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In the late afternoon, after most of the other 18 hikers had cleared out of the area, we knew we had to start the 3.2 mile hike back to the car. Continue reading
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Above The Wave (part 3)
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In my limited research before our trek out to The Wave, I found out that there was a second small wave and a bunch of neat things to see if you hike up above The Wave. Some people even hike to the top of the ridge, but we did not have optimal footwear to be hiking on sandstone. Continue reading
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In The Wave (part 2)
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Inside The Wave
The Wave is only two acres, but it is truly awe-inspiring. It’s amazing to stand inside it and ponder the intense and violent forces and the thousands of years that it took to create something so beautiful and fragile. Continue reading
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The Wave (part 1)
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After a month in California (blogs on this to come) we had to head back east for The Long Bike Back screenings and we decided to take our time and drive across the Utah/Arizona border because there are so many amazing things to see there. I have seen The Wave (in the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument) on a couple of ‘top 10 places to see in the world’ lists and since it’s right on the Utah/Arizona border we scheduled it into our meandering drive east. Continue reading
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Route 66
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After The Long Bike Back screening in Los Angeles in November, Pearson and I drove east for five days to a screening in Manchester, Vermont. We covered a lot of the old Route 66 from LA to Chicago. Here’s a taste:
The Painted Desert of Arizona
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“They say the smog is the reason we have such beautiful sunsets”
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In the few days we spent in Los Angeles for The Long Bike Back screening at the All Sports Film Festival, we squeezed in some fun sightseeing.
We hiked the steep Hollyridge Trail.
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Joshua Tree
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We drove through the Mojave National Preserve at sunset and into Joshua Tree, California in the dark. We were excited for daylight when we would see Joshua Tree National Park. Sadly, the next morning Pearson’s Mom passed away. As we made plans to fly back east, we took an hour and drove into the west entrance of Joshua Tree and I snapped these pictures. I was struck by its otherworldliness; a desert landscape filled with enormous boulder fields and valleys filled with joshua trees (yucca brevifolia).
The whole experience was a blur and we said that someday we would come back. Neither of us had plans for when that day would be, I assumed it would years from now. But we were drawn right back here, to this warm and peaceful desert.
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Mojave National Preserve
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We drove west through Las Vegas and further into the Mojave.
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Sunset over Grand Canyon
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Pearson and I walked to Mohave Point and watched the light and color change in the canyon as the sun set.
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Grand Canyon part 3
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It’s wild to experience the clouds and weather change at the Grand Canyon. We watched as snow flurries moved west to east across the canyon, at times portions were completely obscured by clouds. The weather oscillated between sunny and stormy the whole afternoon.
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