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Continuing our efforts to avoid the masses this su

Continuing our efforts to avoid the masses this summer, we visited Cedar Breaks National Monument. It’s like Bryce and the Grand Canyon had a baby but didn’t tell anyone, so you just get to hang out with this gorgeous, perfect baby and no one else is there to wreck the moment.

Something like that, anyway.

Hey you. Over there. Standing in a 2 hour line try

Hey you. Over there. Standing in a 2 hour line trying to get on a shuttle at Zion National Park after you drove in circles for an hour this morning looking for parking all in the hopes you’d be able to hike through gorgeous red rock formations in blissful peace and quiet (hint: that’s not gonna happen). Take out your phone and Google “Kolob Canyons.” You’re welcome.

We visited Bodie State Historic Park the other day

We visited Bodie State Historic Park the other day. Bodie was a huge mining town near the CA/NV border in the late 1800’s, but was eventually abandoned. Only 5% remains, but there’s a lot to see. The state protects what’s there, but does not restore anything, so everything is left as it was when it was abandoned. Definitely a worthwhile stop. (The photos are of a church, the interior of a home, the fire department, and a classroom.)

8 miles, 1,000 feet of elevation gain, and just en

8 miles, 1,000 feet of elevation gain, and just enough snow to keep things interesting. The Little Lakes Trail in the Eastern Sierra was fantastic!

We went from the biggest trees on Earth to the old

We went from the biggest trees on Earth to the oldest trees on Earth with our visit to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains of eastern California. There are a couple ways to check out these twisted, gnarled, colorful trees, some of which are over 4,000 years old. We did a 4 mile loop hike that also offered impressive views of salt flats and mountains in the distance.

Hangin out with General Sherman, the largest tree

Hangin out with General Sherman, the largest tree on Earth, at Sequoia National Park.

Our second attempt at visiting Yosemite National P

Our second attempt at visiting Yosemite National Park went much smoother than our first.

Some days it’s all spectacular sunsets and breat

Some days it’s all spectacular sunsets and breathtaking vistas and others, well, not so much.

After an hour of driving, we entered Yosemite National Park and ran into a 30 minute construction stop. I turned off the engine as we waited. When we got the go ahead, I turned the key and heard ‘click click click’. Dead battery. With at least 100 cars behind us on this windy mountain road.

Shit.

Fortunately, not 10 cars behind us, were our saviors - a lovely young couple who asked if we were ok as they were driving by. I said we needed a jump and they said ‘no problem!!’ And pulled over.

I expected they’d pull a u-turn, but alas, they possessed a handheld portable charger (which they had purchased after the exact same thing happened to them while waiting in line for a ferry). It took less than 2 minutes for them to hook their charger to our battery and get us on the move again.

So, instead of gazing upon the majesty of El Capitan, we exited the park to take in the grandeur of El AutoZone, where we purchased a new battery and our very own portable battery charger. Hopefully, one day, we can pay it forward.

To the wonderful young couple who saved the day for us, thank you again. And to the one f’ing guy who angrily honked his horn at us as he drove by - as if it was our intention to become disabled on a mountain road in Yosemite National Park - may your days be filled with mysterious incurable rashes and your nights explosive diarrhea.

And yes, all this happened just one day after I published a blog post that included comments about why I believe national parks should offer cell service. Go figure...

One last photo from the California coast before we

One last photo from the California coast before we head inland today. The Pacific Coast Highway and Big Sur are just stunningly beautiful.

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