Go West Young Man: West Coast

The lure of the ocean..... I think it's part of human nature to be drawn to the coast. I was most familiar with the Northern coast of Oregon until I visit Salt Point State Park in Northern California more than a decade ago. It's become my far west refuge. Visual magic happens for me with the sandstone-like tafoni meets the ocean. My Moab home was indundated by 19 separate oceans across its geologic past. The buried sediments arose and were sculpted into the current internationally known landscape. Visiting Salt Point is a trip back to our primeval past. Most of the images in this gallery are from Salt Point. You'll also see a number of coastal forest and waterfall images. Nurtured by ocean breezes and the additional rains, waterfalls abound.