USA vacation snapshots

Hi.
Returned from an awesome vacation in USA about a month ago. Was a really good trip!
Wanted to share some snapshots


Started in Los Angeles. Then Barstow, Las Vegas, Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, back to Las Vegas, Death Valley, Yosemity, South Lake Tahoe, San Francisco and back to Los Angeles again.


Pics time



1. Hoover Dam



2: Hoover Dam



3: Hoover Dam



4: Grand Canyon



5: Grand Canyon.



6: Death Valley



7: Death Valley



8: Death Valley. It was after sunset and was as dark as it looks in the image. 5 guys were sitting in the lower right of the image, smoking and playing guitar



9: Dante's View, Death Valley. Panorama made of 10 images. The salt pit in the middle is 80 meters below the water level surface of the earth.



10: Alcataz



11: San Francisco



12: San Francisco



13: Highway 1. Only included this image because I think the rental car was awesome, and the image gives me a feeling of the roadtrip..

really great shots... nice work.

as for the car.. nice choice... nothing quite like a V8

and all i can keep thinking of the san fran pics is how bad it must be for those cars with oil starvation all the time... that is steep!!!

Beautiful pics.... Im glad you like your vacation....

You are an excellent photographer - thanks for sharing. Glad you enjoyed it!

Wow! Really good pics! Looks like you had a blast.

awesome pics! I live in SF and you really captured the feel. I love taking photos too, but it's sad how living in a place just jades you a bit to great potential shots....

Great photos. Kinda funny, I see those views all the time. I takes someone that doesn't live here to appreciate and photo the beauty. Next time you're in SF lemme know. I've got a flat on California St. that sits empty most of time. I'll give you the Superduke bro' deal. Better yet, rent a bike and I''ll show you a world class ride or two!

Here's some fun facts about my home the Golden State...


California has more mountain ranges than any other state in the United States of America, with a total of 9 mountain ranges and three of the mountain ranges are over 14,000 feet elevation.
The Sierra Nevada is the largest continuous block of granite in the world.
Mt. Whitney at 14,494 feet in the Sierra Nevada is the highest mountain in the United States of America outside of Alaska.
California has 15 mountains over 14,000 feet and 13 of the 14,000 ft. mountains are in the Sierra Nevada.
The top 100 highest mountains in California are 13,000 feet and above.
Five hundred mountains in the Sierra Nevada top 12,000 feet.
Yosemite’s El Capitan at 3,464 vertical feet is the tallest unbroken cliff in the world.
Yosemite Falls at 2,425 vertical feet is the tallest waterfall in the United States of America.
The Kings River Canyon in the Sierra Nevada at a depth of 8,200 feet is near 2,000 feet deeper than the Grand Canyon.
The Sierra Nevada is the snowiest mountain range in the United States of America and one of the snowiest mountain ranges in the world and home to more than 60 glaciers with it’s largest glacier on North Palisade at 14,242 feet.
The Sierra Nevada holds the record in the United States of America for the deepest snowfall on record at a depth of 884 inches in the winter of 1906-1907 near Tamarack Lodge on Ebbetts Pass.
Echo Summit in the Sierra Nevada holds the record in the United States of America for a 24-hour snowfall at a depth of 67 inches
Lake Tahoe at 6,228 feet is the second highest natural lake of its size in the world.
Lake Tahoe at a depth of 1,636 feet is the second deepest lake in the United States of America.
The Sierra Giant Sequoia is the largest tree in the world with a diameter of 36 feet and a volume of over 50,000 cubic feet.
The Sierra Nevada has 6 different species of trees that are the world’s largest trees of their kind: 1. Sierra Giant Sequoia, 2. Juniper, 3. Mountain Hemlock, 4. Ponderosa Pine, 5. Lodge Pole Pine, 6. Sugar Pine.
California holds the record for the tallest tree in the world the Coast Redwood Sequoia at a height of 367 feet.
California holds the record for the oldest tree in the world the Bristle Cone Pine in the White Mountain Range at over 4,700 years old.
White Mountain Peak at 14,246 feet is the highest mountain in the Basin Range.
Mt. Shasta at 14,162 feet is the second highest mountain in the Cascade Range.
Mt. San Jacinto Peak at 10,804 feet is the highest mountain in the Peninsular Range.
Death Valley at –282 feet is the lowest point in the United States of America.
Telescope Peak at 11,048 feet and Death Valley at –282 feet below sea level at it’s base make Telescope Peak the largest elevation gain from base to summit in the lower 48 states.
The Sutter Buttes are the smallest mountain range in the world, with its highest point South Sutter Butte at 2,132 feet.Yosemite National Park, located in the heart of the Sierra Nevada is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the United States of America.
The Sierra Nevada is a land of great diversity with some of the world’s most exquisite mountain scenery in the entire world.

You should have lets us know you were coming. That last pic isn't all that far from where I live and you drove right through the town I live in on the 101. Good ol' Santa Maria. Glad you had a good trip. A lot different than Europe huh. Lots of open space.

Great pics. I agree, next time you come let the locals know. We will hook you up!