Sunday, August 23, 2009

Finally some pictures to accompany my summer update emails. I'm only posting 1 or 2 pictures from each stop.

Yoho National Park



Good views of a bull moose at Yoho NP. I was standing about 5 metres away hiding behind some trees.



A bighorn ram at Yellowstone National Park.



One of the many geysers at Yellowstone.



The view from my campsite at Grand Teton National Park. This was my favorite park, the hiking here was absolutely phenomenal!!!



The San Juan Mountains in Southern Colorado. The hiking here was amazing, many peaks are over 13,000 feet!



Ice lakes trail, Colorado. I think this is my favorite picture of the entire trip! The mountains here had amazing wildflowers! Gorgeous sub-alpine meadows!!!




The Narrows: a hike at Zion National Park. You hike through this very narrow canyon, at times the rock walls are only 10 feet apart, and you hike in the water for most of the 20 miles. I found myself trekking through water sometimes chest high trying to protect my camera gear! Awesome experience though!



Hiking at Zion National Park, Utah



Zion National Park



Arches National Park.



I spent the night on the top of half dome in Yosemite NP at watch the sunset and sunrise. Two other people who are hiking the entire pacific crest trail, stretching from the border of Mexico all the way into Manning Park, spent the night here as well.



Lassen Volcanic NP



Crater Lake NP



Mount Rainier NP