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Last Photos from California

  • Working in Mercer
  • Still working in Mercer
  • Eating burrito bowls
  • Tax day
  • Rained all night I thought California was in a drought
  • Time for some shopping on a rainy day
  • Eating California rolls in California
  • Driving through the mountains after a snow storm
  • Looks beautiful
  • So much snow, headed to Reno Nevada

Photos from Yosemite National Park

  • Driving into the park
  • Hiking to Mariposa Grove
  • Lots of snow on the ground but the weather was actually pretty good
  • We came here the day before a major winter storm
  • Found our first sequoia tree
  • A lovely trail in the woods
  • We made it
  • So glad we got to see some sequoia trees
  • We didn’t get a chance to go to Sequoia National Park because of the weather
  • Walking amongst the giants
  • Grizzly Giant. One of the largest trees in the world
  • Tunnel tree
  • Poor tree, at least it is healing itself
  • Snow was very high, good thing it was packed down
  • We really enjoyed this hike
  • Walking back along the closed road
  • Another big tree ring
  • Driving into Yosemite Valley
  • Wawona Tunnel
  • Wow!!!
  • Got stuck in traffic after a rockfall closed the road
  • Yosemite falls!
  • Yosemite Creek
  • Hiked up to the base of lower Yosemite falls
  • Upper and lower Yosemite falls
  • Great view of the towering valley walls
  • Waiting for the firefall
  • So many people!
  • Once in a lifetime opportunity
  • Walking back to the car

Photos from San Francisco

  • Driving in through the hilly streets
  • Crossing the golden gate bridge
  • First viewpoint on Conzelman Road
  • Enjoying the view of city
  • Awesome shot at Battery Spencer
  • View out of the bay
  • Looking good
  • Taking the ferry into the city
  • View of Alcatraz and the bridge
  • Welcome to San Francisco
  • Walking through the streets
  • Looking for the cable car
  • Riding the historic cable car
  • Leaning out!
  • Shelby’s turn
  • Classic
  • Look at these crazy hills
  • Lombard Street
  • Glad we didn’t drive here
  • Another view of the bay
  • Ghirardelli factory
  • Walking along the bayfront now
  • Lunch at Pier Market Seafood
  • Pier 39 Sea Lions
  • Proof we were here I guess
  • Just checking out the city
  • A lot going on at Pier 39
  • Nice shot of Alcatraz
  • Shelby got a crepe
  • Time to go, back on the ferry
  • Sunset with the Golden Gate Bridge
  • Lovely
  • Next day, Muir woods park
  • Coastal redwoods
  • Tallest trees on the world
  • Very impressive trees
  • Nice and large
  • It was a little cold here in the shade of the trees
  • 11 hundred year old tree
  • I just commented 100 pictures, time for a break

Photos from Wine Country and Pinnacle National Park

  • View from the airbnb
  • Doing some car maintenance
  • Working at the airbnb
  • We got a complimentary bottle of wine
  • Nice private outdoor patio
  • Making dinner
  • Starting the trail at Pinnacles National Park
  • First viewpoint, Meh
  • Getting better
  • Looking good
  • The high peaks trail
  • Getting a little intense
  • Crazy stairs up here
  • Wow this is a cool trail
  • Amazing views
  • Time to head down, somehow
  • Money shot
  • Wow wow wow
  • Checking out the caves now
  • A little wet in here
  • It’s getting dark
  • Hiking up next to an underground waterfall

Photos from the Pacific Coast Highway

  • Starting in Malibu
  • Walking to the harbor seal santuary
  • Nice wildflowers
  • We spotted some seals down on the beach
  • So glad it isn’t foggy like it was in Washington and Oregon
  • Stopped for lunch at Morro Bay
  • We found the otters
  • They are so cute, just want to pick one up and cuddle it
  • Morro rock, an ancient volcano plug
  • Massive waves crashing into the breakwater
  • So powerful and loud
  • It actually rained a little bit here
  • Morro Bay and it’s iconic… factory?
  • Looking for sand dollars on the beach
  • Continuing north now. there is Morro Rock in the distance
  • Elephant seals
  • So many elephant seals
  • Very loud and smelly
  • Classic rocky pacific coast
  • Looking south from ragged point
  • Looking north from ragged point
  • Looking south again but this time with us
  • This was as far as we got before the road closure
  • Okay one more awesome ocean pic
  • Last stop on the before turning inland
  • Heading in towards wine country
  • We slept here
  • Waking up to this view
  • Decent sunrise
  • Alright moving on, five days later we are now north of the road closure
  • A beautiful day on the coast
  • Bixby bridge
  • Glad we walked up to this viewpoint
  • I think this pic was near a sea otter lookout
  • Maybe this was at the Julia Pfeiffer Burns vista point
  • McWay falls
  • Absolutely gorgeous, one of just eight ocean waterfalls in North America
  • Vista point near Big Sur
  • Great pic of the winding road
  • Going for a walk along the cliffs
  • Very scenic area
  • Cool looking cave down there
  • Loved watching the waves crash on the rocks
  • Shark fin cove
  • Walked out on the rocks
  • Lets go check out that cave
  • Very cool
  • Too bad there was graffiti everywhere
  • Hi Shelby
  • Awesome shot
  • Walking back on the abandoned railroad tracks
  • Time for sunset
  • Surprise elephant seal
  • Cool looking water
  • The seal went for a swim
  • Victory!
  • Steep walk back up
  • Very satisfied with the California coast

Photos from Los Angeles

  • Driving from Vegas to LA along Route 66
  • Saw tons of solar panels, they looks like lakes from a distance
  • First view of LA from a parking garage
  • Found the Hollywood sign
  • The Grove, fancy outdoor shopping area
  • Gourmet hot dogs for lunch
  • Awesome overlook on Mulholland Drive
  • Great view of downtown
  • The sign used to say “HOLLYWOOD LAND”. The letters “LAND” were destroyed in a land slide, what are the odds
  • A little hazy
  • Great view at night too
  • Blurry selfie
  • Great spot

Photos from Joshua Tree NP and Palm Springs

  • Starting the panorama loop trail
  • Joshua trees were much larger than we were expecting
  • Scenic split tree
  • Top of the trail
  • Nice snowy mountains
  • Back down the trail
  • Nice big tree
  • Great private picnic spot
  • Exploring the rocks after lunch
  • Little cave to nowhere
  • Hidden valley nature trail
  • Keys view east
  • Keys view west
  • Leaving Joshua Tree Park
  • The perfect tree
  • Tring In-N-Out Burger. Wasn’t that great
  • Making pasta in Palm Springs
  • Haha we made too much
  • Quick trail overlooking the city
  • Great weather here in Southern California
  • Watching planes land
  • Big horn sheep
  • Not too shabby
  • Small waterfall in the canyon
  • Time to go before the sun sets
  • Some of the Sheep had collars?
  • Twofie time
  • So many windmills near Palm Springs
  • On to LA

Photos from Death Valley National Park

  • Zabriskie Point
  • Good temperature while we were here
  • Devil’s golf course. Just add it to the list of all the Devil’s stuff we’ve seen
  • Below sea level!
  • Salt flats
  • Very cool area
  • Driving the artist’s road
  • Artist’s Palette, I didn’t think it was that great
  • 20 mule team wagon at the borax mine
  • Pristine sand dunes
  • Haha not quite so pristine
  • The largest dunes we’ve been to
  • Pretty difficult to climb up there
  • Nice views though
  • Looks like Tatooine to me
  • Sunset at Dante’s View Peak
  • So glad we came here at the end
  • Really scenic area
  • View of the basin we were in earlier
  • Time to go

TRIP STATS

Days Traveling: 365

Miles Driven: 34500

Average MPG: 37.6

States Visited: 48

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