California travel tips and photographs.
Winter is a great time to enjoy Southern California’s Mission San Juan Capistrano, the San Diego Zoo, and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Along the way… Read More »San Diego Zoo, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Anza-Borrego Desert
From March 4-15, we enjoyed visiting California’s Pinnacles National Park and redwood coast plus Oregon’s southern coast via RV camping. Highlights from the trip are… Read More »2022 March: CA: Pinnacles NP & Redwoods. OR: south coast.
Our summer 2021 went from Mammoth Lakes to woolly mammoths! Hiking mostly new trails for training in Washington kept us motivated and fit, climaxing with… Read More »A Mammoth summer 2021: hiking Olympics, Sierras, Rockies; Nebraska
As the winter pandemic gradually waned, we enjoyed hiking four desert areas in Southern California: Mojave National Preserve; Joshua Tree National Park; Mecca Hills Wilderness;… Read More »2021 March: California desert: Kelso Dunes, Joshua Tree NP, Mecca Wilderness, Indian Canyons
Walking outdoors is a great remedy for pandemic confinement. On the east side of California’s impressive Sierra Nevada range from 18 July to Aug 3,… Read More »2020 July: Eastern Sierra hikes & backpack, California
On a campervan trip to southwest USA from 7-26 April 2018, we enjoyed photographing some great sights shown in galleries below. Carol was delighted by… Read More »2018 April: SW USA. UT: Druid & Delicate Arches. AZ: Monument Valley; Hermit Trail. CA: Death Valley.
On a hiking trip via our VW Eurovan camper July 5-23, 2015, we rediscovered the beauty of the Eastern Sierras, and for the first time hiked spectacular Castle Crags State Park in… Read More »2015 July hikes, history: Eastern Sierras + Castle Crags SP, California
From March 15 to April 9, 2014, my wife Carol and I drove our VW Eurovan Camper from Seattle to Texas (6000-mile loop), gathering images in… Read More »2014 spring road trip to Oregon, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, California