CA Roadtrip: Red Rock Canyon & Spaceship Spotting

Camping in Red Rock Canyon State Park. The park is near China Lake Naval Air Station and Mojave Air and Space Port, and when we were packing up our campsite I heard about 20 seconds of rumbling and looked up and saw the rocket trail from a trial flight of the Virgin Galactic spaceship.  Then 20 minutes later in a different part of the sky I saw a B-2 bomber being refueled by a KC-135!

CA Roadtrip: Devils Postpile

Devils Postpile National Monument, near Mammoth Lakes, CA. The hexagons are the tops of naturally occurring basalt columns. 

Lands End

Climbing on rocks at Lands End. Photo by Wyeth.

Pointe du Hoc

Pointe du Hoc, between Omaha and Utah beaches. I wanted to see this spot because I watched The Longest Day over and over as a kid.

Déjeuner sur l'herbe

Déjeuner dans le Jardin du Luxembourg, avec Melody (et tout le monde).

Park Güell

Gaudi's Park Güell overlooking Barcelona.

Fontaine de Médicis

In the Jardin du Luxembourg.

Bois de Boulogne

Water, trees and RC sailboats in the Bois de Boulogne.

Jardin des Plantes

There are petits pandas in the Jardin des Plantes.

Parc de la Villette

Parc de la Villette, an enormous, weird, Alphaville-like park in northeast Paris.