{"id":13865,"date":"2019-08-01T10:46:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T14:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=13865"},"modified":"2019-08-01T10:46:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T14:46:58","slug":"photos-from-nevada-death-valley-yosemite-and-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/01\/photos-from-nevada-death-valley-yosemite-and-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos from Nevada, Death Valley, Yosemite, and San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After speaking at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomfest.com\/\">Freedom Fest<\/a> in Las Vegas, I drove north past the official <a href=\"https:\/\/therooster.com\/blog\/trip-through-worlds-only-alien-themed-sex-brothel-nevada\">Area 51 Alien Cathouse<\/a>, sliced across Death Valley (plot thickened by the malfunctioning Chevy S.U.V. engine warning light), drove up through the eastern Sierras (an absolutely glorious and underrated destination), visited Yosemite, and concluded with a couple days in San Francisco, where a woman I witnessed massively shoplifting at a Walgreens kept shouting at me that she would &#8220;beat yo ass!&#8221;\u00a0 Here are a few pictures from the trip. I welcome critical feedback and suggestions on these photographs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13868\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Yosemite-Overlook-shrunk0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13868\" class=\"wp-image-13868\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Yosemite-Overlook-shrunk0001-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Yosemite-Overlook-shrunk0001.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Yosemite-Overlook-shrunk0001-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Yosemite-Overlook-shrunk0001-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yosemite<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13885\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mt-Whitney-probably-CSC_0542-bishop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13885\" class=\"wp-image-13885 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mt-Whitney-probably-CSC_0542-bishop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mt-Whitney-probably-CSC_0542-bishop.jpg 700w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mt-Whitney-probably-CSC_0542-bishop-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mt. Whitney or at least on the same side of the Sierras<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13881\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/death-valley-DSC_0130.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13881\" class=\"wp-image-13881 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/death-valley-DSC_0130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/death-valley-DSC_0130.jpg 700w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/death-valley-DSC_0130-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hazy Death Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13871\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Yosemite-mtns-from-the-parking-lot-CSC_0548.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13871\" class=\"wp-image-13871 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Yosemite-mtns-from-the-parking-lot-CSC_0548.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Yosemite-mtns-from-the-parking-lot-CSC_0548.jpg 700w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Yosemite-mtns-from-the-parking-lot-CSC_0548-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yosemite Take 2<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13880\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bishop-california-main-street-DSC_0181.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13880\" class=\"wp-image-13880 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bishop-california-main-street-DSC_0181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bishop-california-main-street-DSC_0181.jpg 700w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bishop-california-main-street-DSC_0181-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishop, California, in the eastern Sierras &#8211; stopping point on the Pacific Crest Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13882\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/San-Francisco-Right-of-Way0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13882\" class=\"wp-image-13882\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/San-Francisco-Right-of-Way0001-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/San-Francisco-Right-of-Way0001.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/San-Francisco-Right-of-Way0001-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/San-Francisco-Right-of-Way0001-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What did that tourist book say about pedestrian right of way? Never mind.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13874\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/golden-gate-bridge-one-turret-Pshopped-CSC_0558.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13874\" class=\"wp-image-13874 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/golden-gate-bridge-one-turret-Pshopped-CSC_0558.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/golden-gate-bridge-one-turret-Pshopped-CSC_0558.jpg 700w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/golden-gate-bridge-one-turret-Pshopped-CSC_0558-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden Gate Bridge from Marin County highlands<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Golden-Gate-bridge-overlook-best-so-far0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13877\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Golden-Gate-bridge-overlook-best-so-far0001-800x408.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Golden-Gate-bridge-overlook-best-so-far0001.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Golden-Gate-bridge-overlook-best-so-far0001-150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Golden-Gate-bridge-overlook-best-so-far0001-768x392.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After speaking at Freedom Fest in Las Vegas, I drove north past the official Area 51 Alien Cathouse, sliced across Death Valley (plot thickened by the malfunctioning Chevy S.U.V. engine warning light), drove up through the eastern Sierras (an absolutely glorious and underrated destination), visited Yosemite, and concluded with a couple days in San Francisco, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2081,1646,2079,2083,1141,2080,2082],"class_list":["post-13865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bishop","tag-california","tag-death-valley","tag-mt-whitney","tag-photographs","tag-san-francisco","tag-yosemite"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Photos from Nevada, Death Valley, Yosemite, and San Francisco - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Photos from my recent jaunt through Nevada, Death Valley, the eastern Sierras, Yosemite, and San Francisco. 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