Spent most of August 2024 driving across country in our Class B RV to a variety of places including Twin Falls Idaho, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Fort Collins, Rocky Mountain National Park, Chapman National Forest Campground, Grand Junction, Bryce Canyon, Great Basin National Park, Mammoth and Yosemite.
Click here to see some of the best pictures from this trip, or click one of the pictures below to see more pictures from that part of the trip.
Below is the map showing where we took photos. Click the picture to see an interactive map. Click any of the pins in the interactive map to see more details on that photo and a link to the blog entry.
Aug 10, 2024 - Twin Falls to Colter Bay
After two days of leisurely driving, we had reached Twin Falls Idaho. I hadn't been expecting much but I was mistaken! Twin Falls turned out to be very scenic.
Aug 11, 2024 - Yellowstone National Park
We had two nights in Coulter Bay in Grand Tetons NP, which gave us a full day to visit Yellowstone NP, just to the north. Not enough time, but still we manged to see quite a bit.
Aug 13, 2024 - Fort Collins
Our primary focus in Fort Collins wasn't photography but beer (at least for me). Fort Collins is a great beer town and we'd planned to visit New Belgium Brewing. Instead we first went to Funkwerks (since closed) who recommended The Farmhouse for barrel aged beers, among my favorites.
Aug 14 to 15, 2024 - Rocky Mountain National Park
At 11,796 feet, the Rocky Mountain National Park Alpine Visitor Center is the highest National Park visitor center. A short path lets you go a bit higher, 12,005 feet. That's not a lot of elevation gain but at that altitude it sure feels like it!
Aug 19, 2024 - Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre
Aug 21, 2024 - Grand Junction & Colorado National Monument
Not only does Grand Junction have a nearby scenic drive through Colorado National Monument, but is a locus for some great beer brewing!
Aug 23, 2024 - Bryce Canyon
We camped out the night before, hoping for an early start to catch that perfect morning light. Instead, we woke up to a gray, drizzling overcast. We’d almost given up when the weather shifted—the rain let up, the sun broke through the clouds, and we were treated to some awesome views under incredibly dramatic skies.
These are just two of the many pictures we took. Click either picture to see more.
Aug 24, 2024 - Bryce to Great Basin
If not for this stop at the very small Red Canyon Visitor Center we wouldn't have really seen much this day.
Aug 25, 2024 - Great Basin National Park
Unfortunately the road up to Wheeler Peak Campground was closed so we weren't able to visit the Bristlecone or other scenic areas of the park. Luckily we were able to get tickets for the timed entry tour to Lehman Caves.
Aug 27, 2024 - Mammoth Lakes
We took the gondola ride to the top of Mammoth Mountain, elevation 11,053 feet. Used primarily for skiing, it makes for a good hike down though because we hadn't brought our trekking poles, we didn't do the hike that day. It's about a 3,000 foot elevation change.
Click the picture below to see some of the panorama shots from the peak of Mammoth Mountain.
Aug 28, 2024 - Mammoth to Yosemite
Today we saw a lot of sights driving from our campsite at Mammoth Shady Rest Campground to our next nights stop at Hodgdon Meadows Campground in Yosemite. Along the way we stopped at Mono Lake, Tenaya Lake and Clouds Rest.
Aug 29, 2024 - Glacier Point & Yosemite Valley
This is Half Dome from the opposite direction from the previous picture taken at Clouds Rest.
There wasn't a lot of water at the falls, but some of the light was very good, given what there was.
