Dick's
Central Coast and Coast Mountain Pictures |
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Photos
here were previously part of my Central California album. Sierra
Foothills and San Joaquin Valley photos are now shown on
their
own page here. Mother Lode photos are shown here, and
Death Valley photos here. |
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Links to More Photos |
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New
photos added here October 25, 2020
(captions
in red) |
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San Luis Reservoir |
Another
view of San Luis |
Hay field near Parkfield |
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Old water tank, Parkfield |
Windmill near Parkfield |
Windmill near San
Ramon |
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Bull Pine near
Parkfield |
Woodpecker larder
tree |
Ranch near Parkfield |
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Foothills near Parkfield |
Brodiaea near San Luis |
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Oaks and hay fields near
Parkfield |
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Shaky Ground - the San
Andreas Fault at Parkfield |
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On Highway 46 between Paso Robles &
Cambria |
On Highway 46 near Paso Robles |
Cholame Creek,
north of Parkfield |
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Cliff by
Parkfield-Coalinga Road |
Remnant of old
fence near road |
V-6 Ranch Gate |
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Newly
cut hay north of Parkfield |
A
closer look |
Poppies and other
wildflowers near junction of Highways 41 and 46
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Flowers on green hills near
Parkfield |
Bridge
where Cholame, Vineyard Canyon and Parkfield-Coalinga Roads meet |
Even
in a very dry year, there's a bit of water by the bridge |
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Field,
vineyard and hills west of Vineyard Canyon Road |
The
bridge north of town on the Parkfield-Coalinga Road |
Cholame
Creek and hills beyond from the bridge |
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Old
fence in the bed of the creek |
Hills
east of town in 2014 |
Coastal
cliffs at Capitola |
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Beach
at Jenner CA |
Hills
east of the San Benito County Fairgrounds |
Grape vines above Highway 25 by fairgrounds |
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In
Limekiln State Park, Big Sur area (Teri Liddle photo) |
Santa Cruz Mountains from
Henry Cowell Redwoods Park |
Monterey Bay |
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Panoramic view
looking east and north from the edge of Parkfield |
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Hills
rise abruptly from the flat Cholame Valley near Parkfield |
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Round bales against the steep hills east of Cholame Valley |
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The Santa Cruz
sand hills |
A misty scene in
Big Sur |
Kreyenhagen Peak
near Coalinga (by Wes Thiessen) |
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Hay
bales near Parkfield CA |
Parkfield
hay field, guarded by ancient valley oak |
2016
was the first year for round bales at Parkfield
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One of many little
canyons near San Luis reservoir |
The view from
Henry Coe State Park visitor center |
Oak Flat Ranch,
dating from 1877, in the hills above Morgan Hill
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The start of the
Forest Trail in Henry Coe State Park |
Colorful
rock near San Luis Reservoir |
In
the Cholame Valley, north of Parkfield |
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Wave
sculpted rocks at San Simeon |
San
Simeon sunset |
Spanish
moss near Hearst Memorial Beach |
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