Thursday, June 26, 2014

Getting Ready for the Big Hike


With the preparations to leave on the big hike tomorrow, I’m just posting a few highlights and some pictures from the week.

            June 22 – Walnut Canyon and taking care of a few last things in Flagstaff

Ruins at Walnut Canyon

Looking across Walnut Canyon

Laundry time
           














           June 23 – Visit NAU and drive to Prescott. Camped at Lower Wolf Creek Campground. Remembered the Hot Shot Fire Fighters from Prescott who were killed last year fighting a blaze.

            June 24 – Breakfast in Prescott, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas







Yup. I'm in Vegas.

Nice room for $50

Poolside. No boots!

Looking down the strip from the Bellagio pedestrian bridge





Levitating

Even more spectacular as night falls


From across the street
            June 25 – Drive to Grandview Campground on the edge of the Sierra Nevada

Dust devils. Some you could see all the way up

Those are some randy bulls free-ranging it in Nevada!


The Sierra Nevada. Hope that snow melts before I get up there.

First glimpse of the Sierra coming from Nevada on California 168



            June 26 – Lone Pine – Final tasks before heading out

1 comment:

  1. Dang. I wrote a nice long comment about all this, and then when I tried to post it, the darned thing disappeared. Here's the short version, because I'm not up for a re-write:

    Good for you for taking Jesse's advice to heart. Our travels have taught us similar lessons. Yay Leslie!

    I didn't realize it had been so long since I'd checked on your progress, and am enjoying getting caught up this afternoon. :)

    Tara from LARC

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