Far far away .

Many days we rush to finish a cup of coffee, to finish conversation with a colleague and go somewhere. So many times we go nowhere. And so many times I wish I could be a bird and just enjoy how simple our life is. It’s so pretty and full of good stuff around us :)

Sometimes to see another perspective it’s so awarding. Driving along west coast reminded me so much of LT, it’s dunes and sea. I felt like I’m home. Far far away, but I could still find a piece of home everywhere I go.

We stopped to try some oysters :) And it was delicious! It is a process to open it, but when the sun is shining you don’t count time :)

Elfin lakes .

Elfin lakes more magical than ever! It is such a rewarding hike that I always want to do! Enjoy ♥︎

Mountains are calling, rain is falling .

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Things that I remember: Rain, fire, fire, sun, coffee in between, fire, hike and delicious food.

Manning Park it’s huuuge and birds by the lake are so used to humans they land on your palm with no fear! Remember San Diego Zoo had lots of birds too but they were not paying attention to people. Question here is - did I get the bird to land in my palm?? I think the answer is obvious ;) It was another successful camping trip. The only thing that I didn’t realize before going there that the actual season starts in June, otherwise lot’s of trails are closed and you have no access.

But! We did few smaller hikes around the lake, Youn took a little swim in a lake but for me it was too cold so I just recorded him ;P Scrolled down and enjoy beautiful views of Manning Park!

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Red panda and the others .

What to do when you have few hours in the morning? Stay in bed? Maybe :) But we decided to visit Zoo in San Diego. We spent there almost 4hours and still didn’t see everything. I would say we saw majority of animals but some of them were already taking their midday naps like this cute red panda :)

During our trip in San Diego I kept watching one show on Netflix called ‘Our Planet’. So after visiting the Zoo I felt like all the animals I saw in the show lives in California.

I was lucky because I had my 70-200mm so I could get really nice close-up shots of animals.

I do love taking photos of cactuses, especially in California. It seems that there no limits for different looks and heights they can grow. I’ve seen few that looks as old as an apple tree in my grandma’s backyard!

Meet Dwarf Mongoose and Rock Hyrax. No need to introduce Meerkat :)

Did you know that elephants walk on their toes? And they can live up to 70 y.o.! Quite impressive :)