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The Golden Gate Bridge during sunset with a city skyline in the background, water below, and colorful sky with clouds.

S A N F R A N C I S C O

Our trip started in San Francisco. “Our” as in my dad, my two siblings, and of course me! I took my first proper long exposure shot with my sister’s old tripod, and I like how it turned out.

We could see the Golden Gate from our hotel room! And to Golden Gate we went.

City street at dusk with buildings, cars, and traffic lights. In the background, a bridge spans a body of water with hills beyond.

Nighttime city street scene showing a crosswalk, a traffic light, parked cars, a building with lit windows, and a street sign indicating parking restrictions.

February 17, 2025

ALARM!! The clock said 5:30 AM, my eyes said no… We drove to the bridge nonetheless. It might or might not have been me who proposed to view the sunrise, and I’m so glad the party agreed.

Sunset over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, with a colorful sky and calm water below.

A city skyline during sunset with a bridge and water in the foreground, and a sky with light clouds and a small airplane high above.

The image shows a scenic view of a sunset over a body of water with distant hills and a bridge. The sky is filled with orange, yellow, and gold hues with scattered clouds.

People at a waterfront with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background, some taking photos, in black and white.

February 18, 2025

This is one of my favorite shots I’ve ever taken. I find the composition quite balanced with the top of each head aligning with the top of the bridge.

I love how both of them are taking their own pictures too.

It was time to drive to the next location…

Y O S E M I T E

This was perhaps the most Norwegian-like area we’d ever experience on this road trip. With its mountains and valleys, we felt like home.

Almost…

Snow-capped mountains and cliffs under a blue sky with wispy clouds, with a forest at the base.

I wish I’d taken more pictures of the national park, but I spent my time observing the landscape from the car window instead. I did shoot some portraits of the party though, which I’m quite fond of.

A smiling man with short gray hair wearing a plaid shirt standing outdoors with snow-capped mountains and green trees in the background.

A young man with dark hair wearing sunglasses and a black jacket standing outdoors with mountains and a clear blue sky in the background.

A man in a dark jacket looking toward a mountainous landscape with snow-capped peaks, rugged cliffs, dense green forest, and a clear blue sky.

The day had just begun, and our next journey was set towards the hottest place on the planet. I didn’t have high hopes for this. I’m not happy with really hot weather.

A two-lane highway leading towards mountains under a cloudy sky with patches of blue, trees, and a parking lot on the right side.

Snow-capped mountains under a partly cloudy sky with power lines in the foreground.

Close-up of a beige wooden railing with the words 'TAKE A LOOK' written in black, with a blurred background of dirt or gravel.

Close-up view of volcanic rocks with various colors including brown, red, yellow, and beige, arranged in layers with some small pebbles and gravel at the bottom.

D E A T H V A L L E Y

FATHER JOHN J. CROWLEY

FROM THE SNOWY HEIGHTS OF THE SIERRAS BEYOND THE SHADOWS OF DEATH VALLEY, LOVED AND TRUSTED BY PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS. HE LED THEM TOWARD LIFE'S WIDER HORIZONS.

HE PASSED THIS WAY.

“He passed this way“

We died of laugher trying to understand what this sign really said.

At first, we thought this Mr. Crowley passed away, leading them toward life’s wider horizons, and not simply that he just walked there…

It might be the best moment of the entire road trip - a misread, stupid sign.

Thank you John.

A man with gray hair wearing a short-sleeved shirt with a tropical leaf pattern, standing outdoors and looking towards mountains and a blue sky with wispy clouds.

This was our first encounter on the vastness of Death Valley. No one could predict what lied ahead of us.

A vast landscape featuring rugged brown mountains in the foreground, a salt flat or dry lake bed in the middle, and a mountain range in the background under a partly cloudy blue sky.

A man and woman standing outdoors on a mountain trail, smiling with mountains and a cloudy sky in the background.

Group of four people smiling outdoors with a mountainous landscape in the background. The group includes a young man with dark sunglasses and a white t-shirt, a red-haired woman with glasses and a blue jacket, an older man with gray hair and a floral shirt, and part of another person wearing a dark cap.

Dante’s View - a stunning point on top of Coffin Mountain. The “lake” below is Badwater Basin with Telescope Peak rising behind it.

The site is quite symbolic. Telescope Peak is Death Valley’s highest point, stretching 3,368 meters above sea level, while Badwater Basin is located at 86 meters below sea level!

Of course we had to witness the salt flats of Badwater Basin first-hand, so that was our next destination…

A landscape of rugged, colorful desert mountains with rolling beige and brown hills in the foreground and taller dark and gray mountain peaks in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

Desert landscape with beige, rocky, and ridged terrain under a partly cloudy sky with white and gray clouds.

A barren, multicolored desert landscape with rocky, eroded formations under a bright sky with scattered clouds.

Desert landscape with layered rock formations and mountain ranges under a partly cloudy sky.

Some scenes from Star Wars were filmed in Death Valley! You might’ve already guessed which planet ;)

Did you know?

This was our first encounter on the vastness of Death Valley. No one could predict what lied ahead of us.

B A D W A T E R B A S I N - T H E L O W E S T P L A C E I N N O R T H A M E R I C A

A vast dry desert terrain with cracked, baked earth, mountains in the distance, and a partly cloudy sky above.

We felt the depth in our entire body…

When we arrived, something strange was going on. Almost like the air was a teeny bit too dense. My dad, especially, said he could feel that we were almost a hundred meters below the sea - a place not for humans.

Close-up view of a salt flat with textured crystalline salt surface extending to distant mountains under a partly cloudy sky.

“What’s that?” I asked while pointing down. The answer I got surprised me, and still does today.

Salt. The entire ground was covered. I bent down and licke.. no I didn’t.

Close-up of snow-covered ground with visible tracks and footprints.

Close-up of snowy ground with a single set of footprints leading away.

Close-up of snow-covered ground with textured surface and small ridges.

Close-up image of coarse white salt crystals arranged in a pile with a blurred background.

The salt isn't just from a dried-up lake. Over thousands of years, minerals have been washed down from the surrounding mountains by rare rainfall and melting snow. In the intense desert heat, the water quickly evaporates, leaving behind vast fields of salt crust and natural crystal formations.

Colorful volcanic rock formations with a barren, dusty landscape in front, and a mountain in the background.

These vibrant turquoise, purple, and red colors are the result of intense chemical weathering and the oxidation of different metals and minerals in the volcanic rock. Is this what they call a rocky rainbow?

The sun was setting, and we were about to witness the sky burn in flames and cotton candy…

A person walking in a mountainous desert landscape at sunset or dusk with a sky filled with clouds.

Scenic view of a lake surrounded by mountains at sunset in Death Valley, with a cloudy sky and shadows cast over the landscape.

A sunset over mountains with colorful clouds in the sky in Death Valley, showing shades of pink, purple, and orange.

Sunset over mountains in Death Valley seen through a car window with a blurry, dark foreground.

A stop sign in foreground with a colorful sunset sky in the background and mountains in the distance in Death Valley.

More of the story is on the way…