Artists palette
19 November 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
More than 5 million years ago repeated volcanic eruptions blanketed the landscape depositing ash and minerals. The volcanic minerals were chemically altered by heat and water, with variable amounts ofBaca lagi
Zabriskie Point
19 November 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Did a walk to Zabriskie point and Badlands loop
Dante’s View
19 November 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
Drove to 5475 ft for sunset. Chillier for sure. Nice view overlooking the Badwater (salt) basin and the mountains beyond.
Gower gulch and Golden canyon
20 November 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Trail 🏃♀️ run while Paul golfs below sea level in Death Valley.
Furnace creek ⛳️ course
20 November 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Paul golfed Furnace creek today. Below sea level.
Mosaic Canyon
21 November 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Went for a walk into Mosaic canyon. Spotted a furry creature and not so furry plant. Neither that I would want to touch.
Golden Canyon to Red Cathedral
21 November 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Afternoon hike to Red Cathedral through Golden Canyon
Palm Springs
23 November 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Yesterday was a travel day. Today we took it easy. And by easy I mean, laundry, some car service, golf range and a run. Went for a walk early evening in downtown Palm Springs.
Joshua Tree National Park
24 November 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Went for a couple walks in Joshua Tree National Park. The vegetation in the south end is sparse. The north has Joshua trees and a variety of 🌵
Forty nine palms oasis hike is a trail through desertBaca lagi
Ladder and Painted Canyons
25 November 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Pretty cool slot canyons to walk through. Not too tough up and down some ladders and nice ridge views.
RnG day
26 November 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Run and golf day. Drove to Indian Palms golf course with Paul. He didn’t take any pictures. 🤷♀️ and I ran from there back to the campground. I’ll insert a pic I took from yesterday’sBaca lagi
San Diego
27 November 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Drove to San Diego today through some nice areas in the mountains. Still some fall colours happening. Traffic was light on the eve of 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving. We did avoid interstates and took more of aBaca lagi
Beaches
28 November 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Went for some beach walks at Del Mar, Torrey Pines State Park and La Jolla cove. Lots of people out enjoying the 🌞 on 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving.
PengembaraWow, great wildlife photos. Beautiful pelican? The 2 sea lions snarling at each other remind me of Rhonda.
San Diego highlights
29 November 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
We walked our feet off today. Went to Balboa park which is a 1,200-acre historic urban cultural park. After that we (thankfully) drove closer to the waterfront and went to Seaport village and theBaca lagi
Cabrillo National Monument
1 Disember 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Went to Cabrillo National monument, Point Loma lighthouse and trolled through the tidal pools. Last day in California. Onto Arizona next.
Arizona!
3 Disember 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We arrived yesterday into the Tucson area where we will stay for a couple weeks. Checked out some local trails today and Paul hit some balls at the driving range.
Just another 🌞 day
4 Disember 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Our days in Arizona will be a little more laid back not having to travel. There’s plenty of trails right from the campground. Of course the golfer will need to get out to the ⛳️ once in a while.Baca lagi
PengembaraHow cool are all those cacti! But wow, good thing that spike didn’t go through your foot!!
PengembaraIt was a cactus needle. If that’s what you mean by spike. I had to push it out the way it came in. I couldn’t pull it through.
Romero Canyon
6 Disember 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Went for a hike up Romero canyon to the pools.
Local events
7 Disember 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Went to some local events today. In the morning there was an outdoor Christmas market just across the road from the park. Paul took a pass on this one 😂🙄.
Spotted quite the diva 🐾 there. PicBaca lagi
Mount Lemmon
9 Disember 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Took a scenic drive up to Mount Lemmon. It was 86km one way from our campsite. The other option was a 20k hike with 2200m of gain. 🤪 and then back down.
The elevation of Mount Lemmon is 2795m andBaca lagi
RnG day
10 Disember 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Paul remembered to take pictures today while golfing.
I went for a run just before sunset when we got back to 🏕️. Love that golden hour lighting 🌆
Cooler day today but no complaints still 🌞
Saguaro National Park
11 Disember 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
The day started out a cold -4C at the 🏕️. The outside water taps were frozen. Thankfully we have heat in the trailer and the day did warm up to 20C.
We spent a few hours at Saguaro NationalBaca lagi
PengembaraThose 🌵 are so cool! That is chilly though, I wasn’t think of below freezing temps 🥶
Tucson Street Fair
13 Disember 2024 ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Haven’t posted in a few days. Just up to our usual, golfing, running and hiking.
Yesterday we went to a street fair in downtown Tucson. (Dog pic 😂) There were lots of vendors selling stuff weBaca lagi
Biosphere 2
14 Disember 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Biosphere 2 was a three-acre sealed structure that was used for two closed-system experiments: 1991 to 1993 and March to September 1994. The experiments encountered several problems, including: LowBaca lagi
Enjoying the sunshine
15 Disember 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Some pics from yesterdays run and todays hike.
Was up early today to volunteer at the Tucson marathon, earning some race credits.
Came back and we were ready to go for a geology guided walk but itBaca lagi
PengembaraPlease bring the sun and decent temperatures with you when you come 😁
PengembaraAmazing views! 😊
Pengembara
So pretty!!!