On Tuesday I told you how I stopped at Wupatki National Monument to view the 1500 year old adobe buildings and that Spur 395 off Highway 89 was a 20…
Horseshoe Bend is the name for a horseshoe-shaped meander of the Colorado River located near the town of Page, Arizona. It is located slightly downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam,…
After visiting so many National Parks during my two week road trip in California and Arizona, I started to crave more and wanted to see all that I could. With…
On Tuesday I wrote all about my time at Antelope Canyon in northern Arizona near Page and today I want ot share another photo that really shows off the colors,…
On Tuesday I shared my experience at Grand Canyon with you and today I am writing about a canyon in the opposite extreme. Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon outside…
I hope you read my blog yesterday about the Grand Canyon. If you did then you will remember me saying that no amount of words or pictures will prepare someone…
The Grand Canyon is rightfully a World Heritage Site and mere words can not describe the beauty ofthis desert canyon, but would it surprise you that the Grand Canyon does…
Did you enjoy reading about the northern half of Joshua Tree National Park, which rests in the Mojave desert? What about all the “photos of the day” I have shared?…
Joshua Tree National Park is on the eastern part of southern California and sits at the junction of the Mojave and Colorado deserts. The Mojave desert is the higher of…
As I was hiking to Barker Dam in Joshua Tree National Park I came across this cool old car just sitting in the desert. I am not sure of the…
Since I was in Los Angeles visiting my niece who just moved there, I took the opportunity to visit not one, but two different presidential libraries as I check them…
The view from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is pretty darn stunning and it would be hard to find a better resting spot for President & First Lady Reagan. In…
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is located north of Los Angeles in Simi Valley. The hacienda style building has an address of 40 Presidential Drive due to him being the…
Who wouldn’t want to walk through the plane that carries the President of the United States? I know I was super excited about it when I fould out how to…
Visiting my niece in Los Angeles was great since she had just moved to California recently and had not seen to much of the city. We got to see many…
Just look at today’s “photo of the day”! How can it not be a good day if you are riding a rollercoaster on a wooden pier in the southern California…
Kind of sounds like the pitch for a movie doesn’t it? Well it is actually the site of the La Brea Tar Pits. These tar pits, which is really just…
The scene they have created at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles really gives you an idea of what it might have been like during the last Ice…
Hollywood became synonymous with the greatest film industry in the world when movie studios, a new entertainment medium at the time, all moved to the Los Angeles suburb in the…
Those tusks are at least eight feet long and the skull would take two hands to pick up. Any idea where this is from? On Tuesday I will tell you,…
One of the main reasons I chose to do a two week road trip in southern California and Arizona was because one of my nieces graduated and moved there for…
To be honest, there are not a lot of options :). Due to the amazing size of these trees all the NPS could really do is cut a section out…
I swear every person I know from California raves about how good the burgers at In-N-Out Burger is and how they miss them so much. I going to admit it…
Yesterday I wrote all about Sequoia National Park and gave you highlights to look for and a few tips. I also had a photo of the outside of Fallen Monarch,…
The idea that a tree could be big enough to drive a car through has intrigued me since I was a kid and spending time in the Mariposa Grove of…
Even though I did not know about Kings Canyon National Park until I arrived at the entrance to Sequoia NP, because both are administered together, I loved it. I can…
After seeing the sequoia trees in Mariposa Grove of Yosemite National Park I was excited to visit Sequoia National Park, but to get there you have to pass Kings Canyon…
Over the last several days I have written about Yosemite National Park and the Mariposa Grove of sequoia trees at the south end of the park. this is just the…
On Sunday I told you how I flew to California for a two week road trip after I visited New York City and how I started the road trip by…
This great view is looking down the Yosemite Valley with El Capitan on the left. After visiting Yosemite I understand why so many people are drawn to it. If you…