rygar Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Hey Everyone I recently had a once in a lifetime (for me anyway) road trip. 3500 miles through Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California, and Arizona. Thought I would share some of the more interesting pictures. I have difficulty chosing my favorite ones, so apologies for bombardment! Day 1 - Coors Field (No interesting pictures) Day 2 - Rocky Mountain National Park Day 3 - Colorado National Monument and Scipio, Utah Day 4 - Loneliest Road in America Day 5 - Yosemite National Park (Entrance and Yosemite Lower Falls) Day 6 - Yosemite National Park (Mariposa Grove, Wawona Point, and Glacier Point) Day 7 - Yosemite National Park (Vernal and Nevada Falls) Day 8 - Napa Valley Day 9 - Pacific Coast Highway and Pebble Beach 17 Mile Drive Day 10 - Pacific Coast Highway and Big Sur Day 11 - Death Valley California Day 12 - Red Rocks Canyon and Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon Day 13 - Grand Canyon Kaibob Trail Day 14 - Chase Field (No interesting pictures) First up is Rocky Mountain National Park. Great place to visit, this was on Route 34 (Trail Ridge Road) which is closed into the winter. It is highest elevated road (~12,000 ft) in the US from what I understand. Excellent to see snow at the end of July. A very dangerous storm rolled in, with a lot of cloud to ground lightning and extremely loud thunderclaps. Here folks were running to their cars and I took this picture really quick. Quality just ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rygar Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 Day 3 took us to the Colorado National Monument outside of Grand Junction, and the beginning of a quite amazing trek across the "Loneliest Road in America" - Route 50. After a low gas scare, we stopped in Scipio Utah (pop. 326) for the night. No food, no ameneties, but one of the fondest memories of the entire trip. A few local young adults pointed us in the right direction through some unpaved farm roads fo some great scenery. This one is courtesy of my brother. We have some wonderful wives, they were home with the kids while we were out galavanting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rygar Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 Day 4 - The Lonelist Road in America, Route 50. Actually just before Route 50 in Utah. We have nothing like this back east (from NJ) so it was quite difficult not to stop every 2 miles and take more pictures. We saw a few Shoe Trees, this was the best by far. What else are you going to do... Not the longest straightaway, we had one over 50 miles in AZ, but I like this picture a lot. Interesting weather phenomenon. There were parts of Route 50 where dust devils were so very common. I have a poor quality picture I didn't post with three of them in one snap. Outside of Fallon, NV here is Sand Mountain. It is a random 600 ft high pile of desert sand and a campground. This was leaving Fallon and not on Route 50, but I like the picture and there wasn't an ideal spot to display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rygar Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 We arrived in afternoon and didn't get a chance to hike this day. So stayed around the valley and snapped these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew-Northern Italy Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Great pics, thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rygar Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Day 6 The first six are from Mariposa Grove in Yosemite, were about 500 giant Sequoia's can be found This is "Grizzly Giant", estimated to be as old as 2,400 years by some. These next three are the view from Glacier Point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rygar Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 Day 7 - Still in Yosemite, on the Vernal and Nevada Falls Hike. This is the famous Mist Trail, but it was so dry the water was not flowing and there was no mist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rygar Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 While I liked Napa Valley, this was definitely one of the more average days of the trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Very nice pics. We just got a 2014 Prius back in May, I'm dying to take it on a cross country road trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rygar Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 Thanks Jonger These next few are from the Pacific Coast Highway and 17 Mile Drive at Pebble Beach Next three are from 17 Mile Drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Incredible collection of photos. I'm glad you included all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rygar Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 Thanks Don OK, on the home stretch. PCH Part 2 along with Big Sur... THe sun finally came out, and finally got some blue water shots near the ocean And a few shots at Big Sur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 pch b1.JPG I would print this one out and hang it on a wall. Gorgeous. I would consider cropping just a little bit off of the top if it was mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rygar Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 Here is Death Valley, which was the biggest surprise to me. I only wanted to drive through, but the place is so darn picturesque it was difficult to leave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rygar Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 This view is from the 'newer' skyway bridge that put up a few years ago One of those moving car shots, just liked how the forest fire smoke merged with the low cloud Two Grand Canyon sunset picks I love this shot, even though the quality is substandard. This guy at susnset, sitting on his perch. Of course, one wrong move and it is a long way (or quick depending upon your perspective) to the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rygar Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 OK! We close with some final Grand Canyon shots. First two are on a hike about 1/3 way into the Canyon on the Kaibob trail down to Cedar Point. Perfect ending. We sat and had a late snack on this perch while watching the sun go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rygar Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 I'll end with this - all 2000+ pictures in 6 minutes I just love how much the countryside changes along the way. Great place we live in! http://youtu.be/DRzY0L7OPzI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 WOW! Awesome Photos! Sounds like a great trip. I would love to do that one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rygar Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Thanks PhotoGuy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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