Some Places We Visited This Week- A Photo Essay

Some Places We Visited This Week- A Photo Essay

Thank you for reading this week’s post on Some Places We Visited This Week. I type this from a couch in my son Maxx’s living room, having finished our drive across the country earlier today.

I’m tired. The last few days have been a grind. This post will be mostly captioned photos, little text.

We left Escalante and its terrifying roads and went to Red Canyon campground. A hike, a quick trip to Bryce Canyon. In the morning it was a brisk 28 degrees- time to leave!

A fantastic rock formation, VOFSP.

A long drive down I-15 through the incredible Virgin River Canyon brought us to Valley of Fire State Park.

The Valley of Fire State Park has infinite incredible rock formations.

Susan, on a hike in VOFSP.

More fantastic rock formations, VOFSP.

A raven, an important animal to the natives according to the pictographs, VOFSP.

VOFSP lies within the Mojave Desert. It gets hot there!

We encountered numerous bighorn sheep at VOFSP.

Susan, on a hike in VOFSP.

Susan, on the same hike.

Two nights in the Valley of Fire, and off we go. Through armpit Las Vegas to Death Valley.

Crappy Las Vegas traffic on I-15- not the trip highlight.

The happy couple at the entrance to Death Valley National Park.

Badwater Basin, the lowest geographical point in the United States.

Susan dances at the lowest point!

Ended up not wanting to camp there, we continued to Lake Isabelle, then Kern River Canyon, two nights. Went to see the Trail of 100 Giants in Sequoia National Monument. Many terrified moments on the mountain roads ensued!

The Kern River. I watched a guy use salmon eggs to catch a couple small rainbow stockers here.

I’m learning how to photograph the Milky Way. I made this shot from our Kern River canyon campsite.

Susan stands inside the base of an enormous sequoia tree.

Got a campsite for one night on the Pacific coast near San Luis Obispo. After that, it was California Highway 1 through Big Sur, then a dash to Maxx’s to beat the weekend traffic! And here we are!

Elephant seals howl on the rocky beach along CA 1 near Big Sur.

A Bird of Paradise flower along CA i in Big Sur.

Thank you for reading this week’s post on Some Places We Visited This Week!

Life is great and I love life!

Every day is a blessing. Don’t waste it- Go fishing! or take a trip!

John Kumiski, author of Fishing Florida by Paddle- An Angler’s Guide

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