Monterey

I went to Monterey on Aug 10 and 11, 2012.
Monterey has many sites to visit and I went there.

First, I drove the road called "17 Mile Drive".
In 17 Mile Drive, I parked at Spanish Bay along the Pacific Ocean where Spansh explorer and his crew went ashore and camped in 1769 while searching for Monterey Bay.
And I took photos there.
It was very windy and cold there!

Next, I stopped at Cypress Point to see The Lone Cypress that has stood for 250 years alone.
This photo shows The Lone Cypress.

Second, I went to Cannery Row and Monterey Bay Aquarium.
This photo was taken at Cannery Row.
This building that was a cannery before is used as a shop without change now.
There are some buildings like that, and those buildings create a traditional atmosphere there.

This photo is taken at Monterey Bay Aquarium.
This aquarium is very big and have many kinds of creatures in Monterey Bay.
This is a jelly fish that was swimming very slowly in water.
I like jelly fishes.

I enjoyed this Monterey trip!

What a beautiful blue!

I went to South Lake Tahoe on July 13-15, 2012.I saw Lake Tahoe there.
Lake Tahoe is the most beautiful lake among some lakes I've seen, I think.
This lake is 1,645 feet deep at its deepest point, making it the 10th deepest lake in the World, and the third deepest in North America.
As you can understand from these facts, Lake Tahoe is very clear.


This photo below was taken at Pope Beach in South Lake Tahoe.
The lake water was so clear and its surface displayed a color gradations from light green to ultramarine.
I touched the water, it's so cold!
Nevertheless, many families were swimming at the beach...I couldn't think.

This photo below was taken on the deck of Tahoe Queen during Tahoe Queen cruising.
This blue was truly blue, I think it's Tahoe Blue!

This photo below shows the surface of lake water.
I think you can understand how clear Lake Tahoe is.

I love Lake Tahoe very much!

Dandelion

This dandelion was blooming at the lawn in my condominium.

The dandelion was short I wonder if the lawn got a lot of sunshine.
A brilliant yellow in the green was beautiful!


For your information, this photo is used in top page of my Japanese blog.
Please see my blog, if you like!

White Clover and Bee!

This photo was taken at lawn in my condominium on a sunny afternoon.
Many bees had clover nectar like crazy, I wondered if they might be hungry.
They were crazy about their lunch, while my daughter was watching their action like crazy.

Grand Canyon

I went to Grand Canyon on June 1st, 2012.It was hot and the temperature was a high of 30 degrees.
But it was not so humid and it was more comfortable than Japan to spend.
Gand Canyon was so magnificent and broad!!!
It was too broad to take one photo!!!

These three photos make one view.

Please watch these photos as continuous one view.

These photos were taken at Mather Point.

My tour agent said that the views of Grand Canyon that usually appear on brochures of tours to Grand Canyon were taken at this point.

Fountain show at Bellagio in Las Vegas

These photos were taken through the window in the room of Bellagio on May 31 2012 when my family went to LasVegas.One photo above was taken at afternoon.
The other photo below was taken at night.
Let's compare these two photos!
Which photo do you like?
Basically I like both, but I like night photo more than afternoon one because I think a color combination is nice.

Purple Leaf Plum

At last, I cleared one of my some questions.
I knew what the mysterious trees like Sakura are.

I took two photos below at a courtyard of my condominium in February.
The flowers were blooming and looked like Japanese Sakura.
But the color of their leaves was different from one of Japanese Sakura's leaves.
The color of those was reddish-purple, but that of Japanese Sakura's leaves is green.

After three months, I found that the trees bore red fruits like cherries.
Look!

I searched the Internet and found out that the trees are "Purple Leaf  Plum"

For details, please visit the following website : Purple Leaf Plum Tree

I feel fine!