Tag / National Parks

My brother wanted to organize a backpacking adventure a few weeks ago so I decided that we should hike the Smoky Mountains National Park. 40 miles, lacerated shin, bummed knee, lack of sleep are all the major events within our trip. The first day we started out at the Big Creek trailhead and took a [...]

I had another wonderful vacation with the Tsai family; the destination this time was Lake Tahoe. We had to drive around 10 hours to get to our final destination of David Walley’s Hot Springs resort. Below is a view of the walk way to the springs, which was located outside. We had to walk through [...]

I am back in Los Angeles to meet up with my girlfriend for a long vacation together. We started off with a vow to try to only cook this week. I made her a delicious turkey burger with some french bakes (french fries). I also got a 10 stop neutral density filter for my birthday [...]

So I forgot to update my panorama picture that I took last week. There were so many views of the Valley that were breathtaking, but this one was specially interesting due to the fact that we were able to see the distance we covered the previous day. I hope I will be able to visit [...]

Half Dome is a 16 mile hike round trip which is described as an extremely strenuous hike. Hikers are usually suppose to eat twice as much in a day and consume at least 3 liters of water. We were a little unprepared for this hike, with me only taking a liter nalgene but we did [...]

So as we headed back to Melody’s home in Yorba Linda, we are soon turned to a new destination of Yosemite. There have been many fires recently in the park, so the sky has not been treating the views kindly. Instead haze is spread around, reducing the view to become not so ideal. Well, here [...]

Yesterday was a day full of hiking, and this means three trails totaling in roughly 12 miles. Melody and I decided to hike the first route which would connect the bottom half with the top – the emerald pools trails. It was a bit disappointing with the name indicating a more amazing view, but was [...]

So today, our destination was Zion National Park, but we were suprised by a new park that housed the Kolob Canyon. It is amazing how these canyons are formed and the true beauty of them. This is the view from the top of the road, of the whole canyon range. I decided to go down [...]

This weekend Melody and I were on a trip to the Appalachian mountain range in the Smoky Mountain National Park. We decided to hike the Appalachian Trail, toward the Charlie Bunion overlook.  Here is Melody on the way to the overlook, all excited. We arrived at the overlook after hiking nearly 4 miles.  A lone [...]

I just spend an awesome weekend with Melody. I wish I could be back there with her. Wishing her the best on her finals. The weekend kicked off with a camping in Big Sur, one of the most beautiful places I’ve been. I love the coast and nature. I tried to document our car trip [...]