Other travelogs:
- Trip 15 - A fifteen-day trip to California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona with some big hikes
- September-October 2008
- Trip 15 - A fifteen-day trip to California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona with some big hikes
- Trip 14 - A one-week trip to the California deserts
- February 2008
- Trip 14 - A one-week trip to the California deserts
- Trip 8 - A 24-day trip through the American Rockies and Desert Southwest
- August-September 2005
- Trip 8 - A 24-day trip through the American Rockies and Desert Southwest
- Trip 7 - Adventures out West - Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, etc
- August 2004
- Trip 6 - Staying in Napa Valley for a month, and an escape to Death Valley
- December 2003 - January 2004
- Trip 6 - Staying in Napa Valley for a month, and an escape to Death Valley
- Trip 5 - One-week Northern California round trip
- September 2003
- Trip 5 - One-week Northern California round trip
- Trip 4 - Two-week San Francisco and desert California round trip
- February - March 2003
- Trip 4 - Two-week San Francisco and desert California round trip
- Trip 3 - One-week California round trip
- October - November 2002
- Trip 3 - One-week California round trip
- Trip 1 - Classic 3-week Southwest trip
- July - August 2001
- Trip 1 - Classic 3-week Southwest trip
A knee injury kept me from doing a month-long hike through the Alps, so on very short notice I booked a flight to San Francisco; to make the most of the time until restarting my day job.
I didn't really recover from the injury (quite the contrary), so I spent a lot more time in the car, and a lot less time on hiking trails than I would have liked. On the plus side, I managed to both visit places I hadn't been to before, and cover a large area of new places I'm sure I'll visit again at a later time.
- August 9th 2004
- Train ride to Brussels, flight to San Francisco, drive to Vallejo
- August 10th 2004
- Long drive over Nevada's "Loneliest Highway", US 50, to Great Basin National Park
- August 11th 2004
- Hiking in Great Basin National Park, and driving into Utah
- August 12th 2004
- Cedar Breaks, Zion's Kolob Canyon, into Grand Canyon
- August 13th 2004
- Not much of a sunrise at Tuweep (Grand Canyon), back into scenic Utah
- August 14th 2004
- Driving to Hole-in-the-rock, then back to Hwy 12; taking Burr Trail into Capitol Reef National Park, and ending up at Goblin Valley State Park
- August 15th 2004
- Sunrise in Goblin Valley and driving Canyonland's White Rim Rd
- August 16th 2004
- Colorado NM, Black Canyon NP
- August 17th 2004
- Great Sand Dunes NM
- August 18th 2004
- Pikes Peak, rainy weather in Denver
- August 19th 2004
- Rocky Mountain National Park, then Hwy 40 to Dinosaur NM
- August 20th 2004
- Exploring more of Dinosaur NM, then driving North into Wyoming
- August 21st 2004
- Grand Teton National Park
- August 22nd 2004
- Leaving Grand Teton, spending the day in Yellowstone
- August 23rd 2004
- Spending the entire day in Yellowstone
- August 24th 2004
- Leaving Whyoming, driving into Idaho to Craters of the Moon NM
- August 25th 2004
- Driving west, out of Idaho and into Oregon
- August 26th 2004
- Visiting John Day Fossil Beds, Lava Butte, Deschutes River and Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, Lava Beds National Monument in California
- August 27th 2004
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- August 28th 2004
- June Lake Loop, Devil's Postpile, Mono Lake, Bodie
- August 29th 2004
- A morning stroll in Bodie, crossing Yosemite on Hwy 120, to Glacier Point