Grand Canyon 1991

After Las Vegas we headed into Arizona and the south rim of the Grand Canyon. We camped in the Mather Campground and toured the stops on the South Rim by car. The photo above tries to capture some of the scale of the place. The view is toward the north-east. The picture does not, however,…

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Death Valley 1991

After reaching Lee Vining, we headed south and drove the length of Owen’s Valley. We then turned east and headed over the Panamint mountain range to see Death Valley. Climbing the Panamint range is an arduous travail for most cars. The grade is very steep and it is very hot. There are many stopping points…

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Yosemite 1991

After leaving San Francisco, we headed east from the Bay area to Livermore, across the Central Valley, and towards the Yosemite. On the way, close to the Sierra Nevada Range, there are a number of flooded rivers, now reservoirs for the large cities on the coast. In the case of the reservoir shown in the…

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Yosemite, Death Valley, Grand Canyon 1991 Launch!

This was the first of my road trips and while brief, it spawned all of the rest. I realised that you could see a heck of a lot of country and some very interesting locations by traveling in a car with camping equipment. Of course, the set up for this first trip was very primitive…

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