395 and 101

Basically, head south on U.S. 395 through Oregon, Nevada and California.   Quick detour over to Sedona, then back on old Route 66.  Head up through Yosemite, then take the 101 back along the coast.

  • U.S. 395 follows the east side of the Cascades and the Sierra Nevada all the way from the Canadian border to southern California.
  • Burnt forest near Hehe Butte on Highway 26 just south of Mt. Hood
  • Dropping into the aptly named Christmas Valley on the Fremont Highway in Oregon's "outback," the clouds were doing crazing things.   This shows a front moving right across.  High winds follo ...
  • Winter on the edge of Summer Lake, Oregon Outback
  • Everywhere I looked, the sky was doing crazy stuff.  Part of living in the West.
  • Qamera's photo
  • Clouds above Honey Lake, viewed from the Standish-Buntingville Road.
  • Barn on Honey Lake, Oregon Outback
  • Qamera's photo
  • Abandoned bus in the middle of the desert.  Smelled like people had been camping or living in it, from time to time.
  • Train outside of Reno, Nevada
  • Dusk over Reno
  • Uh oh, why isn't anyone else going this way?  395 heading out of Carson City and into the Sierras
  • Not sure about this...
  • Sun trying to peek through, south of Mono Lake, CA
  • Owens Valley north of Bishop
  • Owens Valley north of Bishop
  • Qamera's photo
  • Road to Badwater, Death Valley
  • Qamera's photo
  • Qamera's photo
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  • Don't do this in your car.
  • Qamera's photo
  • Qamera's photo
  • Outdoor sculptures, Rhyolite, NV
  • Not sure what the message is for this one.
  • Real blonde.
  • Qamera's photo
  • Qamera's photo
  • Caution: Rattlesnakes !!
  • Self portrait, sort of
  • Qamera's photo
  • Sand dune, Death Valley
  • Artist Drive, Death Valley
  • Badwater, the lowest point in the U.S.  (282ft below sea level)
  • Gravel road that empties straight south out of Death Valley.
  • Winnebago traces north on Highway 127, "Death Valley Road"
  • The 'red highway' across Mojave National Preserve
  • Mojave Desert
  • Mojave Desert, CA
  • Mojave Highway
  • Qamera's photo
  • Cholla Cactus, looks like the Tarantula spider I ran over  yesterday.  Yikes, they're after me!
  • New Devil's Bridge, Sedona
  • Devil's Bridge, near Sedona
  • Ice in Secret Canyon, AZ
  • Secret Canyon, Sedona
  • Sedona and Thunder Mountain viewd from Bear Mountain
  • Lobby of the Valley Ho, uber ultra lounge
  • Color study, hotel room, Valley Ho
  • ZuZu Lantern, Hotel Valley Ho, Scottsdale
  • Qamera's photo
  • Prescott-Jerome Highway (89A), Arizona
  • Joe's BBQ, Wikieup, Az on the Joshua Tree Forest Parkway (U.S. 93)
  • Sitgreaves Pass, old Route 66 (Oatman Road), California-Arizona border west of Kingman
  • Route 66: Keep your eyes on the road! Near Oatman, Az.
  • Qamera's photo
  • Don't keep me waiting
  • Reflections at the base of El Cap, Yosemite
  • What you see is not always what you get in the reflection
  • Merced River, Yosemite Valley
  • The Cathedral, Yosemite
  • Late afternoon mist below Yosemite Falls
  • Half Dome and valley mist, Yosemite
  • Late afternoon mist creeps in, Yosemite
  • If you think this picture looks good, it's nothing compared to the feeling when I was there.  Except that my fingers were freezing.
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  • Taken Tuesday morning as I left Yosemite under a now cloudy sky...
  • Phone and tacos, Mariposa, CA
  • The future of power - near Livermore, CA
  • Sun trying to break through the clouds on 101 near the Pacific Coast
  • Near Geyserville, CA
  • 101 Crossover, northern CA
  • Gateway to the Redwoods
  • Surf and sand
  • Redwood needles
  • Lost Man Creek, Redwoods N.P.
  • Something wrong with this picture?  Redwoods National Park, northern California
  • Self portrait, sort of
  • Southern Oregon coast
  • Natural Bridges, Samuel Boardman State Park
 

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