Went to Mission Peak over last weekend...about 4 hours hike to and fro...the views are fantastic as usual...so different from hikes in Singapore when you mostly see trees and more trees....the terrain here is truly amazing...

....will be going Death Valley over the weekend....apparantly it's the lowest point in the western hemisphere....http://www.nps.gov/deva/....and it's a desert....a contrast to all the snowy places i have been...