CALIFORNIA COAST
Things were looking much better on the following day, so I decided to drive up the coast.

Punk rock caterpillar.

Baby Coast Garter Snakes are mostly brown when they are young.

But in some parts of their range they develop orange stripes as they age.

Everybody loves Earwigs. I think that this is a European variety.

Sierran Treefrog.

A Western Fence Lizard basking on the remains of a shipwreck.

Santa Cruz Garter Snake.

A young Elephant Seal with a tail tag.

My favorite find of the trip was this Western Pond Turtle.

Another photo of the same reptile.

San Francisco Alligator Lizard.