We left off, having just left Lassen National Park, and we headed off to the next part of our trip – up into the north east corner of California to Lava Beds National Monument, stopping at the way to look at a truly lovely waterfall.
On June 16, 2010, just a day or two after graduation, I embarked on a road trip, leaving LA and heading north on the I-5. As my brief photo introduction says, it was 15 days and 3666 miles , three states, several parks, lots of birds, and general good times. I got up to Seattle in a zig-zag, and came straight back down in a tearing hurry, and it was pretty awesome.
Right before commencement, I went south with my mother for a few days, staying in Warner Springs, and checking out Palomar, Julian, and the general surrounding area. It’s a nice place, sort of away from the city, and pretty hot, but not yet really the desert. The hot springs were pretty nice, too, and just driving around and seeing the area was a great couple of relaxing days.
After leaving the national monuments, we headed east, to Petrified Forest National Park. We backpacked one night in the wilderness northern portion of the park (the part north of I-40, more or less, which the park straddles), and then walked around in that area for a bit, before returning to our cars and heading south to the southern parts of the park, before heading to Phoenix for our final night in Arizona, before all heading home.
EDIT – some photos are now up. click through them for the actual albums.
Well, my server is having issues at the moment, so none of my pictures are posted, so I am just going to dump stuff from my hiking notes files. In brief, I went up a mountain with Amittai in Scotland, and I went camping (first time with no car!) with Joe. Both of these were pretty awesome trips. I also dicked around Holyrood Park with Amittai for a bit, and we went up Arthur’s Peak, but I can’t really call that a hike, even with the mile or so walk there. Nice views though. Also, “I’ve gone back to the gym”
The mountain in the middle,in the back, is the Cobbler. Loch Long is right in front of us in the view.
