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Sous sits, eerily human-like, in the back seat.
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Sous observes the scenery.
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Bryan ponders the menu.
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This valley was probably more deadly before they had the highway going through it.
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Mt. Whitney, Sous, Bryan.
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National Park the first: Death Valley. We speculatively bought a year pass for $80, and ended up saving money before the trip was over.
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It's really boring. He stops after $3.
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On our way through Tahoe, we introduced Sous to the snow for the first time.
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The highlight of our Vegas interlude was lunch at Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill. As you surely know, Bobby Flay is a wildly famous celebrity chef with approximately 4 billion restaurants and 18 shows on the Food Network.
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National parks don't let dogs *anywhere*. They basically have to stay in the car at all times. Here we are flagrantly violating those regulations at an overlook of Death Valley.
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Bryan gambles!
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Sunset as we're leaving Las Vegas.
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More death.
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VEGAS! What a magical place. I've said enough hateful things about the city of sin during previous trips, so I'll try to hold my tongue.
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A picturesque road-side stream provides a break.
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We sneak in a quick walk on national forest land off 395 north of Mono Lake.
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The next morning, we strike out from our Motel 6 in George, Utah, to Zion National Park (Natl Park #2). Zion actually has one dog-friendly "trail," a paved path about 1.5 miles long from the parking lot along the floor of the canyon. Still pretty nice.
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You'll also see lots of random scenery pictures which we shoot from inside the car because we are lazy. Here are the Sierras as seen from 395.
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And, the theme for the last day: Traffic! I-5 was slow off and on all the way from LA back to the bay area. We managed to get in by about 6pm for another 11 hours of driving... a total of 27 for the trip home.