{"id":8800,"date":"2019-12-15T23:42:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T06:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=8800"},"modified":"2019-12-15T23:43:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T06:43:03","slug":"trip-to-california-wk-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/15\/trip-to-california-wk-51\/","title":{"rendered":"Trip To California &#8212; wk 51"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This weekend, I started a road trip to California. This included a stay of two nights in Death Valley. As the sun was about to set, I made my way to the Playa, where I captured this spectacular sunset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-3963-Death-Valley-Sunset-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"ip11-3963-Death-Valley-Sunset\" class=\"wp-image-8795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-3963-Death-Valley-Sunset-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-3963-Death-Valley-Sunset-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-3963-Death-Valley-Sunset.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Death Valley Sunset.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, I headed to Titus Canyon. Stopping along the way, I found some interesting plants. At this point, the sky was filled with various clouds during the late morning, so I captured in this image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4048-Road-To-Titus-Canyon-1024x629.jpg\" alt=\"ip11-4048-Road-To-Titus-Canyon\" class=\"wp-image-8799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4048-Road-To-Titus-Canyon-1024x629.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4048-Road-To-Titus-Canyon-800x492.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4048-Road-To-Titus-Canyon-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4048-Road-To-Titus-Canyon.jpg 1302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Road To Titus Canyon.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning, while waiting for the sun to rise, I made this image at Zabriskie Point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4046-Sunrise-Zabriskie-Point-1024x735.jpg\" alt=\"ip11-4046-Sunrise-Zabriskie-Point\" class=\"wp-image-8797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4046-Sunrise-Zabriskie-Point-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4046-Sunrise-Zabriskie-Point-800x575.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4046-Sunrise-Zabriskie-Point-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4046-Sunrise-Zabriskie-Point.jpg 1114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Sunrise, Zabriskie Point.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Heading down to the coast, I drove past Lake Isabelle and followed the route along the Kern River. There are still fall colors this late in the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4047-Fall-Colors-Kern-River-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ip11-4047-Fall-Colors-Kern-River\" class=\"wp-image-8798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4047-Fall-Colors-Kern-River-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4047-Fall-Colors-Kern-River-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4047-Fall-Colors-Kern-River-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4047-Fall-Colors-Kern-River.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Fall Colors, Kern River.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The sun was coming in and out from the clouds. In this image, the sun lit up the mountain hillside in the center background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4045-View-Across-Kern-River-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ip11-4045-View-Across-Kern-River\" class=\"wp-image-8796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4045-View-Across-Kern-River-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4045-View-Across-Kern-River-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4045-View-Across-Kern-River-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ip11-4045-View-Across-Kern-River.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>View Across Kern River.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As I exited the Kern River canyon, the sun was setting on arrival to Bakersfield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, I started a road trip to California. 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