California Dreamin'

(December 29th) Today I said goodbye to my friends and took off in the rental car to head south. I passed through some gorgeous country. I was aiming to make San Simeon in time for an early night's sleep so I could be up early for my first day with the seals. It was so painful to pass up so many beautiful locations, without stopping to shoot. I did pop out once to take a snapshot of a large rock on the coast.

Then I ran into a phenomenal sunset. The sun got low and the clouds near the horizon just lit up in all these shades of reds and yellows. I had to pull over a second time just to take some shots of this color (this is the actual color).