2 week spring break. Was very nice. The road trip was from saturday to saturday. Left early, drove to Souther Oregon and slept at a rest stop in the Van. I slept in the back while my dad drove through Northern Cali. There was record flooding a couple months ago so everything was really green and pretty. Got to Yosemite and had to put chains on the car to go over a pass. It was really wet so we didn’t do much there. The next morning there was really clear and I got to see Half Dome and El Capitan which was rad. Started the drive south towards Death Valley. Quite a bit of driving. There were a ton of butterflies out so the front of the car was full of yellow blobs and wings stuck everywhere. The drive down into Death Valley is pretty dramatic. It was a lot bigger than I expected. Ended up camping at Furnace Creek. Woke up the next morning and went on a hike up Titus Canyon. Only about three miles up a river bed and at the stop was a smooth slick rock canyon. The sun came out a little and it was cool. Drove up to a meteor crater and when we got up there there were 70mph winds. When I jumped I got pushed back a few feet. Drove up north and toured this cheesy castle someone built in the middle of nowhere. Went back to the campsite. It was basically just a big dirt lot full of RVs. There were record amounts of people because of all the rain in So. Cal. and the record wildflowers that bloomed. Went and tried to use the showers but failed. There are a ton of workers at the park from South America. It made me really sad. I was jealous of them. The next day we went to the sand dunes and hiked around there for a while. I like deserts. Went and did another hike up Mosaic Canyon which had more narrow canyon walls. It was hot out that day…but I cant imagine it being 120+ there in the summer. I cant remember if I am telling everything in order anymore. One of the nights there was a huge sandstorm when we were driving back to the campsite. It was late afternoon but it seemed like the middle of the night. Sand and rain flying everywhere…it was pretty sweet. The last day we drove down to Badwater basin. 282 feet below sea level. It cool because there is an 11,000 foot mountain across the valley and it goes down to -282. One day I want to come back and hanglide off it. That would be amazing…even though I would probably die. Went on another hike. I want to go back there sometime and just hike up into the mountains and chill for a few days…that would be a trip. We left for Northern California and stayed with some family in Susanville. To get there we drove up through Nevada to Reno. That part of Nevada is a shit hole. Nothing out there and really white trash and depressing. Sucks for them. I bet there a a lot of crazies out there. Went and stayed at my uncles cabin on a lake. It was cool. It had all my grandpa’s Indian stuff which was nice to see. We hooted at some owls and earlier saw a bunch of huge golden eagles. The next day we went for a walk in the morning and helped save a ton of trout. There were California Fish and Game people saving trout from spawning in a stream because they would die for some reason. So we grabbed nets and fished them out. They were pretty big too. I like fish. I wanted to eat one but we couldn’t. One flipped out of my net and thumped on the ground and stopped moving. I laughed and I think the head guy glared at me. I think there were 3,000 trout total in the back of a huge truck. Awesome. Later went on a bike ride. Left to go back to the cousins house. Hung out for a while. And then drove back to Reno to pick up my cousin coming back from college back east. Left the next morning at 5:30am. Drove to Portland and went to Powells Books. Got some Spanish books of course. And drove through a shitty rain storm all the way back to Redmond. Then on March 27th I realised I am not invinsible and it was a rude awakening.