean bottom. By the summer of 1930 a pier had been built leading to the ship, the ship was remodeled. A dance floor on the main deck was added, also a cafe in the superstructure was built, as was a fifty-four foot heated swimming pool, and a series of carnival type concessions were placed on the afterdeck. The Cal-Nevada Company went broke after two seasons -- then the Palo Alto was stripped, leaving the ship and the pier to be used only for fishing. The ship is now closed to the public. Seacliffe State Beach, Santa Cruz County, California, USA.

An arch stands against a twilight sky at Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, California, USA.

Ground fog hovers low in a rural farm setting in southern Santa Clara Valley, Monterey Bay Area, California, USA

The north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge pokes through the early evenning fog as seen from TIlden Park above Berkeley. San Francisco, California, USA.

Santa Clara Valley towns under a thin veil of fog at night, California, USA.