Click on the blue links below to see where I have been and what I got up to there...
 
California
Los Angeles  And so it begins again...     Hollywood Dreams
Joshua Tree NP  Sandwiches, Star Trek and the San Andreas Fault
 
Nevada
Las Vegas  Bright lights city     It's DAM big
 
Northern Arizona
Grand Canyon NP  Santa's little helpers,     Lost and found
Page  A photography dream and a political nightmare     Government Shutdown Day 1
Monument Valley  Um, what happened to the road?
 
Southern Utah
Goblin Valley SP, Capital Reef NP, Escalante Petrified Forest SP  A day of highs and lows
Bryce Canyon NP, Zion NP  And the drive just keeps getting better...
 
Nevada
Las Vegas  Centurions, shooting stars and the elusive giant cactus
Death Valley  Yea, though I drive through the valley of the shadow of Death...
 
California
Mono Lake NP  Mono lake tufa towers
Yosemite NP  The beauty of nature, the power of fire and the frustration of politics
Livermore  The Bill Leach 25c tour of SF,    
Big Basin Redwoods SP  A walk in the woods
San Francisco  Pumpkins!     Cycling across the Golden Gate Bridge
Highway 1 northbound  The journey will be legend... wait for it... dary!     I drove into a tree...
Northern California  Eureka! The parks have reopened,     Crossing sundials, climbing mountains, chasing waterfalls
Lassen NP  Sunbeams, snowdrifts and Hell on Earth, 
Yosemite NP  At last!     Making friends on the mist trail
Livermore  Tarrantula!     Old friends, new friends
San Francisco   Wine Country,     What better way to pass the day?     Napa Valley to Silicone Valley,     Just a jump to the left,
Well, look at that. I'm 35,     Big hills and even bigger trees     
Highway 1 southbound   Jellies and butterflies     Hearst Castle
Los Angeles  Turn right at the third pier