Adios California: Big Trees and Big Foots

Colby (an old friend from Washington) stands in front of General Sherman, in Sequoia National Park.  The General is over two thousand years old and the largest living thing on Earth (if we're not counting clonal organisms, and we're not.)

"An Abomination of Desolation"

...is how Father Hubbard described the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes when he first explored the area.  I finally made it out there on a trip with our dispatcher Ryan (aka "Radio".)

In Which I am Visited by an Old Friend, and Adventure Ensues

Why look, it's my old friend, DJ Relativity, who stopped by as part of his whirlwind tour of the country.  We went down to burro wash for a day hike.

Bryce is Nice

 

Updates-a-plenti in the next few days.  Here's some folks you may recognize on a trip to Bryce Canyon last month.

Now How Come He Don't Write?

Patrolling the Hall's Creek narrows.  Hey, is this the first pic of me in uniform?

A Couple of Day Hikes

 The Hickman Natural Bridge, one of the most popular day-hikes in the park.  Great acoustics here.

Overland Trails

At high tide, certain points on the beach become impassable except by ropes one has to climb up hand over hand like Adam West in the old Batman series.