I didn’t take many photos in Las Vegas because I was working... but this photo encapsulates the mood of Vegas: you can’t sit down unless you have money. Seats are a privilege — not a right — in a city like Vegas.

Sequioa National Park and the world’s largest tree, known as General Sherman

Half dome, Yosemite

San Francisco

Fancy dinner time at the (former) Ahwahnee. Amazing dining hall, it’s like Hogwarts with more cultural appropriation.

The beer in San Francisco is good. We checked.