Day 16-17: San Simeon and Monterey

Our hotel in San Simeon. Actually, the Hearst Castle, but ours was close. Not in luxury, but in distance...


Sunset at Monterey.


Ditto.

Day 14-15: Disneyland!!!

Tom Sawyer Island at Disneyland (!!!).


You can see by the intensity in Leah's face, there's a reason she consistently wins at Astro Blaster.


Disneyland in a capsule. A pipe they added texture to make it look weathered. Now that "rust" is wearing off.


If you look closely, it looks like Splash Mountain has woken Marty from a nap.


Swinging inside an orange at Disney's California Adventure.


Marty got soaked and the reason's right over his shoulder.


Midnight at Sleeping Beauty's Castle.

Day 13: L.A. and Santa Monica

The Getty Museum fountain.


Look closely. You'll see a Segway accident...only in SoCal.

Day 11-12: London Bridge to Joshua Tree

The London Bridge in Arizona? This hardly feels like a tourist trap at all.


The alien cactus garden in Joshua Tree. Watch your step, you don't want to trip here.


Sir Mix-a-Lot?


Leah + Pigtails + the desert sun = Darth LeeLee


Hidden Valley, without Ranch Dressing. It wasn't that hidden, cuz there were signs for it.



Camp at Jumbo Rocks.

Days 9-11: Grand Canyon

Sunset on the North Rim.


Seems like a good enough spot for a picnic.


California Condor lazily gliding around the canyon.


Sunset peeking through Yavapai Observatory.


Sunset at Yavapai Point on the South Rim.


Almost like a video. See what happens when the marshmallow catches fire.


At the Grand Canyon, Hopi Point.


Ya know, it's been a long hike, I'm out of water, and I can't find the faucet. I've seen it on cartoons...

Day 7-8: The Grand Tetons to Bryce Canyon

The Grand Tetons...or if I had my say they'd be called the Awesome Tetons.

Wingspan.

Watch your head.

Welcome to Utah....

Utah's starting to frazzle Marty. We should leave soon...

Day 4-6: Yellowstone National Park

Marty declares a War on Terraces.

Meanwhile, cold glasses + hot springs = Little Orphan LeeLee

Ghetto S'mores. It's not our fault they don't allow fires in National Parks.

Trail ends here? Au contraire, it's actually just on the other side of this log...

Which is how we got this picture.


Artists Point.

We're only cooking raw chicken...I don't see the danger in that.

Apparently, the coyote's defense mechanism is looking like it's taking a poo.

Bison are used to living on a volcano, I guess.

Old Faithful...still going.

The Great Fountain Geyser at sunset.

It really was a relaxing evening...even 2 hours in.

It doesn't do it justice, but it really was pretty.