Other travelogs:
- Trip 15 - A fifteen-day trip to California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona with some big hikes
- September-October 2008
- 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 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
I rented a Corvette for a day in San Francisco, and then toured California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona in a SUV for the remaining two weeks. Along the way, I climbed to the top of Half Dome and Mount Dana in Yosemite National Park, did an overnight hike to Mount Whitney (California's highest mountain) and hiked from the Grand Canyon South Rim to North Tim in one day.
- Friday, September 19th 2008
- Flight from LUX to Paris CDG, then to San Francisco
- Saturday, September 20th 2008
- Take the Corvette to Muir Woods and Point Reyes Lighthouse, then change to a SUV and drive to Yosemite
- Sunday, September 21st 2008
- Hike to the top of Half Dome
- Monday, September 22nd 2008
- Mariposa Grove; hike from Taft Point to Sentinel Dome via Glacier Point; minor fender scratcher in the valley
- Tuesday, September 23rd 2008
- Hiking Mount Dana, on to Lone Pine
- Wednesday, September 24th 2008
- Getting a Mount Whitney permit, and hiking the first six miles into it
- Thursday, September 25th 2008
- Hike to the top of Mount Whitney, and all the way back to Whitney Portal
- Friday, September 26th 2008
- Driving and shopping day; to Nevada and Lake Mead via Death Valley
- Saturday, September 27th 2008
- Exploring the area north of Lake Mead; into Utah with an unsatisfactory visit to Coral Pink Sand Dunes
- Sunday, September 28th 2008
- Heading up Cottonwood Canyon Road, hiking one of the local slot canyons; and then to Zion for a thunderstorm sunset
- Monday, September 29th 2008
- Hike to Lower Calf Creek Falls; then driving Burr Trail and through Capitol Reef; crossing Lake Powell on a ferry
- Tuesday, September 30th 2008
- Goosenecks State Park, Navajo National Monument, Coal Mine Canyon, Wupatki National Monument, Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Grand Canyon
- Wednesday, October 1st 2008
- Grand Canyon South Rim to North Rim through-hike in one day
- Thursday, October 2nd 2008
- From Grand Canyon to Canyon de Chelly
- Friday, October 3rd 2008
- Painted Desert, Lake Mead
- Saturday, October 4th 2008
- Last day in Las Vegas