California Coastin'
A compilation album of several road trips (2017—2023) spent venturing through the spectrum of landscapes, climates and subcultures of California. Sea to sand dunes. Mountains to metropolis. In the Golden State, golden hour seems to last forever.
The official lifestyle perk of Southern California
Surf City
Ripples. La Jolla, CA.
Spring blooms
Vanishing Point
Moonrise over the Ventura coast and Channel Islands
Ojai Valley. Horses, farming and wine.
Caravan Outpost
Take the long way home
Last stop for gas
Death Valley National Park
Dunescape
A sea of sand
Zabriskie Point
Seeing/capturing the galaxy for the first time.
Climbing out from below sea level
From Badwater Basin (-282') to the base of Mt. Whitney (14,505') in just a few hours drive.
Kings Canyon National Park up in the Sierras.
Entering Yosemite Valley. Half Dome in the distance.
First light over Bridalveil Falls
El Capitan
The Mist Trail to Vernal Falls
Hiking Yosemite Falls. 2,425' high, tallest in North America.
Proof of completion
The Upper Falls
Climbing down the Sierras, across the farmlands of the San Joaquin Valley. West towards Monterey Bay.
Dunes of tiny wildflowers
Highway 1, the great American road trip. Big Sur.
Swaths of fog
And swaths of color
McWay Falls
Civilization pit stop. Monterey Bay.
Into the woods
Land of giants
The Lone Cypress. Circa 1750.
Into the fog
Sausalito—California's version of Gloucester.
Houseboats and fishing harbors
Los Angeles
Mid-century modern
Pasadena Tournament of Roses.
"The Grandaddy of them all."
Nightfall.
(c) 2025 Nick Gianetti
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