Cumulus clouds kept growing & growing, looking threatening along the Thornburg #Trail off Blue Lakes Road in the #SierraNevada of #California. But in the end they dissipated in the distance, leaving me with a nice scene, yet dry and unbothered. #BlueSkyArtShow #growth #hiking #landscapephotography

Near the start of a #trail that I walked along the river at the Uels deth Joeu in the Pyrenees #mountains of Catalonia, #Spain, for #ColorADay #GreenSat. #ECK #landscapephotography #hiking #landscape #outdoors #WestCoastKin

Another for #ForestFriday, this one at Daley Ranch park in Escondido in San Diego County, #California. I took this one late afternoon while hiking there a few weeks ago. #ECK #landscapephotography #hiking #forest #WestCoastKin #trees

There was an article the other day on sfgate about how they're making and serving little fruit pies at, where else - Fruita, #Utah, in their gardens at Capitol Reef National Park. Here's a link and a pic of some rocks you can see there, for #FoodOnFriday. www.sfgate.com/national-par... #ECK #food

A beautiful thick forest rings Lake Sonoma near Cloverdale, #California, for #ForestFriday. This lakeside #trail along the south shore takes you through much of this, while offering wide views to the lake below. #ECK #lakes #landscapephotography #hiking #forest #WestCoastKin #trees

Yellow wildflowers brighten the Spring green hills on the Quail Hill #Trail in Irvine, #California for #ColorADay #YellowThu. This is unfortunately a trail where this year a bicyclist was standing near the bushes and fell over, onto a rare fatal rattlesnake bite. #ECK #hiking #landscapephotography

Beautiful #Barcelona, #Spain seen from an opening in the stone-like exterior of the Sagrada Familia in the heart of town. For #Urbangaze. #EastCoastKin #architecture #travel #citylife

Not just Aspens and Cottonwoods, but also Oak trees provide a colorful yellow palette for Fall colors in Coconino National Forest along the #ArizonaTrail near Mormon Lake close to Flagstaff, #Arizona, for #ColorADay #YellowThu. #ECK #hiking #landscapephotography #mountains #forest #WestCoastKin

I have been real quiet lately. Lots of big big stuff happening in life on every front. One special project I have been working on... is ready, submitted and in-review. Coming soon to an App Store near you! #Yosemite #NationalParks #ParkChat

Walking around one late afternoon in #Porto, #Portugal near a large building filled with windows in a plaza there. For #WindowsOnWednesday. #ECK #architecture #travel #cities #Urban

Red dirt and red rocks in Canaan Mt. Wilderness area near Hildale, in south central #Utah, for #ColorADay #RedWed. #ECK #WildernessAreas #landscapephotography #travel #outdoors #WestCoastKin #hiking

A #ThickTrunkTuesday tree in Hood Mountain State Park, in northern Napa County, #California. #ECK #landscapephotography #hiking #forest #landscape #trees #nature #WestCoastKin

Watching the tide roll in, then watching it roll away again, from the Ray Miller #Trail portion of the Backbone Trail in the Santa Monica Mountains near Oxnard, #California. For #TidesOutTuesday. #EastCoastKin #ocean #nature #outdoors #WestCoastKin #hiking

Rockin' the Islands in the Sky section of Canyonlands National Park in #Utah, on a close-up view from an overlook. #RockinTuesday #ECK #landscapephotography #travel #WestCoastKin #redrock #NationalParks

On the Pacific Crest Trail off Sunrise Highway in the Laguna Mountains east of San Diego, #California, the trail passes numerous mountains in its view above the more stark and barren Anza Borrego State Park below. #MountainMonday & #BlueSkyMonday. #ECK #landscapephotography #hiking #WestCoastKin

One of the #trails through the Wasatch Mountains above Park City, #Utah during the Fall when the tree leaves turn color, for #MountainMonday and #BlueSkyMonday. #ECK #landscapephotography #hiking #outdoors #mountains #nature #WestCoastKin #landscape

A #sunrise pink in the clouds over #LakeTahoe from the #Nevada side on the north part of the lake this past Winter. For #ColorADay #PinkMon. #ECK #landscapephotography #outdoors #nature #landscape #travel #roadtrip

The Sassalungo in the Italian #Dolomites, for #MountainMonday and #BlueSkyMonday. #ECK #landscapephotography #hiking #outdoors #mountains #Italy #nature #WestCoastKin #landscape #Alps

Looking down onto Gull Lake from June Lake Loop #trail in the eastern #SierraNevada range of #California, near the June Lake and Mammoth Lakes area. #Stunday #ECK #landscapephotography #mountains #outdoors #landscape #hiking #lakes #WestCoastKin

A few peaks catching late rays above the Sespe Wilderness in southern #California close to sunset time, through a wildflower foreground, for #Stunday. In the mountains inland from the Santa Barbara area. #ECK #landscapephotography #nature #outdoors #landscape #hiking #WildernessAreas

Colored rock cliffs around the northern entrance to Capitol Reef National Park near Fruita, #Utah. #ColorADay #OrangeSun #ECK #landscapephotography #Westcoastkin #travel #redrock #NationalParks

Another view along the #trail from Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, #Colorado, which also passes Dream Lake and Emerald Lake, all very scenic on this relatively short & easily manageable hike. For #Stunday. #ECK #landscapephotography #nature #outdoors #landscape #hiking #NationalParks

For my finale post today, I'll combine the #ColorADay #GreenSat and #BlueSkyArtShow #tall themes with a feature of another scene I captured of the tall green vegetation-covered rock spire, the Iao Needle in #Maui, #Hawaii. #ECK #landscapephotography #hiking #landscape #outdoors #WestCoastKin

On the Backbone Trail in the Santa Monica Mountains of southern #California, near the Metz Roadway, a bunch of bright green plants & grass appeared amongst the otherwise subdued terrain on this cloudy day. #ColorADay #GreenSat #ECK #landscapephotography #hiking #landscape #outdoors #WestCoastKin

A tall saguaro #cactus rising to the sky within a park tucked in the urban area of Phoenix, #Arizona. #BlueSkyArtShow #tall #ECK #hiking #desert #Outdoors #WestCoastKin

Altai. #photo #photography #nature #mountain #travel #river #lake

Even the water, which in most directions this day was a deep blue, reflecting the sky, took on a green shade in this cove of Lake Berryessa along a shoreline #trail, from all the green around it, for #ColorADay #GreenSat. #ECK #landscapephotography #hiking #landscape #lakes #outdoors #WestCoastKin

From a #trail north of Flagstaff, #Arizona, showing the effects of previous fires on the forest with standing burned trees plus new growths, and Fall colored aspens on the slopes of the San Francisco peaks in the distance. #ForestFriday #ECK #scape #landscapephotography #hiking #forest #mountains

The Pyrenees in Spanish Catalonia are vast and grand, offering long views of peaks and valleys and dotted with lakes. Here along a #trail heading up towards the Parc Nacional d'Aiguestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici from the West. #ECK #scape #landscapephotography #hiking #outdoors #westcoastkin

The Santa Margarita River Trail Preserve, in beautiful Fallbrook, San Diego County, #California, for #ForestFriday. Preserved and managed by the Wildlands Conservancy, one of their rangers was out there that day providing trail maintenance. #ECK #rivers #landscapephotography #hiking #forest #trails

A couple of swans from a #trail along the edge of West Shore/Flathead Lake State Park, #Montana, floating along, getting ready to fly off to another part of the lake for their daily explorations. For #Flyday. #ECK #scape #landscapephotography #landscape #hiking #outdoors #lakes #westcoastkin

The Piedra Blanca formation of white rocks, a scenic feature to hike to in Sespe Wilderness near Ojai, #California, framed by some yellow wildflower plants, for #ColorADay #YellowThu. #ECK #hiking #landscapephotography #wilderness #mountains #wildflowers #WestCoastKin

Tokyo, #Japan, from the air, for #Urbangaze. #EastCoastKin #architecture #travel #citylife

Yellow #wildflowers lining the trail at Arroyo Verde park in Ventura, #California for #ColorADay #YellowThu. #ECK #hiking #landscapephotography #openspace #mountains #regionalpark #WestCoastKin

Monument Valley in Arizona is not the only #redrock destination that has large rock "mitten" formations - this one is found in Arches National Park near Moab, #Utah, for #ColorADay #RedWed. #ECK #NationalParks #landscapephotography #travel #outdoors #WestCoastKin #hiking

I like the mountain architecture of the buildings in the Spanish Pyrenees, which have their own twist, different from the alpine villages of France, Switzerland and Italy among others. Here are some featured for #WindowsOnWednesday, during Summer in Bacqueira, #Spain. #ECK #architecture #travel

The sun was a'burnin' the sky in this #ColorADay #RedWed sunrise over Carson Valley, #Nevada, one of many notable ones that I caught there this past Winter. #ECK #sunrise #landscapephotography #travel #outdoors #WestCoastKin

Along the Pacific Crest Trail up off of Sunrise Highway between San Diego and Palm Springs, #California, you walk partly in forests, with views down into Anza Borrego State Park, a large desert park in the Palm Springs direction. For #RockinTuesday. #ECK #landscapephotography #hiking #WestCoastKin

An oddly shaped tree that seemed a little aggressive to me, poking out over the #trail towards me as I was walking along above the Lake Sonoma shoreline near Cloverdale, #California, for #ThickTrunkTuesday. #ECK #landscapephotography #hiking #forest #lake #landscape #trees #nature #WestCoastKin

This was the view from my unit's balcony every morning a few weeks ago where I stayed near the Ventura, #California harbor. A scene that's always enhanced by a lone boat cruising out of harbor for the day. #TidesOutTuesday #EastCoastKin #ocean #nature #outdoors #WestCoastKin #boating

This boulder & wildflowers took on a more compelling look in the combination of late afternoon sun and background clouds mixing with sun rays beaming through, at Daley Ranch park in Escondido, San Diego County, #California last week. #RockinTuesday #ECK #landscapephotography #hiking #WestCoastKin

Was catching a sunset along the Rose Valley Road off Hwy 33 north of Ojai, #California, which runs to a portion of the Sespe Wilderness, and these pinkish-rose accents appeared in the sky for #ColorADay #PinkMon. #ECK #landscapephotography #outdoors #nature #landscape #sunset #travel #roadtrip

Access road to Rancho Nuevo trailhead in the Dick Smith Wilderness of southern #California is gated, so you walk on this portion of it 1-2 miles to reach the #trail. It's a scenic and uncrowded approach, & worth the effort. For #MountainMonday and #BlueSkyMonday. #ECK #landscapephotography #hiking

#Trees draped in moss that lingers from Winter green into the Summer and Fall, until the regular moisture returns the following season. For #MossyMonday, at Lake Hennessey open space in Napa County, #California. #ECK #landscapephotography #nature #outdoors #landscape #hiking #RegionalParks #Lakes

Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, #Colorado along the trail between Bear Lake and Emerald Lake. Each with its own beautiful and uniquely shaped peaks and lakeshores. For #MountainMonday and #BlueSkyMonday. #ECK #landscapephotography #nature #outdoors #landscape #hiking #NationalParks

Lake Tahoe from the #Nevada south shore side last #Winter, shortly after a pretty good snow storm. For #Stunday. #ECK #travel #landscapephotography #nature #scenery #crosscountryskiing #outdoors

This orange brushy grass appears in a lot of areas I've hiked while visiting southern #California. I do not know its species, but I do like the extra kick it gives to the landscape scenery. This at Daley Ranch park in Escondido, San Diego County. #ColorADay #OrangeSun #ECK #landscapephotography

Dontcha just know that rocks rule the roost at Capitol Reef National Park in #Utah (and at all the other #NationalParks there too). For #Stunday. #ECK #travel #landscapephotography #nature #scenery #roadtrips #outdoors

From my recent trip to Ventura, #California, on a section of the Backbone Trail in the nearby Santa Monica Mountains, this on a section close to the Metz roadway & Mulholland Drive, looking out to the blue Pacific, for #Stunday. #ECK #hiking #landscapephotography #trails #nature #oceans #outdoors

For #Stunday The great mountain #Matterhorn First time with my eyes. As beautiful as I had dreamed! #Alps #Photography #LandscapePhotography