I’m still thinking about our terrific trip to Southern California last week. What I loved about it was that we choose three distinct cities, all much different, and we got a chance to savor what makes each one so great. I am looking forward to creating some 2-minute videos about these and other destinations I’ve visited. I think YouTube is a perfect place to showcase my combination of video, still photos, music from the area and a voiceover. Here is one of my first ones, (forgive my not-that-great audio track) it’s about Porquerolles, an island I visited in Provence in the fall.
Soon I’ll be mixing some of the videos and photos with a script about the three towns we visited–Long Beach, Palm Springs and Laguna Beach. Here are some of my favorite shots.
We took a whale watch aboard the First String, a fishing vessel, but it was so foggy we only saw these dolphins, no blue whales.Sailboats in Alamitos Bay, Long Beach. We took a ride in a Venetian gondola here, through the canals of a part of the city called Naples Island.Retro Row features shops selling LPs, mid-century antiques, and great local eateries, in downtown Long Beach.The house where Frank Sinatra battled with Ava Gardner in Palm Spring’s Movie Star Row neighborhood.Heading out toward the interstate in Indian Wells, California.Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, with spectacular views of the desert and distant mountains.hiking in wilderness in Laguna Beach. More than 20,000 acres are preserved up in this canyon, stretching far toward Irvine.Aliso Beach is right across from where we stayed, the Ranch at Laguna Beach. Perfect spot, with a snack bar and bathrooms too!Walking path right next to the ocean in Laguna Beach.Shaw’s Cove, Laguna Beach, is a great place to check out the tide pools in low tide. Unfortunately this wasn’t during high tide.
