The beautiful Bay Laurels along Tomales Bay in Marin County, California. I am in awe of their structures - uniform in height, they shape themselves to fill every bit of available sky - while conforming to their neighbor's shape and space.
The result is like a giant jig-saw puzzle of shady green. The aromatic trees cover miles of the hillsides along the south shores of Tomales Bay.

This is Tomales Bay State Park - part of the Golden Gate National Seashore Park.

The following is from the State Park's brochure:

"The park includes forests, beaches, field, hills, meadows and marshes - each with its own plant life, including varieties of trees, shrubs and wildflowers.

One of the finest remaining virgin groves of Bishop pine in California is in the park's Jepson Memorial Grove, reached by way of a one mile long trail.

Wildlife in the area includes foxes, raccoons, badgers, weasels, chipmunks, squirrels, rabbits, deer, bobcats, skunks, wood rats, field mice, moles and other animals.

There are also land and sea birds, including the spotted owl, quail, goldfinches, puffins, great blue heron, pelicans, ruddy ducks, woodpeckers, meadowlarks - and more.

Gopher snakes, garter snakes, lizards, and monarch butterflies make the park their home. In the beach areas, several variety of clams live, as do many other kinds of fish."