Avalon, Catalina Island, CA. 11.21.16

It's our first stop on our 4-day family cruise trip to Ensenada, Mexico. The weather was perfect and we were very excited! Last time when Helen and I came here was 19 years ago on the day when Lady Diana died! Lots of memories, couldn't believe this time we came with our two daughters, now 13 and 11!

Mount Pinos, Kern Country, CA. 11.6.16

My niece Nicole and her boyfriend Zach are visiting California from Toronto for a couple of weeks. We took them to our cabin up in the mountain last weekend. Wife loves hiking so we drove 1/2 hour to the Nordic Base from our cabin after breakfast and did a 4 mile round-trip hike at Mount Pinos. It was very tiring to hike at 8,500+ feet elevation, but the cool weather and over casted sky made the hike a little easier. I found those pine trees have very interesting formation. A little more blue sky probably will make these images more dramatic.