I love engineering, but I also love getting away from my desk, exploring national parks ⛰️, taking photos, hiking, stargazing, and going on long drives with friends.
Explore some of the places I’ve visited and the photos I’ve taken along the way.🗺️
Around the Bay 🌉
The trip route · Click to enlarge
Desert Highways & Canyon Rims
1,760+ miles across 3 states (California, Nevada, and Arizona) over 3 nights.
Friday Night: San Francisco to Bakersfield Saturday: Valley of Fire & Las Vegas Sunday: Grand Canyon National Park Monday: The Mojave Desert & back to San Francisco
Grand Canyon National Park
All of that was carved by a river!
Valley of Fire
Red sandstone and winding roads. Feels like Mars.
Las Vegas 🎰
The Sphere is AWESOME!
Mojave Desert
I told my friend I didn't need sunscreen 😬.
Yosemite National Park
Granite cliffs, waterfalls, and trails through the seasons.
Death Valley National Park ☠️ 🌌
Amazing colorful rocks, strange landscapes, and a next-level night sky.
The trip route · Click to enlarge
The Great Western Drive: Red-rocks 🏜️ 🚗
2,100+ miles across 4 states (California, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada) over 4 nights.
Thursday Night: San Francisco to Bakersfield Friday: Sedona & Monument Valley Saturday: Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend & Bryce Canyon Sunday: Zion National Park & The Nevada Desert Monday: Yosemite National Park & Home
Monument Valley
I thought it was a good idea to start off-roading with my 2008 Honda Accord (and it sure was) ❤️ Japanese cars.
Antelope Canyon & Horseshoe Bend
Microsoft Windows wallpapers in real life!
Bryce Canyon National Park
Hoodoos!
Zion National Park
This is my favorite national park! Hiking upstream through the Narrows is such a fun experience.
Yosemite National Park
Interesting change of scenery from desert to snow and mountains in the same day.
The drive
The roadside stops and everything between the parks.
Hawaii 🌋 🤿 🐠
Saw an eruption forecast, told two coworkers, and we booked same-day tickets to fly out Thursday. Long live unlimited PTO!
Ocean & Tropical Hawaii
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
The floor is lava (literally).
Los Angeles 🌴 🏖️
Big Sur 🌊
The kind of coastal drive where the stops are just as good as the destination.
Tahoe 🏔️ 🛶
Clear glacier water, a scenic hike, and a cute bear hanging out in the parking lot.
Lassen Volcanic National Park🌋
A grueling climb through loose, sinking volcanic rock that kept filling my shoes.
Austin & Chicago 🤠 🏙️
Turned a company flight for the new Austin office opening party into a multi-stop adventure by adding layovers to explore new places (and it was actually cheaper!).
Austin 🤠
Chicago
ChatGPT, I have a 7-hour layover including transit time and TSA. What can I explore and still make it to my flight?
July 4th · Happy 250 🦅🎆
Pinnacles National Park
Redwoods National Park
Looking up a lot. These trees have a way of making everything else feel a little smaller.
The trip route · Click to enlarge
The Great Southern Drive · San Francisco to Austin 🚗 🌵
Moving to the new Austin office: a 2,000+-mile drive across 4 states (California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas) over 3 nights.
Friday Night: San Francisco to Bakersfield (my favorite pass-through town 😂). Saturday: Joshua Tree National Park and Tucson, AZ. Sunday: Saguaro National Park, Nuclear Missile Silo museum, and White Sands National Park. Monday: Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and Austin, TX.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park 🦇
Breathtaking views!
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
Saguaro National Park
Titan Nuclear ☢️ Missile
Experienced a nuclear launch simulation—kinda overwhelming, but I guess M.A.D. is keeping us safe.
White Sands National Park
Pictures don't do this place justice. The sand is snow-white!
Starbase 🚀 ⭐
I got to witness Flight 13 of Starship! That thing is huuuuugeee.
Longhorn nation 🤘 🏈
Keep Austin weird.
New York 🗽 🏙️
Closing out an incredible internship with a few days exploring New York.
Mount Rainier National Park 🍂
Back at school, but still making time for mountain views and a little autumn color.
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
Morocco
Little trip with my friends to Morocco.
Cities
Desert 🐪
France
Carcassonne 🏰
Stone walls and walks through the old city.
Normandy
Road trip from Paris to Étretat, the WW2 D-Day landing beaches, and Mont-Saint-Michel.
Paris
Needless to say, Paris has great architecture.
Italy
Flying from Morocco to Western Canada was $550 extra, so I did a 3-day layover in Italy, spent under $400, and actually saved money. God bless Ryanair.
Florence
The entire city is an open-air museum.
Rome
Got an engineering tour of the city. Damn, the Romans were ahead of their time.
