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My road trip from Carmel Valley to Pinnacles took me along the magnificent Arroyo Seco to Soledad. I particularly like the green bridge in this panorama.

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On New Years Eve I drove from my hotel in Carmel Valley to Pinnacles National Park. I took the long way, along Carmel Valley Road and Arroyo Seco to Soledad. The route was beautiful in a way that's hard to convey in photos. But I took a couple of panoramas that hint at the charmingly rural experience ( Read more... )

A little later in the day, the sun was mostly gone and the clouds were thickening in warning of the incoming storm.

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This is from Sunday last week. The winter sky made for dramatic clouds with occasional glints of sunlight on the waves.

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Another one from my holiday earlier this year. This is looking west, across the Bay. You can just about make out Mount Tam across the water.

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This was from my holiday back in September. Devil's Pulpit is near the summit, on the south-east side of the mountain.

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