One of the highlights of my trip to Costa Rica was visiting Manual Antonio National Park and having monkeys fly through the trees over my head. It evokes a sense of walking in someone else’s home – an idea that we should carry beyond vacation. -Erin
Nature
The sudden appearance of springtime flowers never gets old! And neither does visiting the Tidal Basin during the annual Cherry Blossom Festival. -Erin
The Southern California coast is the global mind’s eye image of California, and for good reason. Perfect skies, calming waves, and a shore dotted with palm trees. Too bad it’s a desert and not the tropics! – Erin
I did not appreciate the California coast until I left to see other coasts. Lush and desolate at the same time, the coast here at Point Reyes made me wonder how I could have taken it’s beauty for granted. – Erin
The smell of pine trees instantly takes me back the Sierras. We climbed a short but steep trail, past Upper and Lower Sardine Lake here, to a fire lookout on top of Sierra Buttes North, not knowing just how high we would climb nor just how far we would see. – Erin
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park shows me something new every time I visit. A stroll around Stow Lake revealed these beauties bathing in afternoon sunlight. – Erin
The California coast is a precious thing. Here, along the Sunset Cliffs in Point Loma, San Diego, the best of California comes together: pure, cloudless skies and a rugged coastline kissed by the waves. – Erin