California, August 4-8 2005

First part: Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California

Next, Tuolumne Meadows rock climbing: Zee tree (5.7) on Pywiack Dome on saturday and South Crack (5.8) on the Stately Pleasure Dome on sunday as well as a dip in Tenaya lake.

And a day cruising Santa Cruz and the coastline, checking out San Francisco in the evening, etc.

  On the way to Lethbridge, funky fog in a small valley  

  Lethbridge  

   

  Border crossing  

  Montana! Montana!  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  something scary what the hell?  

  one of the scariest things of the day. the last trailer was swinging 1 meter left/right Idaho Falls  

   

   

   

   

  A few meters after the Nevada border. :) Nevada snow patches!  

  sunset in Nevada sunrise  

  Reno, NV  

  Reno, NV  

  Lake Tahoe, CA  

   

   

   

   

   

  big california highways traffic jams begin near Sacramento  

  Oakland->SF bridge Oakland->SF bridge  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  El Capitan  

   

  Our climb  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Cathedral Peak  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  playing around  

   

  beautiful sunset  

   

   

   

  Mono Lake, CA  

  sunrise Cathedral Peak again, seen from everywhere  

  the granite starts right off the highway's edge.. Tuolumne meadows!  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Half Dome in the distance  

   

   

   

   

  leaving Yosemite Santa Cruz  

  where are the waves, dudes??