Death Valley

So after being in Yosemite, we decided to check out Death Valley, located just before the Nevada border. Might we agree, when visiting a place called "Death Valley," bad things may occur. The advisory of traveling to this place is in the name, we were warned.

However, Death Valley was a pretty beautiful place. We eventually made it there after a couple unfortunate events...

While traveling down a 13% grade, our first incident occurred when our breaks started smoking.

We had to let our breaks cool down before continuing onward. It was a pretty nice place to have to wait. We couldn't complain about the view.

The other unfortunate incident occurred just before reaching Death Valley. After successfully driving about 8500 miles without getting pulled over, our luck finally ran out. It was the first of the trip and hopefully the last.

After our multiple warnings, we finally made it to Death Valley, CA. We walked around the sand dunes for a while before continuing onwards. Death Valley has the lowest elevation in the country at about 260 feet below sea level.

Yosemite National Park

Here are some photos from our time in Yosemite.

Location:California

San Francisco

The rest of our days in San Francisco included submerging ourselves in the city and culture. We enjoyed many Irish Coffees, sourdough bread, and checking out the wharfs.

Alcatraz

While in San Francisco, we decided to take a ferry to the infamous Alcatraz Penitentiary. It was quite surreal stepping foot on the island that so many dangerous inmates once resided.

This is a shot of the morgue. When Kyle took the photograph he caught the reflection of other people trying to peek in. It added to the frightening aesthetic that it conveys.

Here are two shots of the prison yard. Jill imitated the photograph of an inmate playing dice to how the scene looks today.

Here are a series of black and white images Kyle shot.

In the next series of four photographs, Kyle thought that the cleaning products added a sort of whimsical feel to the eerie nostalgia of Alcatraz.

Here are two landscape photographs taken while on Alcatraz.

The view on the ferry ride back to port.