I Went to the Getty!

There were pretty buildings, and fountains, and funny looking trees:

I enjoyed the artwork, even though they would not let me take any pictures of DaVinci's work and my camera died by the time I got to the Impressionists [Not to self: make another trip to snap a shot of Monet's Irises.]

I got some snazzy looking pictures of cacti though (yes, they even have a cacti garden!):

Geysers and Hot Springs

In Yellowstone, there are a lot of geysers. You can smell them even when just driving by, which is a downside. The upside, though, is they are amazingly beautiful. Their colors are unbelievably vibrant and vary from light blue to orange.
And sure, I must admit, after seeing about 100, I thought I was done with them; looking back though, I can honestly say that I truly appreciate them. Bad smell and all.

Trees, trees, trees!

They're beautiful. Let's try to keep them alive. ;) In Yellowstone, they have had a lot of forest fires and there are a lot of dead trees that are very photogenic, but at the same time very sad.