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Trip · 4–6 Sep 2025

California

Three days in September: the coast, a long day in Yosemite, then Muir Woods and San Francisco.

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16
Day 1

The coast on the way

Thu 4 Sep

A line of dark cormorants standing on a pale sandstone ledge above churning green water.Cormorants on the ledgeFlat sandstone shelves stepping out into blue water, a headland and the horizon beyond.Sandstone shelves
Day 2

Yosemite, first light to Glacier Point

Fri 5 Sep · Yosemite

Granite boulders in the foreground and Yosemite Valley beyond, El Capitan on the left and Half Dome faint in the morning haze.The valley at first lightA sunlit granite ridge with pines, a tall conifer dark against the pale morning sky.Morning on the ridgeMorning sun breaking over a cliff on the right of Yosemite Valley, El Capitan in shadow on the left, haze filling the valley.The sun over the valley wallA grouse standing on a fallen log in a sunlit forest of tall pines.A grouse on a logA jutting granite overhang on the left, the sheer face of El Capitan across the valley.An overhang above the valleyA small gray frog on speckled granite, the rest of the frame soft and out of focus.A frog on graniteTall pines and a dead snag framing distant granite peaks under a hazy sky.Pines above the valleyHalf Dome and the high country under summer clouds, seen across granite slabs and scattered pines.Half Dome from Glacier Point
Day 3

Redwoods, then the Golden Gate

Sat 6 Sep · Muir Woods · San Francisco

A shaded trail through tall redwoods, sunlight catching ferns and the canopy.Into the redwoodsA person walking a path between towering redwood trunks.Among the redwoodsThe Golden Gate Bridge across the bay, yellow wildflowers blurred in the foreground and the Marin hills behind.The Golden GateA red Golden Gate tower and the bridge deck up close, cars and a bus crossing above the water.On the bridgeThe ornate rotunda of the Palace of Fine Arts framed by cypress trees.The Palace of Fine ArtsThe Palace of Fine Arts rotunda rising above orange lilies and greenery by the lagoon.The rotunda across the lagoon