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California snippets

I thought I would share a couple of journal pages from a trip to California a few years back. I try to journal as much as possible when I am actually travelling, so I can write small details which are later forgotten. Then, I finish the piece at home. Many times, if I am back at my hotel room, I finish before the day is done. That way, memories are fresh and great fun when I read those pages after many years. 



A little snippet of how our lodge was covered in snow and adjoining a completely frozen Lake Homavalu. 
drone shot credit : Montecito Sequoia IG 


This is the next instalment of pages from my journal. 








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