roadtrip
Charles and Sarah vs. the Southwest

	The windmills of Tehachapi Pass along CA-58
	A Joshua Tree in the Mojave
	It's pretty hot outside
	The Colorado River and surrounding mountains, at the California/Arizona border
	Welcome to Arizona
	A sight I grew used to
	Rock formations from I-40
	Sunset in Arizona
	Downtown Flagstaff from our hotel room
	The other direction from the hotel
	The site only identified as the "Arizona Meteor Crater"
	Rocks surrounding the crater
	Panoramic view of meteor crater
	Charles and Sarah sitting on the rim
	A colorful mesa near the crater
	Colorful rocks
	Welcome to New Mexico
	A common sight on the trip: lightning
	A large cathedral in Santa Fe
	Representative architecture of the town
	Please do not handle the chili
	Pretty clouds and a mesa
	More pretty clouds and another mesa
	Welcome to Arizona
	The return of pretty clouds
	Painted Desert panorama
	Charles and Sarah pose
	Panorama from the same spot Painted Desert
	An abandoned caboose in Winslow
	A statue of a man on the corner. The locals are very proud of it.
	Scenery near the entrance to Sunset Crater
	More scenery
	Even more scenery, with Sarah providing some novelty
	The sheer walls of the Little Colorado River canyon
	Metaphotography I
	Charles sitting on a rock
	Metaphotography II
	Desert flora along the canyon
	Desert fauna, too
	The first view of the Grand Canyon
	Metaphotography III
	The view from Watchtower
	My favorite rock formation and mini-mesa
	Panorama of Grand Canyon view from Watchtower
	Sarah with dramatic clouds, trees, and such
	Clouds, trees, and sunshine
	I can't come up with an accurate description of this one
	Charles, a few feet from peril
	Looking into the canyon
	The meandering Colorado River
	A baby cactus
	Charles and Sarah precariously perched
	Metaphotography IV
	A nice little rabbit
	Watchtower
	The view from the visitor-friendly Watchtower platform
	More canyon rocks and dead trees
	Long shadows at Grandview
	More long shadows
	The evening sun hits a ridge
	Sunset on the canyon
	Panoramic Grand Canyon sunset
	Lightning across the way
	Sun- and moonset
	Hoover Dam and Lake Mead
	A very large spillway
	Fish in the lake
	A statue of a dam builder
	The statue near a plaque honoring "lonely lands made fruitful"
	Hydroelectric generators
	The dam and its neat shadows
	Welcome to Nevada
	The one memorable thing we saw in Nevada
	Welcome to California
	Volcanic rock formations off CA-120
	Mono Lake from the road
	Firefighters taking pictures at the entrance to Yosemite. They were returning from nearby wildfires
	A pond on the east side of the park
	Sunset at Toulumne Meadow
	Sarah watching the shadows grow
	Shadows growing, along with smoke from nearby fires
	Sunset on the Tuolumne River
	I don't see any
	Sun shining through leaves
	A hazy sheer cliff
	A very tame ground squirrel
	A good place to stop for a snack
	A very high sheer cliff
	Charles climbs a few feet up the cliff
	Maple trees at 6000 feet
	Another tame ground squirrel
	Sarah miraculously survives a landslide
	The less-viewed side of Half Dome
	Sarah, Charles, a large slab of rock, and Nevada Falls
	A fat ground squirrel with a bit of food
	Half Dome, Liberty Cap, and Nevada Falls panorama
	Liberty Cap and Nevada Falls
	Wildflowers on the trail
	More wildflowers on the trail
	A group of flowers on the trail
	The top of Nevada Falls, where the water disappears
	Sarah risks certain death for a photograph
	That's a long way down
	Liberty Cap from the top of the falls
	The trail back down
	The falls from below
	Vernal Falls from the top
	Vernal Falls in its entirety
	Bucks on the valley floor
	The famous side of Half Dome
	Deer eating dinner