I am reposting this blog with a different pic, a member mentioned to me that my first pic was to dark. You know some times how us Photographers can get!   (Sorry)!

CALIFORNIA -" (One of the most Beautiful paces on Earth) 

" One of the most beautiful coastlines in the world "  California, (BIG SUR). California to me has to be one of the most beautiful places on Earth, next to Alaska and Oregon.

 I have traveled to California ever since 1974. I moved to Portland Oregon when I was 16 years old with one of my best friends. I worked 6 months out of the year and traveled 6 months out of the year. And where do you think I traveled to? (California) of course! I use to hitch-hike, that's right hitch when I was 16 years old by myself all through California.

 All the way down the whole coast through the Redwoods in Humboldt County, Mount Shasta in Redding, San Fransisco, Monterrey, Carmel where Clint Eastwood has a restaurant and lives, Fresno, Big Sur, San Louis Opispo, Goletta, Ventura, Santa Monica, Malibu, Burbank, Los Angeles (City of Angels), San Diego, just to name a few!

 I have traveled so many times through California, I know the State like the back of my hand. And let me tell you straight out, you will never find a place like it in the World. There is so much to see and so many places to go that a person could never see it in their life time. At my age I still drive through there with my sweetheart and go to places I have never seen before, camping in the Redwoods, along the coastline and much more.

 People always complain, " Oh, there are to many people in California " (Really)?  I can show you hundreds of thousands of towns, areas, etc. where there are no people and if there is, it is just a hand full.

 And the (Earth Quakes)! Sure California has them, but there are (Earth Quakes) all over the world! Don't build your house on the edge of a cliff on the sandy ocean hillside or in the middle of a Vault line. And why do they always talk about the (Earth Quakes)? Because there is a population problem in Los Angeles, San Fransisco and some of the other big cities in California.

 And why is there a population problem? I have already told you! Because (California is one of the most beautiful places on Earth)!

 Reason for high cost of living? To many people, the State tries to tax them out and or our find a way to discourage people to move there, or live there.

 If you would like to see any more breath-taking pics of California, please send me a email and or check out one of my web sites at:  www.BestPicz.ning.com

 Photo and story by Robert Swetz