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28 photo stories from California, newest first. The state high point is Mount Whitney.

Artist's Palette in Death Valley

Artist's Palette

Alec and Laura at the Mount Whitney summit sign

Alec and Laura on Mount Whitney

A snowy stretch of the Mount Whitney trail in October 2026

On the Mount Whitney trail

A truck and travel trailer at sunrise in the Mojave Desert

Morning in the Mojave Desert

Laura on the boardwalk stairs at Pinnacles National Park

Pinnacles National Park

Alcatraz in September 2026

Alcatraz

Ocean and Laura on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier museum

On a carrier flight deck

The sun setting over the Pacific at Mission Beach in San Diego, with gold light on a bank of clouds, surf along the horizon, and wide sand in front

Sunset at Mission Beach

Laura in a giant blue Adirondack chair in Yucca Valley, with a pink neon Merry Christmas sign

A blue chair in Yucca Valley

Ocean and Laura with others at Tunnel View in Yosemite National Park

Tunnel View, Yosemite

Ocean, Laura, and a friend at the trunk of a giant sequoia in the Sierra Nevada

A giant sequoia

Ocean and Laura at a Death Valley National Park sign beside a 101 degree thermometer

Death Valley

Ocean and Laura at the summit of Mount Shasta, California

Mount Shasta, California

A travel trailer parked in the forest with Mount Shasta in the distance

An RV near Mount Shasta

Ocean in a red shirt and Laura in a striped top standing on the front steps of Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, with the name over the open bronze doors behind them

Griffith Observatory with Laura

Ocean and Laura taking a selfie in front of a giant glossy red heart sculpture in Beverly Hills, with sun flare over the heart and a clear sky

A giant red heart in Beverly Hills

Ocean and Laura smiling in a selfie at the Santa Monica Pier, with green sport sunglasses pushed up on their heads and the pier's Ferris wheel and rides behind them under a gray sky

Santa Monica Pier with Laura

Ocean in a close selfie wearing an orange and white helmet over an orange knit beanie, with mirrored yellow and blue ski goggles and a gray hoodie

Goggles on in the San Bernardino Mountains

Ocean and Laura smiling in a close selfie in the Mojave Desert, with a rocky desert slope behind them and a blue sky with thin streaks of cloud

A selfie with Laura in the Mojave

A wide morning view from a rocky hillside over the Mojave Desert, with low brush on the flats and mountains in the distance under a blue sky with a few thin clouds

A rocky hillside in the Mojave

A white travel trailer in the Mojave Desert with six solar panels on the side and three more leaning on the ground, a gray pickup parked beside it, and a rocky hill under a clear blue sky

Our solar setup in the Mojave

A dark metal trail sign on a rusty post in Joshua Tree National Park, pointing to Big Pine Trail 3.7 miles and Indian Cove 7.7 miles, over sandy ground

A trail sign in Joshua Tree

The entrance sign for Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree and the Boy Scout Trail

The summit view from Mount Whitney in California

The view from Mount Whitney

Ocean at the Mount Whitney summit sign, 14,505 feet

The Mount Whitney sign

Morning light on the way to Mount Whitney

Morning on the way to Whitney

An alpine lake in the Sierra Nevada

An alpine lake in the Sierra

The Eastern Sierra seen from Lone Pine, California

The Eastern Sierra from Lone Pine