Experience and Explore: Portola Redwoods State Park Part 1

Forty Five minutes from Saratoga, hides Portola Redwoods State Park. The only way into the park is a tiny, windy road (with no guard rails), guaranteed to make you car sick. Once you arrive, you realize the price you paid to get here is so worth it. This place is a real life wonderland; everything about the park is so magical and enchanting. Take a look....

majestic redwoods

m u s h r o o m s

tiny town

tiny dew drops

 all mighty redwood

returning to from where it came

washed ashore

out of a fairy tale

try as you might, you simply cannot capture the way this magical place truly is 

serenity

mini mushrooms

earth 

dew drops on her dress 

A Minute in the Life: Home for Thanksgiving

There's nothing like LAX at 5.30am

 Home <3

 Dad

 Up

c  l o u d s

Leo in the fall

 The only time dying is pretty

Fall/Winter night skies 

Street lights glowing

night time abstractions

pretty yellow

the edge of the world

Oil & Water

A Minute in the Life: Panorama de Playa

Experience and Explore: Will Rogers State Park, Santa Monica

Will Rogers State Historic Park is located in the Santa Monica Mountains and is about a 15-20 minute drive up from the city of Santa Monica (traffic willing). The hike to Inspiration Point is 2 miles up and back and is a very easy hike.

The most interesting thing to me about Will Rogers State Park is Mr. Will Rogers himself...he's kind of like that guy Duke, that started Duke's Restaurants...have you ever read Duke's bio?!? Well, Will Rogers, from Oklahoma, started out as a "cowboy entertainer," and went on to be a movie star, newspaper columnist and radio commenter. You can read more about him here. Mr. Rogers bought this plot of land where he built a 31-room cottage and ranch as a weekend home for he and his family. Will Rogers himself designed the riding trails that wind through the mountains to the back to the ranch. I didn't know about Will Roger's story until I started to write this blog post, now I definitely want to go back and take he tour of his house which still stands and contains some of his prized possessions.

Will Rogers