Photo Tour: Sunny Mexico to Snowy California and Mild Oregon Coast

Long distances of Hwy 1 are along the beautiful shore with free camping
directly on the water

Driving Highway 1 and 5 on Baja California Sur to the North.

It´s a narrow road, often without a shoulder, and an adventurous drive...

Amazing sights, exciting nature, and remote places apart from the highway.

The Northern part of the Baja, in the Sorona province, shows remands of former volcanos

Huge Bougainvillea trees in small towns along the way, here in Mulege

Crossing the border into the USA, the first snow-capped mountains appear 

in the distance, a stark contrast to the huge palm trees in Palm Springs, California

Joshua trees along the road are beautiful ancient trees in the Southern California Sierra

The first snow mountains of the High Sierra appear.  The Hwy 395 winds between
14,000 ft mountains of the Sequoia Ntl. Park and Yosemite Ntl. Park

Large Sequoia trees along Hwy 395 towards Lake Tahoe

Mono Lake in February

Lake Tahoe - before the next day´s snow storm ...

Snow right and left towards Klamath Falls, but sunny on this early February day

Northern Sierra High Mountains

Watch out for bears, and better don´t walk in the woods

After a snowstorm around Bend, OR, area it gets mushy and rainy

Huge Redwood trees, up to 5-stories high right and left the road.

Finally, milder weather on Oregon´s beaches

Tsunami hazard signs all along the Pacific Coast from California up to Washington State

Beautiful rocky coast along the shores of Oregon State

No bears anymore, but elks with large Antlers

The first Daffodils of the year in early February growing along the backroads

Sculpture in front of a native casino in Washington State, close to 

Port Angeles, the ferry harbor to Canada

Marvelous Rhododendron trees on Vancouver Island in February

An exciting, long cross-country trip through Mexico, USA, and Canada

I would do it again in a heartbeat, but maybe not in Winter, but rather in early Spring to avoid 

the snowfall in Northern California and Oregon on highways that are not plowed.

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