Flying Over Dana Point (Part 2)

 Continuing from yesterday, this is my drone flight over Dana Point, but near the harbor.

This is the opening where all boats from the harbor must go to get to the open ocean. I usually whale watch with Dana Wharf which would be in the upper center part of the picture.

This is heading back to where I was hanging out near the breakwater.

The Ocean Institute is mid-center on the right. Lots of kids go there to learn. I know some public schools have their kids raise money to go there. I know parents that send them there for the summer programs that were going on while I was there.

Finally, upper center is the kids beach location that families can take their little kids to for a beach experience. Although I have not spent much time there, I do think it is a great place for the little ones since it is pretty safe from what I can tell. 

In closing, I love going to Dana Point a few times a year. It is a nice area that is relatively easy to get in and out for tourists compared to the other beaches in the Orange County/Los Angeles area.   

Flying Over Dana Point (4K) Youtube

Flying Over Dana Point (Part 1)

 The next "Fly Over" I wanted to show was a drone flight I did back in July. Turns out I went a few times both to fly the drone and to whale watch. I flew the drone each time I went, but only once was the weather clear enough to what I was after. That is what I will be showing.I flew from the around the breakwater out to a bunch of boats and then looked back at Dana Point right here. There is a nature trail you can see on the land that I will have to investigate someday. I know you are not allowed to fly drones from there, so I did not even bother trying to do anything there.

This is looking toward Laguna Beach. It was nice to get this shot since I could not see Laguna Beach from where I was at. 

More of the rocky Dana Point.

Looking back at where I was at and Dana Point Harbor. In theory, on a low tide you could walk all the way around you see.

Tomorrow I will continue this showing the harbor area.

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Flying Over Lundy

 In the past few years I flew one of my older drones over some of the lakes and other Eastern Sierra areas that I called "The Silmaril Series" to highlight a few gems with aerial photography. I decided to transition into something I am calling the "Flying Over..." series. I have gotten a little braver in flying my drones longer distances. The emphasis is more on my videos in doing this than the pictures, but I will still take pictures. In the future there might be some repetition as I might fly over the same areas, but hopefully during different times of the year or with other weather conditions. Also, it is mostly over lakes for now, but if I see dry areas I think are worth flying then I will show them.

So, there was a long winter this past year that really caused a lot of water runoff in areas I had never seen streams before. In May, the ice and snow had not quite melted as it would through June and July which created new streams. When I was in the Eastern Sierra during May I noticed a lot of lakes had a murky look to them where trees and other plant life were in the water due to the high levels of the lakes. However, when I went to Lundy Lake the icy snow on the mountain side had not melted yet. I assume a lot more water went into the lake over the summer because of this.

So, I flew the drone from the other side of the lake and took this picture. A bunch of people were fishing at the lake.

As I pointed out, a lot more water was going to get into that lake this summer. 

This is from the side I launched from which is by the "town" of Lundy. 

I circled the house (with a blue color) that collapsed with too much snow over the winter. A lot of houses and cabins needed repairs this past summer.

Please check out this video I did for this on Youtube:

Flying Over Lundy (Youtube)