On This Day
Sharing Sequoia
From a post nine years ago today:
Later today, I’m making a return visit to Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks. Sequoia is a special park for me—it was my first visit there back in 1998 that sparked my excitement about visiting the big name western national parks.
I returned the following summer with Kim, eager to show her the amazing place I had experienced. That trip, captured in the photo below, really launched what would become my lifelong national parks quest and my passion for road trips. I’d return again—several times—each visit bringing someone else who really needed to experience it, too. This trip follows that same tradition, as I’m introducing six of my closest backpacking friends to one of the places I treasure the most in this world.
photo caption: Scott at General Sherman Tree, Sequoia National Park (Aug 1999)
Blue Mesa, Petrified Forest #NationalPark, #opcOnThisDay in 2016.
I met this cool ass dude #opcOnThisDay in 2017 in Utah.
Jumping way back to 2006 for this #MountainMonday shot from Rocky Mountain National Park. ☀︎ #Colorado #NationalParks
Today's #FootPathFriday is from Jupiter Inlet Outstanding Natural Area in Florida, one of the few BLM sites located in the East.
#opcOnThisDay in 2019, I completed my decades-long quest to visit all 400+ national parks in the US with an all day boat tour in Glacier Bay National Park.
Of course, I had to riff a little on my somewhat-infamous park number signs…
#NationalPark #GoQuesting #Alaska
Today’s #TentViewTuesday is from a June 2022 weekend #camping trip to Idyllwild #California. It was intended to introduce one of my Phx friends to one of my LA friends since they share so many hobbies and interests, but a new puppy issue prevented one of them from making it. Still, a nice way to escape the summer heat, and it’s the only #statepark campground I’ve stayed at that’s walking distance to a brewery 😂
We spent #opcOnThisDay in 2018 with some friends at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, then stopped at Lees Ferry, and got #LostNeededDirections in Flagstaff.
This #MountainMonday comes to you from the rim of Aniakchak Crater in Alaska.
Squiggles, squiggles, and more squiggles #opcOnThisDay in 2019. #Alaska
It's pretty hard to lose the trail on the way to Pelican Beach in #PuertoRico. #FootPathFriday
#opcOnThisDay way back in 2003, I took this photo at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. At the time, it was one of my most fav photos and it adorned my wallpaper for quite some time. ☀︎ #NationalPark #Washington
I spent #opcOnThisDay in 2019 enjoying some (cooler than June in Phoenix) mountain air up at 9500ft elevation in the Coconino National Forest, apparently lounging for awhile near Arizona Snowbowl. #Arizona #Flagstaff #NationalForest
And #opcOnThisDay in 2021, I flew over the river. Here’s what it looks like from the air. This is looking southeast. You can see the edge of Mesa in the top right corner. 🌵 #phoenix #mesa #river #desert
#opcOnThisDay in 2020, I brought a few friends on a sunset/moonlight paddle. 🌵 #arizona #phoenix #kayaking #NationalForest
OTD in 2020, Jen and I took a short day trip south towards Tucson, found a random dirt road jetting off into the desert, drove until we were sufficiently distant from a highway, parked and wandered out onto the land. We arrived at this saguaro, where we shared some well-named #trailbeers and had what you might call our own little unrehearsed personal wedding ceremony, just the two of us.
We eventually wandered back to the car, wrote our vows as we made our way home, showered, and got married in our living room in a covid wedding. Jen’s parents and one of our officiants participated via zoom.
Happy Anniversary to my favorite travel partner.
A quick stop at Hundred Mile Brewing. Love the “A Mountain” they made on the temporary pile of construction dirt. #otd
That time when you suffered unexplainable hearing loss just as your wife has hip replacement surgery… 😆 #fb
