Angel Island

My siblings-in-law were in town this past weekend, and we opted to spend our Saturday traipsing around Angel Island.  I think it's the perfect place to bring visitors because it offers such stunning panoramic views of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge.  It's also fun to take the ferry over!  There were tons of flowers in bloom, gorgeous blue butterflies everywhere, and extremely friendly deer.

I was run over by a bicyclist while photographing the deer, but overall totally worth it. :)

Burleigh Murray Ranch State Park

This was a nice, easy 3 mile hike right outside of Half Moon Bay that allowed us to keep up our goal of a hike every weekend when we weren't really feeling too intense.  It was fun peeking into the creepy old barns.

Natalie and Jason

It was so much fun taking pics of these two at Fort Funston this past weekend!  The Burmese food after the shoot wasn't bad either. :) 

Magic Snowfall

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Snowshoeing, Hope Valley, Tahoe

It's that time of year again - annual Tahoe trip!  I had 3 fellow non-ski/snowboarders this year, so I was finally able to realize my dream of snowshoeing.  So much fun! We picked up some gourmet picnic items, bundled up, and off we trekked. We initially started following a a few snowshoers out in front of us since there wasn't a trail, but after a few minutes set out on our own. We realized it was a little creeper to be ten paces behind another group when there were miles of pristine wilderness in all directions.  Hope Valley is absolutely stunning, and luckily, it wasn't until the very end of our hike that 3 out of 4 of us broke through the snow crust and into the river. :) 

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