The Golden Gate on its best behavior.
Journey · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

San Francisco

4days
10photos kept
2lenses used
Day 1 of 4
San Francisco

San Francisco in winter, which mostly means deciding which side of the fog to stand on. The Golden Gate appears in this set repeatedly because it earned it — and the redwoods half an hour north feel like another planet attached to the same city.

DAY 01

Dec 30, 2025

Touched down between years — eased in with the Presidio's lawns and glass-still water at the dock.

DAY 02

Jan 18, 2026

Golden Gate weekend: sunshine on the span by day, violet by dusk. The cliché earns itself.

DAY 03

Jan 25, 2026

Out along Lands End for the bridge from the headland side, then into the redwoods as fog rolled through the canopy.

DAY 04

Jan 26, 2026

Last day: light rays on the forest floor in the morning, the city's street canyons in the afternoon, the flight home after.