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Our original flights to Italy got cancelled and we found ourselves stuck in the United Kingdom for a few days. Our friend Vince is a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, and he gave us a spectacular tour of this incredible campus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/f6da8e4d-f68a-42cf-b27e-eccb4b012562/File_000.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip Doing trips like this are possible because of my wife. Despite our travel being complicated and uncertain because of the pandemic she was willing to roll with all the cancelled flights, unknowns of how we'd get home, and dodging lockdowns (which meant we didn't know what random European city we'd be in next). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/64e6d781-b523-4150-9599-527454361282/IMG_0143.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/94e3605c-1a2f-4404-aa85-52ee179f9279/610d7418-ca3b-44d6-8594-cdb4fa247e4e.JPG Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/61c87ac6-f2d4-4096-9042-6841f34347ab/IMG_0112.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/38ca3f25-818f-437f-9881-17a76fae5412/IMG_0185.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip Such an icon. I was not prepared for just how massive Tower Bridge is! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/b1177877-43cc-4f80-8df3-b920006fab10/IMG_0116.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/53021c47-9800-481b-ae29-87405470cb34/IMG_4301.JPG Photos - The Pandemic Trip The river walk is an absolute must. It is surrounded by parks and incredible architecture; I think Budapest is one of the most beautiful cities I've been to so far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/a9540294-bb4b-4f28-af8d-2bf7e53271cc/IMG_0165.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/1d0f9847-e1f5-4eff-b606-6a84e3200c0a/IMG_4327.JPG Photos - The Pandemic Trip We enjoyed exploring as many of the cafes of the city that we could in the three days we were there. Lots of great times with good books and journaling! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/8359c3b4-7985-4bd8-b3bf-dbfa7155759c/IMG_0055.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/11bbcf59-c98e-4b9d-a139-1b4bfb08d88d/IMG_0206.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/280227f2-cbde-4035-a5b6-66b9a49239d8/IMG_0060.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip The historical rootedness of this place is hard to put into words. Cambridge is the second oldest university in the English-speaking world, founded in 1209. The impact this university has had on the rest of the world is hard to fathom. Brilliant minds like Newton, Bacon, Hawking, and Milton were students here once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/cb6b7c45-ecda-49ed-afeb-0e9139a1186b/IMG_0970.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/61e0c36a-4b07-4427-a685-6abf90a5b803/IMG_0198.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/4a64e37f-7c54-47c4-8186-e9604357bebc/IMG_0081.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip The college chapels are absolutely incredible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/06c5ccf9-0c82-42cb-8149-49ac82113650/IMG_0025.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip The architecture of Budapest is stunning. 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I wish we had the Tube where I lived! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/03a70079-ebd2-46de-9002-2f636dd9dd36/IMG_0046.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip This is the Round Church, constructed in 1130. It amazes me that something constructed nearly a thousand years ago is still in daily use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/10014cf3-ed03-49a5-99ed-c6ef91606e65/IMG_0033.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/3160a7e6-c411-4b5d-8820-70f67122f535/IMG_0350.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip The gate into Buckingham Palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/b7a86580-2efa-4d19-bd04-b6afc13945dc/IMG_0121.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/6d83dd98-4d3b-4ff4-9b94-6d262835e911/IMG_0034.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/6e95c0fd-30fe-4aaa-b7c1-e95f6c05e338/IMG_0352.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/9e0b639a-8ed6-462c-a785-87e2cc184dcb/IMG_0063.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/3f148c8f-1be8-41e0-b7c5-ffafb6a7d66d/IMG_0797.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip There's a random castle in the middle of a park in the city. Definitely add this to the list if you ever visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/9662aad5-9899-4db8-b378-cf9e378ae20d/IMG_0338.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip Buckingham Palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/2a4392cc-f083-4f88-b2cb-5e393754bdac/IMG_0100.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip This small tree is believed to be the apple tree Isaac Newton sat under and first thought of the Law of Gravity. For Americans like myself, being in a place that has been around this long and seen so many incredible minds and world-defining discoveries is hard to put into words. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/c188b410-cf16-41b9-88d9-9d624a09d95e/IMG_0754.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip The inside of the castle was stunning. I was surprised that a building this magnificent was almost entirely empty; we explored it for an afternoon and saw almost no one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/75ecd081-7e40-4ed1-a56a-05c31348e254/IMG_0317.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/3d568473-c6bc-43e7-812c-8774f3d61d3c/IMG_0103.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/73987a08-f8ed-4650-a125-6b64a10fb390/IMG_0790.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/2bec7ed8-1773-4064-9baa-64e954d304dd/IMG_0224.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/a1829be1-0bbf-4dc3-96de-1ddd67cb1978/IMG_0735.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip Climbing up one of the castle towers. I have a video on my YouTube channel if you want to see what this was like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/631ebdf9-25b9-445c-a422-0e27e43ee43b/IMG_0221.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/44cdd625-9a0e-4aa9-bfc2-b92f9e340332/IMG_0725.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip The view from the top of the tower; the entire castle and park is surrounded by a moat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/15b908de-645d-43dd-a440-70b9ba72d8dd/IMG_0241.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip All Hallows by the Tower is the oldest church in London, founded in 675AD. William Penn was baptized and educated here, before going to America and founding Pennsylvania. It is located right down the street from Tower Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/1bea01d6-5da5-465b-bd48-ccd1e25eb169/IMG_0728.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/3a11046b-2508-4347-9540-2baa936fde16/IMG_0293.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/22c7d0e5-249e-4950-8273-4ea8f3b575b8/IMG_0741.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/bd4ccf9b-f821-4bdb-8576-c16260426bb2/IMG_0279.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip Westminster Abby is huge. Sadly, they were closing when we got there, and we weren't in London long enough to come back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/e5378c17-1a0d-4624-9144-0fbb5ae8d058/IMG_0732.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/7c32d614-7ac1-46e9-a0a9-fc16737519ce/IMG_0264.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/5a1b89b8-fbc1-41cb-bf36-b1605144348c/IMG_0769.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/4d596814-79a2-4f48-a1f1-8e8da212b933/IMG_0008.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip The River Thames, one of the most consequential rivers in Western history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/6e3a967a-adb9-4622-a874-39d5c03c8882/IMG_0750.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/1ea41c77-7fb3-4f0c-97f8-cec3c21f9573/IMG_0721.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/eac94454-d540-49ac-ad25-e9571e5a1201/IMG_0710.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip Inside the castle courtyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/69d48571-2f17-4e72-9dad-a4a3d5095569/IMG_0711.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/02d14571-55d3-421a-89ba-197d55a3c573/IMG_1027.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/ebdde335-cc63-413b-855c-618fff02080d/IMG_0090.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/e35b78ee-3907-4d07-bb63-621db836d01b/IMG_0828.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/301dbd60-eb75-445e-aedd-ba92a049ce97/IMG_1024.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip This is the Hungarian Parliament Building. It is incredibly massive and I can't imagine building this back in the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/f2a25978-20fc-42d7-87c8-a8c18f9defa6/IMG_1034.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/4d65cdc8-dcee-4cc2-87ed-21859c978e82/IMG_0089.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/ce77f448-ec8d-4ae4-8e2f-b3c7e7c0cc90/IMG_0762.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/03b5f91c-c40c-47e8-bb5c-77093b2143f8/IMG_0819.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/2ca650e0-df7a-47ce-9443-da2e8f995518/IMG_1047.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/d391530c-1062-4830-8a00-659b425abafc/IMG_0760.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/6b09f93e-fb80-4102-9d69-3180a8e9db1a/IMG_0095.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/7b269485-6a5c-4b01-880f-bc69b91f94c4/IMG_9992.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/df0829cd-e22f-44f7-8ca1-beaf5f4c71ff/IMG_9998.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip Cathedrals reaching to the heavens.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/28640cc6-576f-4273-8e3d-e3bb9c8fd565/IMG_9976.jpg Photos - The Pandemic Trip The inner courtyard to the apartment building we stayed in. https://reaganschrock.com/photos/petra monthly 0.5 2022-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/c42e6579-5c59-482d-ac15-ac5b5d598ea2/IMG_0073.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan Going on adventures in desert canyons is just so much fun. This very narrow canyon was the only access point to the city of Petra. It is still paved with original stones from 2,000 years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/f42ca4e9-e76e-4827-9d45-07d8fe023b6b/IMG_0345.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/b40ed817-d556-4b6d-b647-839b74bb565a/IMG_0375+copy.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan I was unprepared for just how massive the Treasury is. The level of preservation, and the fact its carved directly out of the cliff face, is astounding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/e5c1f12a-817c-40ec-bd39-f13c369580ad/IMG_0382.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/ce624f39-f0f5-469e-b268-26bff3c4e672/IMG_0511.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/218d0c1d-a528-4448-91f1-73144582b5c4/IMG_0553.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan The ruins of this civilization goes on for quite a ways, with innumerable houses and temples carved into the cliff faces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/3f8c6d10-1123-4663-a027-1d0757bf27fe/IMG_0010.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/e7fe99e5-cf49-47a2-80b2-5ecd65bfad58/IMG_0578.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan These gargantuan temples on the opposite side of the valley look like something that belongs on another planet. And that this could have been made 2,000 years ago is hard for me to wrap my mind around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/8874ca05-cead-4fc4-a417-8c39108d1fd1/IMG_0580.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan Here you can see some people for reference of just how large these carving are. That's an unspeakable amount of rock that had to be removed and formed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/90868e57-472c-4d12-a43e-8e82b232d7c1/IMG_0584.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan A theater; the natural color of the rock quite vivid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/5c7104b0-ca97-4130-9051-ac9bd7cd9d6e/IMG_0589.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/6aa380ca-e264-478f-8aec-edcb09b67b2d/IMG_0606.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan When we visited it was only a few days before the COVID lockdowns went into place. We had the honor of being the only ones at the Treasury as the sun was setting. Seeing it without all the tourists was something that is quite rare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/41a7d478-0fc6-4c8c-80b9-cc3a344c4f1b/IMG_0694.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/024cb149-3738-41bc-bce8-e449d82ce25c/IMG_0618.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan The only entryway into Petra. The cliffs got quite narrow a several points, making it secure from attack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/4e44c2fa-ca54-44d1-9f37-a2a9074ee880/IMG_0390.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/523ee676-e6f0-416c-a47b-a5e3bc3bb784/IMG_0530.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/57ed7f7b-79ef-48f7-b8e3-1bf131f9a7f2/IMG_0538.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/2e0eab5d-124b-4907-b489-0bf961fa71cb/IMG_0646.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/fd65d586-e836-4716-bb86-4912261d5778/IMG_0455+copy.jpg Photos - Petra, Jordan https://reaganschrock.com/photos/ancientruins monthly 0.5 2021-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/355ce7c9-87cf-45af-b47c-ecad69042d00/IMG_0589.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins Some of the many houses at Petra, carved into the cliffside. These are roughly 2,000 years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/aac9b0a4-a954-45ca-ac8a-ac1f7e8cf280/IMG_0375+copy.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins The famous Treasury at Petra. It was much larger than I expected! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/a93a6ec5-d8e3-4e9e-94db-96edd2939562/IMG_0390.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins Its incredible that this much detail has survived in the carvings after thousands of years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/94e43602-3f4a-4e2f-9712-8a48946e454c/IMG_0578.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins I think exploring ancient desert ruins with my wife is my favorite thing to do. She's amazing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/9c681f75-3cb3-492f-b728-5f99557ac33b/IMG_0530.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins The scale of what the people of Petra carved out of the cliffs was on a level I was not ready for. The sheer amount of will and work it would take to literally form cliffs to your vision of reality is something I had a hard time imagining. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/e71c5f5b-d084-4496-b0c5-3ac43adab1c7/IMG_0538.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/f3f87c8f-dec6-4fbf-aaf3-ce403c1b0474/IMG_0618.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/e245a085-285b-4eb3-8da7-082fa1211852/IMG_0455+copy.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/656b7690-2ff7-4d8b-aa81-bae52cb0a78c/IMG_0690.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins One of the temples in the city of Petra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/61dc1d0a-25dd-40e5-9562-aa42fbabc020/IMG_4142.JPG Photos - Ancient Ruins A Roman theater in Amman, Jordan, from about 100 years after Jesus. It's quite steep and originally could have accommodated 5,000 people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/6c2626af-81f8-406a-a638-2c4f57fb1745/IMG_6506.JPG Photos - Ancient Ruins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/95b5d25e-970e-4097-a5e2-be28fc486ae9/IMG_4139.JPG Photos - Ancient Ruins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/0ca64048-d216-46fc-a72b-2b75e65c8693/IMG_0867.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins The Citadel, in Amman, Jordan. It sits atop one of the seven original hills in Amman, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited places. It was part of many great civilizations; these ruins are from the Roman era. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/824b5050-9443-4ee6-91f0-60e7545afe69/IMG_0842.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/5f6c0a93-4d30-42c4-8233-8ccd0b30a70a/IMG_1028.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins This is the oldest map of Palestine in existence. It is a mosaic that is part of the floor at S. George's Church in Jordan, and is from roughly 560AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/9c25c738-4b04-41a3-b69f-c32828b7ee44/IMG_0911.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/ed6191a5-1f04-49fa-b699-89fbf1805ee5/IMG_0226+copy.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins Assyrian carvings in northern Iraq. These are roughly 2,600 years old, and feature some of their gods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/1308f0b3-7098-42ba-992d-34fb4fe46613/IMG_0234+copy.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins This god is believed to have something to do with power over natural elements; note him holding lighting bolts. The level of preservation is amazing, considering this is not a protected site and is open to the weather and vandals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/1a6017f2-f905-4820-b2b8-627e2ae48473/IMG_0242+copy.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/e1ae5183-1641-4291-9b7e-25c11eebde54/IMG_0246.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins The thought that someone climbed this mountain 600 years before Jesus came to earth, intricately carved these animals, and here we are today still admiring them is fascinating to me. I love history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/3fabe0b1-0299-45bd-aaf8-efdc2fae6060/IMG_0257+copy.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins This is Sennacherib, a prominent figure in various Biblical prophecy passages, notably Isaiah. The Assyrians invaded Israel and the captives were taken back to this part of northern Iraq, forever becoming lost in history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/feee9022-2de9-4f30-b1f6-5bcd5588ea6c/IMG_0348+copy.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins These stones once formed an aqueduct from the mountains of Iraq, taking the water down into the plains and to the city of Nineveh. There are hundreds of thousands of stones, and much of the aqueduct remains unexcavated to this day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/5836f958-8ebc-4746-8ea7-d44eeff9601e/IMG_0328+copy.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins Despite being 2,600 years old, the cuneiform is still very clear. Archeologists have translated this, and the text is the king of Assyrian bragging about how he's basically the greatest thing ever. Typical tyrant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/8a323884-4210-4fcb-a6a6-6a98fab11b32/IMG_0355+copy.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/6c9c485a-a4b7-49d0-a5ee-57520647cc03/IMG_0066.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins An ancient monastery in northern Iraq, overlooking the Nineveh Plains and the village where Nahum the prophet is said to be buried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/e195f975-db10-4a63-9e45-6a157d6c4088/IMG_0061.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins The monastary has many rooms carved straight into the side of the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/ee31d796-761f-4d27-a358-9d1f8dd1d6be/IMG_0064.jpg Photos - Ancient Ruins https://reaganschrock.com/photos/austria monthly 0.5 2021-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/775bbf10-b481-4118-b070-e863b025eba5/20210810_103614687_iOS.jpg Photos - Austria & Alps On the way to Austria we had flight issues and were stuck in Paris for a few hours. So of course we explored the city and checked up on Notre Dame to see how the reconstruction is coming along. Looks pretty good compared to what happened to it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/3f260ff6-37c1-422a-9b1c-9e25b0b7a00f/20210811_131545136_iOS.jpg Photos - Austria & Alps Looking out our apartment window. Vienna was probably the quietest and cleanest city I have ever been to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/ecf2409a-8cda-4a57-a8c1-706a7e14f7e1/20210812_111220995_iOS.jpg Photos - Austria & Alps Towering cathedrals are common in Vienna. Our human sense of scale can hardly comprehend building something this massive, and turns our minds to the divine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/9794abaa-3314-49be-808b-9ff5289764b1/20210814_172227383_iOS.jpg Photos - Austria & Alps This beautiful church was right next to our apartment. Its amazing to think about people having worshiped in this space for the last nine hundred years! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/65e9d9b0-12d1-4023-b8d8-1310d1e68f34/IMG_2840.JPG Photos - Austria & Alps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/e853ee5e-6642-482a-aa41-64d2c3af584a/IMG_2843.jpg Photos - Austria & Alps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/1755f982-bfeb-461a-b519-7a0c6981101e/IMG_2959.JPG Photos - Austria & Alps These double doors were the entryway into a courtyard in the 1600s. They were specifically this tall so they could drive carriages inside. It is now a coffee shop (which easily serves the best coffee we've ever had, too). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/e55b7e4c-041b-40db-8d78-9be9636185f4/20210815_083254858_iOS.jpg Photos - Austria & Alps All packed and ready to leave the apartment for the Alps! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/065ea74a-eae0-47e6-9d0a-1629b7f13dd2/20210818_062409670_iOS.jpg Photos - Austria & Alps A glimpse of the mountains through the clouds. This is looking across from another peak that's over seven thousand feet, so this mountain must be fairly tall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/b1b19d19-98a0-4e74-831e-c8c6af969da7/20211020_173048427_iOS.jpg Photos - Austria & Alps We took our drone up with us and the footage from on top of these mountains is incredible. Definitely worth packing in! (I made a video about it; click the photo to view.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/11014f7e-fb3a-4759-9e0f-b41fe7a5b22f/20211129_152936000_iOS.jpg Photos - Austria & Alps A castle just over the border into Liechtenstein. I made a video here, about the interesting history of this place (watch by clicking on the photo). https://reaganschrock.com/photos/slovenia monthly 0.5 2021-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/1ef7c92a-0233-4b45-b07e-43763fcd84ac/IMG_3022.JPG Photos - Slovenia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/733971b9-8b47-4d13-8cb5-12c27b63ef04/IMG_3024.JPG Photos - Slovenia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/f26fed87-e12a-4254-903a-350d6f0ce658/IMG_3015.JPG Photos - Slovenia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/b76460c9-df99-45d7-88ea-740bb07ec125/IMG_3018.JPG Photos - Slovenia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/7920f774-8838-47e0-908f-be17924d9aff/IMG_3021.JPG Photos - Slovenia https://reaganschrock.com/photos/nature monthly 0.5 2022-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/5c796f2b-996a-4f47-81ca-b6ac46813336/IMG_0416.JPG Photos - Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/13a4b384-b656-444d-a1d4-af9c14835c39/IMG_1237.JPG Photos - Nature A storm blowing in, just after my brother-in-law landed his plane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/a18eb792-b1f4-47b2-bbfc-78940d5310a2/IMG_0197.jpg Photos - Nature We live close to the Tennesse Smoky Mountains. This is from atop of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/872dcd50-fabf-44e7-a3cc-59645d173e21/IMG_0200.jpg Photos - Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/e30196fa-2869-4174-ab96-2da5754dd1ac/IMG_2834.jpg Photos - Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/a024dd46-8f49-4b20-a578-9bbe851958c1/IMG_3126.jpg Photos - Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/40d68bb2-ea47-4d66-bea4-fe74b66b47c4/IMG_3242.jpg Photos - Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/fbe07691-b9d1-4d21-9d6d-ca63f5f096ce/IMG_0086+copy.jpg Photos - Nature My brother Jon, while exploring what fall in Tennessee has to offer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/3e0b3403-8454-42a1-9408-201cb9e9ff46/IMG_3876.JPG Photos - Nature During one of the trainings we help with, I got a helicopter ride over the valley where we live. Tennessee is beautiful! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/af7909d7-4abb-4ed8-b1c6-ff0f8721a4c0/20161017_064254805_iOS.jpg Photos - Nature Looking out over the desert near Masada, Israel. So desolate, but with its own beauty just the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/da8cc23d-a374-46ac-93ee-406a4fa1a54e/IMG_0188.JPG Photos - Nature A typical spring day a short drive from my house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/e30b6513-bc46-4897-b3bd-f48ce2783e10/IMG_0293.JPG Photos - Nature This is an overlook we like to take friends to see, and its a great camping spot. If you're ever in Tennessee, have a local show you how to get up here; its well worth the steep climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/69e80614-9e99-44e9-887e-4e1545e4ec0e/IMG_9622.JPG Photos - Nature The beach outside Monrovia, Liberia. Despite its beauty it hasn't been developed, and there's no tourism here at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/6e1e01b9-80d7-4ad6-9ec5-ed3e243b6744/IMG_0399.JPG Photos - Nature Galveston, Texas. Well worth getting up in time for sunrise! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/bc8dfdea-41e1-4acf-8005-8846bd80fccb/IMG_0483.jpg Photos - Nature Redwoods: nature's cathedrals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/adfa4715-9975-4165-9ebb-3cbaf02391f4/IMG_0506.jpg Photos - Nature Its hard to wrap our minds around how tall a redwood is. Some of these reach over 300 feet and are over 1,400 years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/f616c093-6dd1-48a3-b878-120ab1cf0f6b/20210818_062409670_iOS.jpg Photos - Nature The Alps, western Austria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/1d2316a1-b093-4ad4-ad3e-4e6011ca2da0/20211020_173048427_iOS.jpg Photos - Nature Flying my drone in the Alps is probably one of the best decisions I've ever made. These mountains are indescribable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/8535053e-11bc-42cb-9e61-0e1398d51d3d/20211020_173048670_iOS.jpg Photos - Nature A trail winding up to the summit of Golmer Joch, a 7,000 foot mountain in the Alps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/5ec45c41-c894-4cd3-abbb-21f961b3809b/20211122_211236000_iOS.jpg Photos - Nature The mountain range opposite the valley of where we stayed in Austria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/49d559bd-20e0-485b-afdb-c742fbf5dc43/IMG_0084.jpg Photos - Nature Looking down over the Nineveh Plains of northern Iraq. Mosul (ancient Nineveh) is about 25 miles across the plain. This is the same region the prophets Jonah and Nahum were called to preach; Nahum is said to be buried in the village you can see at the foot of the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/9fe53231-6a33-40b2-b2d2-8cc1cae4be8b/IMG_0154.jpg Photos - Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/33cb6124-11bc-4d9a-bc15-660c1089cf6e/IMG_0207.jpg Photos - Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/289ffaba-cb93-4fe0-9259-df827b88e551/IMG_0388.jpg Photos - Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/e9d31430-a819-4ca2-8651-bae1776373ab/IMG_0688.jpg Photos - Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/3f41afb7-d184-4b6f-aaae-cbab71a7fd33/IMG_0650.jpg Photos - Nature Half Dome (and Yosemite in general) is worth every minute. I wasn't expecting these formations on such a giant scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/cbe55b19-34b6-44bc-8c76-ff651e5fba8a/IMG_0718.jpg Photos - Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/c48f4edf-b67c-412d-85f4-0f3b113f8871/IMG_0256.jpg Photos - Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/408be45b-bd97-4048-8eb4-a97b4adeb585/IMG_0368.jpg Photos - Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/226e65d7-cfbd-4417-8907-c9c2e93ec095/IMG_0636.jpg Photos - Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/33535c73-74a9-4aa7-b845-401c2dc6d625/IMG_0727-Pano.jpg Photos - Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/8ba2ed8d-26d7-4dd1-9de1-1ec1e1fed158/20210915_235120280_iOS.jpg Photos - Nature Sometimes we do training in the mountains with the nonprofit I helped start. It's a ton of fun and I love showing people the incredible beauty that's only a few minutes from where I live. Here we're taking a group of aid workers on a wilderness and medical drill in the Smokey Mountains. https://reaganschrock.com/photos/iraq-travels monthly 0.5 2021-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/83225dd4-9724-4643-b329-73f8e7735e32/IMG_0367.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels There's nothing like a vivid Iraqi sunset! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/97394b7e-90ea-47cb-9373-45e561c6c9ce/IMG_0184.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels I think my wife is pretty amazing, willing to travel with me to places like Iraq. We love traveling together! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/31017290-2047-46c6-94c7-dd916a7af754/IMG_0102.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/d4a73506-240b-4044-96c1-6d1689e1f519/IMG_0148.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/e0b5a09c-3180-4ba7-9254-1bf3e97e616b/IMG_0113.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/b736cd79-b1d1-4742-bb4c-9d1d55891421/IMG_0123.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/59a537cd-aa05-4951-97a7-ca58abcc9288/IMG_0125.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/c7902a45-bd5b-4d52-b71e-f91bd945f33a/IMG_0207.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels Overlooking one of the cities near where I travel to as part of the work for the nonprofit I help with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/0c472b36-9b64-436a-88d5-41e5547d8ef6/IMG_0277.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/f2a3adf3-cd1f-4428-a1ae-fd892c1fafe4/IMG_0295.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/097ccdce-9775-44f1-b929-f2cf40d1982d/IMG_0206-Pano+copy.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/be58b56d-0e82-49b6-a4fd-463b65dc8d41/IMG_0226+copy.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels Iraq is the center of some of the oldest records we have of civilization. This region was once part of the Assyrian empire, and this cliff face is carved with their gods. It was made around 2,600 years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/58515f6f-85e4-415b-adb4-a96657b8ecce/IMG_0257+copy.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels This figure is Sennacherib, the Assyrian king who had the carvings made and is also a key figure in several of the Biblical prophets such as Isaiah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/9367c4cf-f623-4c7e-8c2c-0e5c195b8889/IMG_0304.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels One of many camps for those internally displaced by the war with ISIS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/2a1bbb1d-950f-49df-8d9b-0d2587f472f6/IMG_0329.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels Many people think of Iraq as dry and barren, but in the spring some parts are positively lush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/4660da3e-d41e-47c6-b156-224a035382ea/IMG_9904.JPG Photos - Iraq Travels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/8778b6e3-ffa1-4a09-9153-d0eb0cdf8a13/IMG_0036.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels An ancient Christian monastery. This room is carved from inside a mountain! The amount of work to make this is hard for my modern mind to grasp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/64cb207b-8d92-452c-a696-01699c5f121a/IMG_0066.jpg Photos - Iraq Travels Overlook from one of the oldest monasteries in the world. This has been in continual use for roughly 1,400 years, and is quite large, with many rooms carved into the mountainside for the monks. With the invasion of ISIS it has started falling into disrepair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/00d0c81b-5b39-4468-9645-1f802d852a5c/IMG_9536.JPG Photos - Iraq Travels Many parts of Iraq still look like this, having been destroyed by the war with ISIS. There is much work to be done still. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/94bb34db-1b86-4779-b92b-93a0619b74e5/IMG_9542.JPG Photos - Iraq Travels War is so destructive. We are trying to bring peace and restoration to a place that had seen far too much violence and death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/1290fd67-c964-4721-971c-5e0485bfbcac/IMG_6344.JPG Photos - Iraq Travels Filming another video from atop an Iraqi mountain. I've made more videos in this country then any other place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/eda1c427-4bbb-4a56-b129-fdb430a3dfaa/IMG_6577.JPG Photos - Iraq Travels https://reaganschrock.com/photos/nature-jjaw7 monthly 0.5 2022-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/473373a1-4a15-4742-b5c4-113a04d3173c/IMG_0288.jpg Photos - American West Coast The wildness of this place was so delightful. And the sunsets are unbeatable. I could live here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/fc35302b-d414-43c5-b179-4a3b21172d95/IMG_0155.jpg Photos - American West Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/8c66a2eb-6108-4fac-baee-91be25c74a59/IMG_0170.jpg Photos - American West Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/55c13030-a400-47d4-9449-57e570b88f3a/IMG_0217.jpg Photos - American West Coast Apparently your not supposed to climb this formation; it was right on the ocean so if you fall down you'd be toast. If the fall didn't kill you the waves crashing you into the rocks would. So I came back down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/1a427d53-d46d-40fe-9694-247470819b5a/IMG_0291.jpg Photos - American West Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/57ff3051-e001-4956-8446-043b44d5f33c/IMG_0319.jpg Photos - American West Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/21069c9c-6a79-4c7d-b154-6352e2b83638/IMG_0368.jpg Photos - American West Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/db9c562e-0b3c-4c17-846a-185f4e20cc7e/IMG_0379.jpg Photos - American West Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/d2548e56-d359-4019-a41c-51130ac767b1/IMG_0389.jpg Photos - American West Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/bf478e58-1015-43e8-b52c-7e8c0ece6002/IMG_0245-Pano.jpg Photos - American West Coast Miles and miles of wildness. We spent our days in a cabin in a redwoods forest, only a few minutes from this incredible coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/a4bb3599-dd1f-4036-b34b-622e10269ee6/IMG_0363.jpg Photos - American West Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/3668ecec-9add-4307-9677-096745594f2c/IMG_0344.jpg Photos - American West Coast And of course, these travels are only as good as the people you take with you. My wife Patricia makes these adventures worth it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/b90d9fef-7f95-408e-968b-129c32bc1dfa/IMG_0130.jpg Photos - American West Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/9c7d62dc-cf44-4704-8842-5b10cfd3b8d3/IMG_0605.jpg Photos - American West Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/79ebff43-2aca-44ed-a0e7-03dbf137e960/IMG_0617.jpg Photos - American West Coast It's hard to describe just how big these cliffs are. I can't begin to communicate it; you just need to go here yourself. Yosemite definitely lives up to the hype. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/2a74d265-1a6a-4dd0-bf15-1cc32ff13e96/IMG_0633.jpg Photos - American West Coast The famous Half Dome. One day I want to climb to the top of this thing.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/48d9ac33-fc78-4b7b-baf1-90c261a2e912/IMG_0727-Pano.jpg Photos - American West Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/a73a864d-b252-4f07-8c1b-dc1eb34451b2/IMG_0716.jpg Photos - American West Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/ad53e56f-a85c-432c-8907-3250560ea01d/IMG_0750.jpg Photos - American West Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/16d76293-ef1b-4630-aae4-6c9b550a4178/IMG_0482.jpg Photos - American West Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/8d5139bf-2a68-41a9-b08d-05801fde358d/IMG_0497.jpg Photos - American West Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/619e8a636e3cda0e0e8b780b/a24dcaba-51ff-41e7-85d2-4792190d178e/IMG_0506.jpg Photos - American West Coast It's hard to communicate just how big a redwood is. These are hundreds of feet tall and thousands of years old.