People in the Streets

I know the grass is always greener on the other side but, guys, just when I thought you couldn't improve upon the mall food court I go to Europe and find out that they have OUTDOOR food courts EVERYWHERE. People. Everywhere. Outside. Eating. The best.

Left: A Piazza in Rome Right: The best thing ever, A German beer garden (don't worry we only ate oversized pretzels)

That smile says it all. The streets of Berlin.

Berlin

Even at night Berlin was off the chain.

Market in Amsterdam. Best mini pancakes ever, more on those later.

Market in Rome

Streets of Florence. I wish Whitney's shirt matched the shirts of the ladies on her left.

Beer Garden in Munich

Mammoth High Country

"The realities of nature surpass our most ambitious dreams" - Francois Rodin

I hit up Mammoth high country last weekend with the Adams brothers. Every year I get that itch to get lost in the wilderness. That itch is quickly satisfied when the combination of the altitude, overpacked backpack, fear of bears, and lack of 7-11's catches up to me. Whitney slipped the quote above into my pack before the trip. I couldn't think of a more appropriate quote for some of the things we encountered on the hike.

Greg was the smartest one. He made his pack lighter by burning all of his dirty shirts and socks along the way.

If you look hard you can see Greg and I on the ridge. At this point I was already cursing bringing the world's heaviest camera lens.

Greg fishing at Thousand Island Lake. Banner Peak looming in the background.

Banner Peak at sunrise.

I'm acting like the king of the world in the pic. In reality I wanted to curl up into the fetal position and surrender.

Left - Shadow Lake     Right - Banner Peak / Thousand Island lake 

My graceful jump at Badger Lakes.

Left - Brothers in the same position at camp     Right - post-hike blank stare

Idaho Spud

Idaho Spud, a photo by Bret Baker on Flickr.