Here's a collection of photos from our Pacific Coast road trip. We journeyed from Denver to Yellowstone, to Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho, Hood River in Oregon, the Columbia River Gorge, down the Oregon coast into Northern California to see giant redwoods, then back across the high desert back home again.
The famed Snake River overlook of the Tetons
Jackson Lake
Jackson Lake
Morning Glory Pool
Grand Prismatic Spring
Firehole Falls
Gardiner Falls
Sheepeater Cliff
Mound Spring and Jupiter Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs
New Blue Spring at Mammoth Hot Springs
New Blue Spring at Mammoth Hot Springs
On top of Inferno Cone
Hollow rocks near Spatter Cone - the rock reminded me of bread dough, the way it had smooth air bubbles inside of it
The side of Snow Cone
Twin Falls on the Snake River
Mt. Hood at sunrise
Mt. Adams, from the Gorge White House farm
Mt. Adams, from the Gorge White House farm
Blackberries ripening
Blackberries and Mt. Hood
Mt. Adams, from the Gorge White House farm
Blueberries and Mt. Hood
More blueberries
The turbines inside the Bonneville Dam
Horsetail Falls in the Columbia River Gorge
Horsetail Falls in the Columbia River Gorge
Upper Horsetail (Pony Tail) Falls
Upper Horsetail (Pony Tail) Falls
Upper Horsetail (Pony Tail) Falls with the Columbia River far below
Upper Horsetail (Pony Tail) Falls
Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge
Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge
Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge
The upper falls of Multnomah Falls
Someone makes a leap into Bridal Veil Falls
Bridal Veil Falls
Latourell Falls
Latourell Falls
Latourell Falls
The wreck of the Peter Iredale
The wreck of the Peter Iredale
The wreck of the Peter Iredale
The rusty metal remains of the ship
A foggy day at the Cape Meares Lighthouse
Cape Meares Lighthouse
The Neskowin Ghost Forest was exposed by harsh storms in 1997, revealing hundreds of 2,000 year old tree stumps on the beach
These stumps are the remains of what were sitka spruce that would have towered more than 200 feet tall
The fog gave the Neskowin Ghost Forest a really eerie feel
Neskowin Ghost Forest
Neskowin Ghost Forest
Neskowin Ghost Forest
Whale Cove
Whale Cove
Devil's Punchbowl
Seathrift above the beach in Yachats
A morning run reveals some blue skies along the Yachats river
Cape Perpetua
Cape Perpetua
...of this
A bridge at Heceta Head
Heceta Head Lighthouse along the coast
Hiking into the Grove of Titans, some of the largest trees in the US
Looking high up at the canopy
The foggy view of Trinidad Wharf on my morning running
This is the best view I got of the ocean the entire time we were in Trinidad
Exploring in Redwoods State Park
Burnt out stumps in Redwoods State Park
Looking up through a charred stump
Redwoods State Park
Redwoods State Park
Redwoods State Park
It's good to see that the state park service has a good sense of humor about their park
Austin, Nevada
Austin, Nevada
The Delta Solar Ruins in Utah
The Delta Solar project was supposed to be a cheaper solar alternative than solar panels
...instead it was deemed a tax fraud in 2018 and never produced any electricity
These towers are just deteriorating in the Utah desert, even though they were only built around 2013
