Since I was not in a hurry and was in the area I stopped at Sequia National Monument to see some tall trees.
A view on the way up to the grove.
A refreshing stop allong the road.
The Sentinal Giant Sequia
My car near a smaller tree
A waterfall in the area.
A cliff near that waterfall
A bit down river
I went on a backpaking trip in Yosemite with a freind. We were near Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.
A view of the reservoir.
My fellow hiker.
I was there as well.
Some mountain meadow flowers in bloom.
A view over the reservoir.
The water has a good force comming out of the dam.
The start of my day in Monterey was diving at Lover's cove.
more of the cove
While boaring on the surface, it's a bit more interesting underwater.
Later I traveled about a mile north to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. After all, It is considered one of the best Aquariums.
Two of thousands of fishes in residency at the Aquarium.
A friendly cat shark.
Say hello to the baby shark.
The rare half-wood stingray.
A jouvinal half-wood ray.
One of the best varieties of freashwater stingray
A motoro stingray.
Labled as "Spider web ray"
A ray that was mis-behaving.
Some friendly Amazon creatures to keep the rays busy.
A shark.
A near-by Skate
Some bottom dwelling fish.
One more fish hiding on the bottom.
A few Sand Dollars.
Invertibrites in the deep sea exhibit.
Sardine?
Schooling Mackerel
Looks like a nice place to sit.
A Sea Bass (?) in the large Kelp tank.
A Sinorita Wrasse (?) keeping the bass company.
Goboid on a rock.
Many many polips.
Why can't the fish just stand still for a picture?
So many Brittle Stars.
A Sea Horse slowly moving allong a wall.
More Goboidie!
A crab wishing to be left alone.
A more feisty crab.
Starfish...
and it's relative.
yumm... Bivalves...
A few birds from the coastal exhibit.
More birds.
One of many trout.
Why not end the day with some squid eggs.
No beter way to go south from Monterey.
A view of the California coast
more coast..
A picture of the painted desert the failed to capture most, if not all, the color.