San Francisco & Bay Area, Summer 2025

This will be our 6th trip to S.F. and the Bay Area. Our first ever trip here was at the end of 1996 over New Years. Back then, all we could afford was a room at the Travelodge Motel.

At Stanford University, 1996

On our second trip over the new years of 2016-2017, we managed to drive to Yosemite National Park, our very first time to this park.

Our First Visit to Yosemite N.P., 2016-2017

In April of 2017, we got back to S.F. and spent some time hiking at Yosemite's Hetch Hetchy valley.

Hetch Hetchy Valley, April 2017

Again, we return in February of 2022 in an attempt to photograph the elusive Firefall of Horsetail Fall over El Capitan. Unfortunately, there wasn't adequate water flowing down.

Yosemite Firefall, February 2022

Our last visit to S.F. and the Bay Area was in February 2023. One of the highlights of this trip was taking a helicopter ride over the city It was also a time of extreme cold weather that brought snow to the lower hills around the Bay Area.

Day 1 - Flight from Kailua-Kona to SFO