Windmill Dancers in the Fog

These windmills are dancing through the fog as cows graze across from the Pacific Ocean as seen from the Coast Starlight as we pad through the cellular dead zone about near the Lompoc-Surf, CA Amtrak stop north of Santa Barbara.  

(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin 

Pacific Ocean

View from the Coast Starlight about 75 minutes north of Santa Barbara.  

(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin 

Heart in Salinas

I am always on the lookout for hearts and this one showed up at the Salinas station in Central California. Many metaphors in this image. Plus, I use to live in Salinas so a bit of my heart is always here. 

Passing through on the Coast Starlight.

(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin 

Elkhorn Slough on the Coast Starlight

Monterey Bay coastline looking east. One of my favorite places to watch for wildlife because the train skins the edge of the water. 

(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin 

Elkhorn Slough Birds

Coast Starlight near Salinas, California.

(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin 

Sacramento River and Tower Bridge at Sunrise

On the Coast Starlight heading down to Santa Barbara. In my happy place again. 

(c) 2025 Amy Kweskin