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# California
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/california/
- Published: 2014-07-06T16:29:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-05T13:33:18.000Z
- Description: On the road in California. Next time I'll make more stops.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Photography

Whenever I'm on a road trip I face the same dilemma: head straight for my next destination or stop to make some photos and risk arriving late. The solution, of course, is to schedule more time for traveling. But before you know it a two week trip becomes a month long journey.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/11/california-1.jpg)

In the distance Mt Whitney

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/11/california-2.jpg)

Some of my best photos were taken along the road, off the beaten track. This was in Lone Pine.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/11/california-3.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/11/california-4.jpg)

A fantasy house in Lone Pine

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/11/california-5.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/11/california-6.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/11/california-8.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/11/california-7.jpg)

I love those rows of letter boxes

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2024/02/california-8.jpg)

On the road or off-road?

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2024/02/california-9.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2024/02/california-12.jpg)

Somewhere along the Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu

**Update**: Sadly, several buildings along this stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway were lost during the January 2025 Palisades Fire.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2024/02/california-10.jpg)

At some point these houses will collapse into the ocean 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2024/02/california-11.jpg)

Malibu. These houses too won't last because of ongoing erosion.

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