#bay area hills

[bay-views]

[jzfieldnotes]

egret in coyote hills park

[wingedjewels]

Townsend's Warbler by bubble_boy Via Flickr: California Coyote Hills Regional Park Alameda Creek Quarry Lakes Fremont Bay Area San Francisco USA East Bay Nature Birds Wildlife Photography Travel Wild Trails ebparksok

[serpientesuenos]

note to self: when it feels too good to be true, it usually is

[snail-and-snail]

californians when it snows once every few decades

[rabbitcruiser]

Napa, CA (No. 3)

The Wine Country has undergone a boom in tourism. In 1975 there were only 25 Napa Valley wineries; today there are well over 800 wineries in Napa and Sonoma Counties. Tourists come to the region not only for wine tasting, but also for hiking, bicycling, hot air ballooning, and historic sites, as well as the extensive culinary choices.

Numerous notable chefs and restaurateurs are present in the Wine Country, including Thomas Keller, John Ash, and Sondra Bernstein. Besides the obvious winery attractions, the Wine Country is known for the Sonoma County coastline along the Pacific Ocean, the Russian River valley, redwoods, hot spring baths, petrified forests and other natural areas.

The Wine Country tourism boom has its downside, exemplified by traffic congestion on State Route 29, particularly on summer weekends, when the number of tourists often exceeds the carrying capacity of the road. The Napa Valley is also experiencing pressures for increased urbanization and roadway upgrading. There have also been issues related to regulating home sharing. After a boom in residents renting rooms in private homes, the city government of Napa was forced to require any Napa Airbnb properties to register.

Source: Wikipedia

[queencocokissd]

Oakland, California ✌🏾

[andfinallywecansee]

All roads lead to you

[lorainefaith]

Benicia can be beautiful too ☁️

Photos by me 📸

[bay-views]

[themonsterthing]

Portrait of a Place: San Rafael

[wingedjewels]

Black-throated Gray Warbler 2 by bubble_boy Via Flickr: California Coyote Hills Regional Park Alameda Creek Quarry Lakes Fremont Bay Area San Francisco USA East Bay Nature Birds Wildlife Photography Travel Wild Trails ebparksok

[tatmanblue]

Super Blue Moon behind the big dome of the Lick Observatory by Peter Thoeny - Quality HDR Photography Via Flickr: Tomorrow is Super Blue Moon, tonight it is 98.8% full moon. The day before full moon is better for photography because you get the ambient sunset light, so I decided to take the moon shot tonight. The historical Lick Observatory is located high above San Jose, California, and lends itself as the foreground for a full moon shot. I manually calculated the exact position where to put my tripod – 10 miles (16 km) away from the observatory, so that I could get the full moon dead center behind the big dome of the observatory. We currently have a spare the air alert in the Silicon Valley, so the air is hazy, and has a brown-orange hue. I processed a balanced and a photographic HDR photo from a RAW exposure, blended them, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments. Thank you for visiting - ♡ with gratitude! Fave if you like it, add comments below, like the Facebook page, order beautiful HDR prints at qualityHDR.com. -- ƒ/7.1, 900 mm, 1/400 sec, ISO 1250, Sony A6000, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC1915_hdr1bal1pho1e.jpg -- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © 2023 Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography

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detailzzzz~✨🌸👑🦋

[rabbitcruiser]

Napa, CA (No. 1)

Napa is the largest city and county seat of Napa County and a principal city of Wine Country in Northern California, United States. Located in the North Bay region of the Bay Area, the city had a population of 77,480 as of the end of 2021. Napa is a major tourist destination in California, known for its wineries, restaurants, and arts culture.

The origin of the word "Napa" is disputed.

The word "napa" is of Native American derivation and has been variously translated as "grizzly bear", "house", "motherland" or "fish". Of the many explanations of the name's origin, the most plausible seems to be that it is derived from the Patwin word napo, meaning "house".

Further adding confusion, Napa was originally spelled with two Ps: Nappa. There are maps and deeds dating back to the mid-1850s bearing this spelling. Shortly thereafter, the present spelling was adopted; the reasons for this are unclear.

Source: Wikipedia

[midi-wizard]

i loathed my hometown, but listening to Duster makes me a little nostalgic for it