Travels Through Yosemite

Concluding the Summer Travels with a trip to my favorite place in the world, Yosemite National Park.

Montana (and Washington)

The summer travels continue. Started with a flight to Seattle and then driving from Seattle to Glacier National Park (to visit Jenel). I grew up right next to LA in Pasadena and I never thought I would be anything but a city girl. I mean I love camping and the outdoors and nature and all that jazz. But after just a few days in Montana, I could see things shifting. Of course this was summer weather (although it rained the entire time I was there).

(Pike Place, Seattle)

(The waterfront in Seattle)

(Mount Rainier National Park, Washington)

(Mount Rainier National Park)

(Mount Rainier, covered in clouds)

(Glacier National Park, Montana)

(Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park)

(St. Mary, Glacier National Park)

(Logan Pass, Glacier National Park)

(Hidden Lake, Glacier National Park)

(Glacier National Park)

(Glacier National Park)

(Glacier National Park)

(Visiting Jenel while she works at Glacier National Park)

Graffiti Park

While on our summer traveling, we went to Austin, TX. There they had this amazing art gallery called "graffiti park" where artists could do graffiti work. Once a year they strip the whole thing so that artists can start all over. It would be cool to come back each year to see how things have changed.

Here is what we saw:

Austin, TX

The summer travels are only continuing. My best friend, my dad, and I have gone on a summer trip every year for the past five years. Three years visiting Portland/Seattle, then Nashville, and now Austin. We are just slowly exploring the country.

Although I purpose next time we visit some place cold.

Here are some things i learned in Austin:

• Austin is "fake Texas", it's not real Texas. 
• Brisket tacos are the best damn thing. Ever. 
• Breakfast tacos are a staple in a Texan's diet. Especially in Austin. 
• Texas humidity is no joke. We may think we have it in California but we've been lied to. Our dry heat is amazing. 
• But every place indoors is air conditioned.
• Afternoon naps. You need them. 
• It's normal to have a beer while you watch a movie in the theater. If theaters don't do that, they are weird. 
• Austin is the live music capital of the country. I don't believe it yet because we didn't see any live music. 
• There is bacon in almost everything here. They like their pork. 

And here are some highlights of our photos during the week. I'll have a separate post about the graffiti park we went to (because the pictures are so cool). Stay tuned for that.