Eight pages of images from multiple venues across California: This page includes images from the Trinity Scenic Byway in Northern California. Subsequent pages include images from Smith Scenic River Byway, Lassen National Forest, and Mount Shasta, Crescent City, Stops along US-101 in Northern California, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Mendocino County, Bodega Bay, and Muir Woods National Monument, Lick Observatory, Winchester House, and Monterey Bay Aquarium, and Open Space Preserves in the greater San Jose area.
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Views along CA-299 (Trinity Scenic Byway) between the Pacific Ocean and Redding, California
December 10, 2012

The scenic byway weaves through the mountains.
[Photo taken from a pulloff on the left side of the road looking at a curver that disappears behind a huge rock formation that extends beyond the top of the image. There are trees to the left of the guard rail on the left side and several layers of trees which extend up the mountains in the distance.]

Waterfall near Cedar Flat picnic area
[This waterfall is only about five vertical feet but it extends down a hillside and produces much white foam as it thrusts through and around the rocks leading into the river. Many yellow leaves dot the green of the shrubbery.]

Rocks in the Trinity River
[A path of small boulders leads into the river where some lie at the edge while others are submerged but still visible through the clear water.]

Trinity River as seen from CA-299
(Rocky portion in above photo is just off the far right of this photo.)
[The river is a reversed S shape here in the valley with several white-water rapids visible. The light-colored rock contrasts with the green-blue water.]

Trees along the Trinity River's banks (The river is at the very bottom of the image.)
[The river bank here is a high dirt cliff with scatterings of small rocks. At the top is a flat area covered in a blanket of tall evergreens.]

Trinity River's beautiful green water
[Closeup view of a 90 degree bend in the river flow in the valley with rocks on the edges and trees growing out of the hillsides.]

I drove in and out of patches of fog on CA-299.
[Looking up at trees lining the mountain sides and seeing the closest layer clearly, but the next layer is partially lost in the fog and the more distance layers are blocked completely by the fog.]

Tree displaying all its branches at scenic viewpoint atop the mountain.
[Leafless tree with curly branches leading to many small twigs at the end. The tree'd mountainous hillside backdrops nearly all the branches.]

Sacramento River in Redding with a snow-capped Mount Shasta over 50 miles away
[Homes sit atop near vertical drops to the river's water. In this image the river narrows between the bank's walls and disappears around a bend. In the far distance is a snow-covered mountain.]

Male and female Buffleheads on the Sacramento River in Redding
(Males have more white feathers.)
[Four buffleheads swim to the left with a male first and last and both nearer to the cameran than the two females which swim between them. Both sexes are black and white, but the males have much more white and the female white sections are more grey than white.]

More Buffleheads on the Sacramento River
[18 Buffleheads swimming together in a broad vee formation.]

Male and female Common Goldeneyes on the Sacramento River
[16 common goldeneyes swimming from left to right. While there are 8 of each sex, they are not swimming in pairs. These birds are also black and white, but their heads only hae a small white dot on them, so they are not as bright as the buffleheads.]

Sundial (pedestrian) Bridge across the Sacramento River in Redding
[A white bridge with a tall mast at one end from which cables are strung to support the bridge spanning the river. The sky has quite a few clouds and it's near dusk, so there is not a lot of light on the bridge or the water.]

A closer view of the sundial portion of the bridge
[This image focuses on the mast with the 14 cables which extend from it to support the bridge.]

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All photos © S. M. Garver