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On our final full day in Taiwan, we joined a tour group that would take us around different locations outside of Taipei. The first stop was Yehliu Geopark on the northern coast of the island. This peninsula features fascinating geologic features that remind me of hoodoos. We only had about an...

Like last year, this will be a sort of photo journal of where I traveled through the year. It’s quite difficult to narrow down the thousands of shots I’ve taken to just 10. But these sum up my year nicely. No. 1 - Death Valley National Park got some moisture in the beginning of 2024 and...

I just returned from 8 days in Taiwan, beginning with 2 nights at Sun Moon Lake. These images were taken with the iPhone 15 Pro Max. What a great experience for my first visit to Asia!

On my way to visit my parents for Christmas in Sacramento, I chose to make the journey across the Sierra yesterday instead of today to avoid the snowstorm. My route took me along U.S. 50 in Lake Tahoe at sunset.

I recently upgraded my iPhone 6 to an iPhone 15 Pro Max. So, what better way to test out a good camera than attending a low-light, Back to the Future themed fruitcake festival in Independence, CA on a windy Saturday evening? I’m happy with how the phone camera performed in this kind of...

I drove to Lone Pine, CA, on Saturday to look at a motorcycle for sale. After I saw the horse, I wandered over to the Alabama Hills where I was treated to an enormous and shockingly colorful lenticular cloud that looked suspiciously like a spaceship.

On my way back home from Palm Springs, this sunset along U.S. 395 forced me to pull over and take a break.

I recently returned from a trip to Provincetown and Boston, my first visit to New England. Unfortunately, I got sick and spent an entire day in the hotel bed in Boston trying to sleep. These images are from my first morning in Provincetown. U.S. Highway 6 begins and ends in Provincetown and...

I had wanted to see Thousand Island Lake for myself for a few years. This lake is located in the Ansel Adams Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada and after seeing it for myself, I learned that pictures don't do it justice. This area is spectacular! My research beforehand told me I'd hike roughly 14.5...

I got Covid over Labor Day weekend, so my hike to Kearsarge Lakes and Kearsarge Pass was my first one in a while. This trail had been on my radar since I moved to the Eastern Sierra 4 years ago. This trail is brutal because it takes you 12.5 miles round trip and gains more than 3,000 feet of...

I had wanted to see Moonlight Falls for myself for a few years. This past weekend I made it happen by walking 16 miles round trip and it was the best hike of 2024. I had this little slice of paradise to myself the whole time.

My hike on Sunday along Wheeler Crest overlooking the Owens Valley was a poorly planned one. I didn't expect to climb an 11,400 foot peak, but it happened. At the top I called a friend and asked him to call search and rescue if I didn't get back in touch by a certain time. But, I got some great...

This is the Horton Lake Trail directly west of Bishop, CA in the Sierra Nevada. The unmaintained, overgrown, rocky trail is an old mining road that was abandoned many decades ago and it meanders up the canyon between Mt. Tom and Basin Mountain. This is known as the trail you take to climb Mt...

I hiked up to and over Paiute Pass yesterday at above 11,000 feet of elevation. There are dense splotches of wildflower color through the basin from where the below image was taken. This was my turnaround point. You can see Mt. Humphries in the background; this is one of the prominent peaks to...

After losing the trail around Gaylord Lakes along the eastern boundary of Yosemite NP, I wandered towards the granite cliffs around Granite Lake. Of course, what else do you do when you're totally alone surrounded by rock walls than yell "ECHO" at the top of your voice?

This is Gaylord Lakes in Yosemite National Park. Because I didn't have a reservation to enter the park on July 4, I crossed the eastern gate on Tioga Pass at 0453 and started my hike to these lakes around 0500. I didn't encounter a single person up here, but there were plenty of mosquitos.

I’m riding the coat tails of @Kurt Harrigan with my own tiger lily, these ones seen in Lundy Canyon, CA on Saturday.

I recently met my dad at Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite National Park for some overnight camping and a 10-mile hike. The more I go to Hetch Hetchy, the more I see how it rivals Yosemite Valley. I've been wondering what it looked like before the dam was built, so I found these images from the San...

Riding through Monument Valley on a motorcycle made me feel like I was in a dream. We stopped at the parking lot of The View hotel for some glamor shots of ourselves on the bikes with the Mittens in the background. Later, we made a stop at Forest Gump Hill, an area I hadn't seen before. Of...

It was a complete trip to ride through Arches National Park on a motorcycle. The entrance to the park, with steep switchbacks overlooking Moab, sparked conversation over the helmet intercom about the most visually appealing national park entrances in America. There was some serious cloud drama...