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🔗 United States Trip 2024

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In the summer of 2024, after a difficult year since the October 7 events in Israel and the war that followed, I felt I needed some rest. As I had already completed my journey of visiting all of the National Parks in the Contiguous United States some years back, and mostly wanted to rest, I decided to take a different approach this time. I rented an apartment in the small city of Walla Walla in Washington for a month with the main objective of relaxing. I continued to work (remotely) as normal, and travelled during the weekends.

After that first month, I spent a few days in Boise, Idaho, before continuing to Salt Lake City, Utah, were I rented another apartment for a couple of weeks. I spent the last two weeks of the trip in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Los Angeles, California, where I visited friends.

I had an incredible time on the trip, which included several beautiful nature preserves, music concerts (Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, Descendents), comedy shows (Nick Swardson), a car show, a balloon festival, and more. Mostly, though, I really enjoyed living in Walla Walla for a while, and found myself missing it after I left.

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Site of Fort Walla Walla on the Columbia River, Washington, 2024-09-01 The cosy apartment I rented in Walla Walla, Washington, 2024-09-02 On the Columbia River, next to Wallula Junction, Washington, 2024-09-06 View of the Columbia River from Twin Sisters Rock next to Wallula Junction, Washington, 2024-09-06 Palouse Falls State Park, Washington, 2024-09-06 Southeast Washington State is full of expansive wheat fields, 2024-09-06 Wheelin' Walla Walla vintage car show in Walla Walla, Washington, 2024-09-06 Vintage cars lining up Walla Walla's Main Street during the Wheelin' Walla Walla event, 2024-09-07 Feathery visitor at the Wheelin' Walla Walla event, 2024-09-07 Owners displaying their cars often presented books and photo-albums showing their restoration work on their cars Some owners decorated their cars with various Americana items I particularly enjoyed looking at the hood ornaments of the cars Sunflowers grow in abundance in Walla Walla, Washington, 2024-09-09 Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park in Washington, 2024-09-13 A very steep climb provides a view of the dry falls and lake from one side, 2024-09-13 On the other side, a barren view surprises the hiker, 2024-09-13 With Halloween approaching, farms in the Walla Walla area are selling a lot of pumpkins, 2024-09-19 Jubilee Lake in Umatilla Nationa Forest, Oregon, 2024-09-20 View of the mountains from a rest stop on the way northwest to Seattle, Washington, 2024-09-22 Still-active 1936 gas pumps in Ellensburg, Washington; featured in the TV series Twin Peaks, 2024-09-22 The Double R Cafe from the TV series Twin Peaks (now called Twede's Cafe) in North Bend, Washington, 2024-09-22 Snoqualmie Falls in Snoqualmie, Washington, also featured in Twin Peaks, 2024-09-22 Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, 2024-09-24 Expansive views in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, 2024-09-24 The moon rises above the mountains in Mount Rainier National Park, 2024-09-24 Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, 2024-09-24 View of Mount Rainier, Washington, 2024-09-24 Friendly chipmunk in Mount Rainier National Park, 2024-09-24 Closer view of Mount Rainier, 2024-09-24 Hot air balloons in Prosser, Washington's Balloon Rally, 2024-09-28 Some balloons featured uncommon designs. Prosser, Washington, 2024-09-28 Balloons in the Prosser Ballon Rally, Washington, 2024-09-28 Rowers in the Yakima River in Prosser, Washington, 2024-09-28 Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, 2024-10-03 Layers of ancient lava in Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, 2024-10-03 Arco, a tiny city in Idaho, claims to be the first city in the world to be lit by atomic power, 2024-10-03 Taking the tram to the Snowbird ski resort outside Salt Lake City, Utah, 2024-10-05 Libery Park in Salt Lake City, Utah, 2024-10-09 The mountains set an impressive backdrop in Taylorsville, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City, 2024-10-09 Bird in Antelope Island State Park, in the Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2024-10-11 Bisons roam Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2024-10-11 Beautiful reflections in the Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2024-10-11 Native American Fair in Salt Lake City, Utah, 2024-10-12 Native American Fair in Salt Lake City, Utah, 2024-10-12 Beautiful handmade piece in the Native American Fair that sold for $16,000 Snagged a beautiful painting of an Arizona landscape by painter Kaylee Rakowski at the Salt Lake City Flee Market, 2024-10-13 Fall colors in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Utah, 2024-10-15 Beautiful Steller's Jay in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Utah, 2024-10-15 Gloria Falls in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Utah, 2024-10-15 Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Utah, 2024-10-15 Surprise blizzard blanketed Utah in snow, 2024-10-18 Driving into thick fog and blowing snow in Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah, 2024-10-19 Visiting the Kolob Canyons section of Zion National Park, Utah, 2024-10-20 Visiting the Kolob Canyons section of Zion National Park, Utah, 2024-10-20 Halloween decorations in Los Angeles, California, 2024-10-31