Not many people realized Hetchy Hetchy is another option when visiting Yosemite National Park. Honestly, I didn’t know this existed inside Yosemite. There are several reasons why you must make Hetch Hetchy a Must See. Hetch Hetchy is a Must See Because it’s not as well-known, it’s much less crowded. When we arrived at Yosemite on a Friday...
Along one of the turns, we saw a crashed van pulling a boat on the side of the road where yellow caution tape was up. We all had our theories about what possibly could have happened. Did the van get too close to the edge? Did foul play happen because it looked like gunshots in the windows? We’ll never know. We pulled over by the lake for a picnic lunch and enjoyed...
Tips to know when hiking Barker Dam at Joshua Tree National Park. When I heard that Barker Dam was also known as Big Horn Dam for all of the big horned sheep climbing the rocks around the reservoir, I knew that would be a hiking destination during our trip to Joshua Tree. Every time we drove to Palm Springs or Twenty-Nine Palms, we would see the signs that cautioned...
Evergreen Lodge: Not only did it have everything I was looking for, but activities for the kids, a rustic, but comfortable cabin, a solar-heated saltwater pool--and onsite restaurants. This meant less time cooking after a long day, and less frustration of hauling and trying to store food.
We received a lot of advice about getting to Yosemite early, parking in one of the main lots and then taking the Shuttle, which takes you to just about every popular place, or you can hike from those popular places to where you want to be. This was our plan until my 14-year-old daughter sprained her ankle literally two days before our trip and ended up on crutches. ...
When I arrived in Los Angeles I loved the ability to see rolling hills and beauty rising up into the sky.
The saying goes…” it’s not the destination, it’s the journey”. This begins my tale of the drive up the coast one Sunday morning. Every Thursday night, around 7:00 pm (which is now, by the way) my wanderlust craving begins. If you follow our regular feature on Weekend Wanderings, by Thursday night we are already thinking of the...
Hiking through the McDowell Mountains. We never thought we would say that and JD in the same sentence. Previously, we shared the story of JD's initial hikes through her new surroundings in Arizona, and how her reluctance turned to a love to trek up rocky terrain and explore.