These photos were taken driving south on the Pacific Coast Highway from Point Mugu, north of Malibu, to Santa Monica on the Sunday morning of Labor Day weekend. They were edited using iPhoto, but primarily for cropping, composition, and brightness adjustments–I haven’t enhanced the colors.
The PCH cuts between the rocks here at Point Mugu. You may have seen this spot in many car commercials…
Surf is way up near Point Mugu
Down in Santa Monica, later the same morning
Holiday weekend crowds hit the Santa Monica Pier
My daily routines don’t offer the chance to spend many sunny mornings on the coast, but when we do get an opportunity to seize the day–and the day is just what the Convention and Visitors Bureau ordered–I understand and remember the lure of Southern California. Scenes like this are why people come here, and part of why–despite the traffic, sprawl, crowds, cost of living, and general screwed-up-ness–some of us don’t leave.
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