Road Trip.............

It's been a while since we last updated our blog...we have been enjoying friends and family but in September we did bust out for a 4,000 mile "Road Trip", to see and explore several western states National Parks....Yosemite, Death Valley, Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands and Arches.  It was a beautiful time of year for the trip....here are a few pictures.......

Mt Whitney, CA enrote to Yosmite

Yosemite 

El Capitan

 

Half-Dome

 

Hiking under El Capitan

 Death Valley

Lowest Spot in North America

 

Death Valley from Zabriskie Point

 

Hiking in the Valley at Artists Drive

 

20-Mule Team for hauling Borax

 


A typical Death Valley wash under Natural Arch...not a place to be when it rains!

Hiking Mesquite Flats dunes,,,,

Scotty's Castle...quite a story here!!.....The ultimate con-man.

Monument to Scotty on top of the hill (actually buried near his cabin in the Valley)



 

Morning thunderstorm flooded valley roads

Grand Canyon

28 Degrees when we arrived!

 

Wild Turkeys...before Thanksgiving!

 

Spectacular Views!

 

First Snow

 

North and South Rims are only 10 miles apart (250 road miles though)

 

 

Zion

 

Checkerboard Mesa

 

 

Emerald Pools Trail

 

The Emerald Pools are overhanging....great hike!

 

 

Bryce Canyon

 

Inside the Canyon on Navajo Loop

Steep Trail into the Canyon from Sunset Point

 

Queens Garden Trail

 

 

 

Arches

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pink Sands State Park

Pink Dunes....

 

 

 

Canyon Lands 

 

Clear day...but windy and COLD!!

 

New snow in the Cascades

 We will be spending the Holidays here in Blaine with family....However, it is getting time to seek out warmer weather!!! In January we will head for the Borrego DeAnza Desert with the Harley and then Mexico.  Wishing everyone Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!!!