Mendocino County - Russian Gulch Bridge Size:30x45 I came home empty-handed—no good

I came home empty-handed—no good shots

The turquoise river

so I set my alarm for 4:15am to make sure I got up there with plenty of time to find it

So for the whole week

my wife and I had just driven up to Shasta County the day before to spend the holiday with her family

Mendocino County - Russian Gulch Bridge Size:30x45 I came home empty-handed—no goodRussian Gulch bridge in Mendocino, CA. I was here on a family trip, and we spent the previous day hiking all around the Russian Gulch State Park, and the following morning I decided I wanted to get up early and try to get a sunrise photo on the beach before my wife got up. Little did I know, the real magic would come from the headlands, not the beach. Once my alarm went off, I tried to get out of our hotel room as quickly and quietly as I could,