Grand Canyon

Managed to catch a sunset and sunrise while here - as well as crazy lightning bolts cracking through the canyon. It's so huge it's unreal, but it's also super crowded so I'm now moving on to Utah in the next few days.





Incredible sunset was a much needed calm after the thunder and lightning storms.






And now the sunrise... I threw my soaked tent (from all the rain) into my car and got there just in time to catch the end of the sunrise.



Perfect little outcrop that I claimed to watch the sun come up (with coffee of course).


Happy, if not sleep deprived from a drizzly night in the tent.






I wanted to sit there but since this dude was here first I took pics of him instead

Lone Pine & Death Valley

Camped for a night right at the base of Mt Whitney - it was super cool!

Hiked/biked/climbed the rocks on Movie Rd near my campsite

Mobius Arch

Death Valley! Strange, otherworldly place. Seems to go on and on. And VERY hot.

Mosaic Canyon

Mesquite Dunes

Sequoia National Park

This place was so cool that I stayed 3 nights!









400 steps up through Moro Rock for a view of everything from the top.





4 mile hike to Tokopah Falls that started at my campsite.









Grueling 8 mile hike that started at a 7300 foot elevation and went up into the mountains.

I also saw the biggest tree on earth (by volume) but pictures really don't do it justice.

Yosemite!!!

Pictures from my hike up Yosemite Falls - INCREDIBLE

Redwoods & Six Rivers National Forest

Spent the last two nights at an amazing little campsite in national forest east of Crescent City. Went on what turned out to be a 2 and a half hour bike ride through forest trails, country roads, and then up miles of steep dirt roads - very worth it for the views! Here are the pics.

Nice 6 mile out and back hike through Redwoods - the people that I passed both on the way out and back were impressed with my speed hiking.

Beautiful views along the Smith River on the windy road to/from campground

Peaceful and secluded camp

Middle of nowhere country

OR coast

I made it to California - Crescent City - and plan to camp in the Redwoods tonight (and maybe the next few nights). Driving the Oregon coast has been beeeaaaauuuutiful. Here are some pics.

campsite at sunset bay state park

 

made a stop at cape blanco - cold, windy, foggy, but really cool

forest wonderland at cape blanco

steep 6 mile hike up Mt Humbug near Port Orford

headed east into the Rogue River/Siskiyou national forest. didn't see another human at my campsite

this was maybe a 50 foot walk from my tent - the Illinois river, an offshoot of the Rogue

the coast near Brookings, OR. whaleshead beach

Hey hi hello this will be where I post pictures irregularly over the next few months. Here's a couple of pictures of the beautiful forest where I hiked and biked at my first camp spot - Silver Falls.




Next stop: crashing with friends in Corvallis for the night.