Steve's Nature Photography

This gallery contains photos from the Garrapata State Park, part of the Big Sur park system, just below Monterey, California. This is quite a beautiful park with rolling hills and a stream running through a wonderful Redwood forest. There are no park rangers, and the trail is not well marked or maintained. If you go, please be careful. In July 2009 I lost my footing on the trail, slid down a hill about 40 feet and broke both my legs. No cell phone service meant it was about 6 hours before I could be rescued, carried out of the woods and transported to the hospital...

Click on the large photo to see an even larger image. Click on the "Slideshow" button (far right) to see the largest image possible. ------> All of the photos in this gallery are available for purchase.