I took them anyway...

The recent trip to SF merits several blog posts, but, for the moment, here are the pictures one must take when visiting California...

Hey, look, it's the Golden Gate Bridge!
(looking north from Bernal Hill)

And these critters are really big, but really kind of more mango colored...
(Big Basin State Park, outside Santa Cruz)

You can see for miles from up here...
(Marin/Muir Woods area)

Rocks and surf... sign me up!
(Shell Beach, Sonoma Coast State Park)

Okay, yeah, that is really tall...
(Big Basin, outside Santa Cruz)

Yes, I see why people live out there!