We went exploring up the coast to the State Beaches of San Mateo County. We hoped to find some good birding in riparian areas, but ended up wandering along deer trails on the coastal terraces. After walking through a couple of miles of grassland and coyote brush, we came to a sandy hillside filled with lupines (and, surprisingly, badger burrows).
That’s Joy in the distance, with a hazy Highway 1 far below.