MONTANA / Day 4

Today we went to go up to Logan's Pass, riding a tour bus up the Road to the Sun. This is the only time during our trip where we really got to go deep into the park and see some actual glaciers. Unfortunately, due to global weather changes, the handful of glaciers that are left are far away on out-of-reach peaks and will likely disappear altogether in the next 5 years. On the bright side, even once the glaciers are gone, the park itself is still an amazingly beautiful landscape of wildly dramatic mountain ranges, waterfalls, lakes and streams, all under Montana's huge blue sky. Tomorrow we'll head out back to Idaho, going up north to Sandpoint, a "beach" resort.

MONTANA / Day 3

We start the day from Missoula and head further east to reach our final destination, Glacier National Park. Leaving Missoula, we first went to Whitefish, a small town just west of GNP which during the winter serves as Montana's premiere ski resort. Along the way we stopped at Flat Head Lake, probably the largest lake in Montana. After Whitefish, we continued to drive to our lodging at East Glacier, being attacked by some serious bugs during a quick photo stop along a river. After arriving at the lodge and dropping off our stuff, we headed over to Two Medicine Lake (the upper, not the lower). Hiked around a bit and went on a boat cruise which we lucked out on since that's the moment the weather decided to give us a quick shower. After the skies cleared up and we got back to shore, we headed back to the lodge where we turned in early for a busy upcoming Wednesday. 

YOSEMITE / PT. 2

Some more pics of the Yosemite trip from last weekend. This post focuses on the waterfalls Yosemite Falls and Vernal Falls, a more secluded waterfall which could only be seen after a short (1.5 mile) hike up admittedly pretty steep terrain. One section called "Mist Trail" was particularly tricky given the constant spray making all of the steep rocks quite slippery. Anywho, here's the pics!

YOSEMITE / VIDEO

Just a vid I threw together from the trip. 

YOSEMITE / PT. 1

This past weekend I was fortunate enough to go on a trip to Yosemite. I haven't been here in probably a decade, so revisiting with a large group of friends was definitely one of the biggest highlights so far this year. The weather was perfect, we did plenty of hiking, and despite being worn out when we got back, I just want to be outdoors more than ever. Ok, less chatting, more pics! 

IN THE MOMENT / REDWOODS OPEN SPACE RESERVE

Just a few images from a hike this weekend. I'll post a few more later. 

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Family Vaca / Pt 3

So we headed out away from Bar Harbor and out of Maine, towards New Hampshire. 

I've been lucky enough to have traveled through some amazing places, and Maine (at least during the summertime) has definitely placed a positive impression on me. The land was so surreal, it was like being in a Miyazaki film. 

And while it has nothing near the kind of cultural support California or even other states like Washington may have, there's still little surprises here and there of what you may encounter in this tiny state. 

Briefly went through Augusta but rather would forget about it as it was a pretty depressing, empty town despite being the state capital. Next stop, New Hampshire!

London / Holland Park Pt 1

Once again we find ourselves in west London, this time heading towards Holland Park. I normally don't like the 1 series (1 M Coupe being an exception, of course) since I'm not big on the styling, but in this dark grey, I gotta admit it looks pretty good.

Our first American store! Unfortunately, it didn't have much and whatever it did have was either too overpriced or available in other stores. The best place to buy American food is still Chinese grocery stores.

Great cafes and bakeries everywhere you go.

Like Michelle's new haircut? She loves it!

Some nice cars over here, like this RS5.

And some really, really nice cars. Black Bentleys in autumn…

The wheels have seen better days though.  All those leaves must be hiding some nasty curbs, er, I mean "kerbs". 

The park had a pretty fancy entrance.

Did I mention I miss nature? Because I really miss nature.

I will definitely be coming back here again.