Tioga Pass open in mid-winter trip (13)
January 9, 2012 - Tioga road in winter (13)

January 13, 2012 - Golden Gate Park (14)
January 16, 2012 - Black Diamond Mines, Big Break (5)
January 27, 2012 - Mount Hamilton (14)
February 12, 2012 - USS Iowa battleship in Richmond Harbor (3)
February 13, 2012 - Vista Heights (1)
February 18, 2012 - Tilden Park (2)
February 23, 2012 - Sibley and Tilden Parks (11)
February 24, 2012 - Sobrante Ridge, San Pablo Reservoir (11)
February 27, 2012 - Wildcat Canyon (4)

Death Valley trip (78)
March 4, 2012 - Eureka Valley (6)
March 5, 2012 - Eureka Valley, North Death Valley (13)
March 6, 2012 - Scotty's Castle, Rhyolite dust storm (17)
March 7, 2012 - Titus Canyon, sand dunes, Darwin Falls, Red Rock at night (19)
March 8, 2012 - Red Rock Canyon, Cambria (7)
March 9, 2012 - San Simeon, San Carpoforo, southern redwoods, Lucia (16)

March 11, 2012 - Wildcat Canyon (1)
March 12, 2012 - Wildcat Canyon (1)
March 14, 2012 - San Pablo Reservoir rainy day (2)
March 22, 2012 - Dog Run in Tilden Park (2)

Monterey, Big Sur roadblock trip (60)
April 3, 2012 - Monterey (29)
April 4, 2012 - Nacimiento Road, southern Big Sur (21)
April 5, 2012 - Piedras Blancas, Cambria Pine Ridge (10)

Pacific Grove weekend trip
May 19, 2012 - Monterey (33)
May 20, 2012 - Seventeen-Mile Drive (19)
May 21, 2012 - Point Lobos (38)

First Gold Country and Sierra trip
June 11, 2012 - Malakoff Diggins, North Bloomfield, Downieville (27)
June 12, 2012 - North Star Powerhouse, Empire Mine (23)
June 13, 2012 - Auburn, Georgetown, Coloma, Placerville, Amador City, Sutter Creek (32)
June 14, 2012 - Calaveras Bigtrees, Murphys, Columbia, Angels Camp, Mokelumne Hill, Jackson (43)
June 16, 2012 - Nevada City, Grass Valley (19)
June 17, 2012 - Sierra City, Frazier Falls, Plumas-Eureka (18)
June 18, 2012 - Lakes Basin, Sardine Lake (8)
June 19, 2012 - Washington, Donner Pass and Lake (9)
June 20, 2012 - Sierra Valley, Portola Railroad Museum, Feather River, Oroville (29)

June 22, 2012 - Vista Heights (1)

Second Gold Country and Sierra trip
June 26, 2012 - Copperopolis, Indian Grinding Rock, Volcano (13)
June 27, 2012 - Carson Pass (10)
June 28, 2012 - Ebbetts Pass, Sonora Pass (24)
June 29, 2012 - Sonora, Columbia, Jamestown, Railtown 1897 (23)

Tahoe weekend trip
July 11, 2012 - Union Valley, Ice House (3)
July 12, 2012 - Echo Lake, Lake Aloha (6)
July 13, 2012 - Fallen Leaf Lake (4)

Third Gold Country trip
July 18, 2012 - La Grange, Coulterville, Bear Valley, Mariposa (23)
July 19, 2012 - Mariposa Mineral Museum, Hornitos (15)

Mendocino coast weekend
July 25, 2012 - Van Damme State Park (1)
July 26, 2012 - Van Damme State Park (2)

Kern River back roads
August 14, 2012 - Fossil Discovery Center, White River (5)
August 15, 2012 - Trail of 100 Giants, Kern River (25)
August 16, 2012 - Freeman Creek Grove, Lloyd Meadows Road (8)
August 17, 2012 - Stagg Tree, Sequoia Crest (6)

August 29, 2012 - roof of the Paramount building in San Francisco (6)

Florence Lake, McKinley Grove, Big Creek, Nelder Grove trip
September 4, 2012 - Florence Lake (2)
September 5, 2012 - Over Kaiser Pass to Mono Hot Springs (12)
September 6, 2012 - McKinley Grove and Big Creek (16)
September 7, 2012 - San Joaquin Gorge, Sierra Vista Byway (20)
September 8, 2012 - Sierra Vista Byway. Nelder Grove (14)

September 21, 2012 - Ford F-150 interior for the World Wide Panorama (1)

Sherman Pass, Buck Rock, Grant Grove trip
September 25, 2012 - Sherman Pass (3)
September 26, 2012 - Kern Plateau, Kern River, Glenville (9)
September 27, 2012 - Montecito Sequoia, Buck Rock, Boulder Grove, Grant Grove (12)

first Four Wheel camper trip
October 15, 2012 - Salt Point, Fort Ross, Jenner (18)

Reno Vet Conference trip
October 18, 2012 - Modoc County (11)
October 19, 2012 - Surprise Valley, Sheldon Refuge (14)
October 20, 2012 - Steens Mountain (17)

October 27, 2012 - Fourwheel camper interior (1)
November 16, 2012 — Westport and Jughandle (4)
December 3, 2012 — Drakes Bay Oysters (6)
December 11, 2012 — Briones Regional Park (4)

winter Colorado River trip
December 21, 2012 — Cottonwood Cove (6)
December 22, 2012 Nipton (1)

New Years Trip to southern Arizona (continues in 2013)
December 31, 2012 (3)