Steven Yan

đź“ŤSan Francisco
With 35 others
Steven Yan
Christkindlmarkt

Christkindlmarkt

Lights. GlĂĽhwein. Action!

December 25th, 2020
Last year, we exchanged our usual Christmas tradition for one half a world away. Fulfilling one of Cec's major bucket list items, we bundled up and spent December 2019 in Europe, immersing ourselves in the colorful Christmas markets that come to life in every big city and litt...
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Stills from the Desert

Stills from the Desert

A few dusty days in the Alabama Hills

November 3rd, 2020
If you drive west from Lone Pine, California on Movie Road, you'll find the Alabama Hills, nestled at the foot of the Sierra Nevadas. Over 150 movies have been filmed here, and you might recognize the landscape from such classics as The Lone Ranger, Gladiator, Ironman, or our ...
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Chase the Fall

Chase the Fall

Reflections from a leaf peeping road trip through the Canadian Maritimes and New England

September 22nd, 2020
September 22nd, 2019 • By sheer coincidence, we arrived in Vermont on the eve of the autumnal equinox, just as we arrived in Alaska on the eve of the summer solstice earlier in the year.The next day, we enjoyed a classic Vermont autumn drive on VT-100, northbound through the G...
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Noël Alsacien

Noël Alsacien

A December day trip on the Alsace wine route

January 19th, 2020
Ah, the inevitable French transit strike. Upon arriving in Strasbourg during our European Christmas market trip, we learned that trains running between Strasbourg and Colmar have been cancelled. Sacré bleu.What’s a couple of avid roadtrippers to do when the trains don't run on...
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Slivers of the North

Slivers of the North

Nine memories from a summer in Alaska

August 20th, 2019
June 21st • With 4,000+ miles in our rear view mirror, we arrived in Alaska on the eve of the summer solstice. We boondocked high above the Copper River along the Richardson Highway.Alaskan sunrises and sunsets are intoxicatingly slow. We watched light from the midnight sun sl...
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The Innumerable

The Innumerable

Flightseeing the peaks of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

August 2nd, 2019
It's 9:40 AM on the Chitina-McCarthy commuter flight with Wrangell Mountain Air. Kent, our pilot for this flight, descends over Root Glacier as we line up for our final approach. From above, the airstrip barely registers amidst the 13.2 million acres of Wrangell-St. Elias Nati...
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Slot Scrambling

Slot Scrambling

Wandering the slot canyons of Escalante

April 26th, 2019
"UH-UH-UH-AH-UH-AH" -- Cec and I laugh as we rip down Hole-in-the-Rock Road at 40 miles per hour. Every surface and corner of our rented Jeep Wrangler squeaks in protest. The stereo, in particular, vibrates violently. As we forge deeper into Grand Staircase-Escalante, all of t...
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Steven Yan

đź“ŤSan Francisco
With 35 others