A walk down memory lane

A little over a year ago, my husband and I took a two week trip to California, and it turned out to be possibly my favorite trip of all time. That's no small feat, considering in recent years I've visited the Caribbean, the Florida Keys, Mexico, Barcelona, Paris, London, took a 10-day driving tour of Ireland, and most recently visited Iceland and Sweden. Our California adventure began in Santa Cruz and Capitola, and we worked our way down the Pacific Coast Highway to Monterey, Carmel, Big Sur and San Simeon, cut over to Sequoia and Kings Canyon, up to Yosemite, over to Sonoma and then finished out the trip in San Francisco.

Today, in search of a shot to print for my apartment, I spent some time scrolling through my photos from the trip and had a great time retracing our journey. I felt like I was driving down the PCH again (only in my mind, I was in a convertible Mustang instead of the poor little Focus they rented us), or hiking in Yosemite or sipping wine in the Deerfield Ranch wine cellar. The memories are too many to list here, but here are some of my favorite photos that aren't quite site-worthy:

The Boardwalk, Santa Cruz

Walton Light, Santa Cruz

Walton Light, Santa Cruz

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Edward Sellers Winery, Paso Robles

The Organ - Crystal Cave, Sequoia National Park

The (terrifying) stairs to Vernal Fall, Yosemite National Park

Tucking in for the night - El Capitan, Yosemite National Park

Stars from our deck - Evergreen Lodge, just outside Yosemite National Park

Deerfield Ranch wine cellar & tasting room (we had it all to ourselves!)

Pinup girl graffiti - Haight Ashbury, San Francisco

Coming in for a landing - California Academy of Sciences rainforest dome (where I met with the amazingly talented Autumn Eden. Do yourself a favor and check out her site!)

To see more, check out my California gallery. I'll be adding more photos over the next few days, and I'm offering 25% off everything in the gallery through the end of September (offer code Cali11).