Photography, Fun, and Adventure in the U.S.
We left Lee Vining, CA, and the Eastern Sierras for a wonderful and crazy drive up and over the mountain range into the western foothills — stopping first in Pine Grove and then continuing down to Mariposa. Our drive took us on Highway 88 through the Eldorado National Forest, located mostly
We traveled from Tonopah, Nevada, to Lee Vining, California, to spend several days in and around the Eastern Sierras, including visits to Bodie, Mono Lake, Inyo National Forest, Mammoth Lakes, and — of course — Yosemite National Park. We started the adventure by visiting the site of a once-booming gold
We made a stop in the lovely Pahranagat Valley — camping in a cute little RV park in the town of Alamo, Nevada… a little oasis in the middle of the Great Basin desert located about 90 miles north of Las Vegas (an area we never need to visit again). The
This stop was mostly all about Zion National Park, though we were also happy to spend some time in St. George, UT, which was a great place to restock after being in lots of tiny towns for the last several weeks as we worked our way through the state. (We
When we visited the Grand Canyon (National Park #3 on our adventure) back in February of this year, the North Rim — the Kaibab Plateau — was unreachable because of heavy snow… so it has been in the works for months to make the trek back to this amazing natural
Our hunt for more crazy sandstone buttes and towers led us to the Utah-Arizona border — and directly into Monument Valley and to a little campground at Gouldings (on the Utah side of the border) — a compound that started as a trading post for the Navajo people and now
As we make our way through the rest of Utah in a clockwise direction, we landed in the cute town of Blanding… the perfect stop to view two (or more if you have the time) national monuments and explore the Four Corners area (in which Utah’s border touches three other
We camped at a fairly large and older RV park in Green River — the town itself old and kind of rundown — as our hub for visits to two national parks and one state park during this stop in eastern Utah. We started this leg of the adventure at
The route we took from Panguitch to Torrey (and Capitol Reef), while not officially a scenic byway, was beautiful nonetheless — up U.S 89 to Highways 69 and 24… and as we approached Torrey, the vistas became breathtaking — although even more so once we drove up and through the
We landed in Panguitch for a week to take in the many natural wonders that are located in this part of Utah… starting with the dramatic Red Canyon and Scenic Byway 12 (which leads to Bryce Canyon National Park, Kodachrome Basin State Park, and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument… and continues