High Sierra Trail / Sequoia & Kings Canyon Gallery
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High Sierra Trail / Sequoia & Kings Canyon / Hitchhiking 300 Miles
6/13–6/20/21 Just want to see the pretty pictures? Click here. Sunset Campground Having left my sister and her boyfriend in Briceburg, I drove south. I passed through Fresno and then headed east to Kings Canyon National Park. A heat wave had just hit California, so I found a campsite at a higher elevation, within…
Yosemite National Park Gallery
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Yosemite National Park
6/6–6/13/21 Just want to see the pretty pictures? Click here. Lower Lee Vining Campground With legs still sore from the previous day’s 31 miles in Ansel Adams Wilderness, I sat at a campground just outside of the small town of Lee Vining, CA, checking the speed of my phone’s data connection. A man pulled…
Ansel Adams Wilderness Gallery
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Ansel Adams Wilderness
5/30–6/5/21 Just want to see the pretty pictures? Click here. Vaccinated I left Joshua Tree early Sunday morning and headed north for the Eastern Sierra Nevada. Along the way, I managed to fit in an appointment for my second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, which I was relieved to have. I’m not going…
Joshua Tree National Park Gallery
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Phoenix / Joshua Tree National Park
5/23–5/29/21 Just want to see the pretty pictures? Click here. One Month I stood there at Lipan Point for a while, enjoying resting my legs at the end of my 3.5-day, 57.5-mile trip through the Grand Canyon, when finally I realized that today, May 23rd, marked exactly one month since I had left Pennsylvania…
Grand Canyon National Park Gallery
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Grand Canyon National Park
5/16–5/23/21 Just want to see the pretty pictures? Click here. First Glimpse The sun slowly setting in the western sky, I stepped out of the car at Grandview Point and looked north. It was then that I caught my first glimpse of this geological wonder. The low angle of the sun cast bright light…