My target for the day was the Hetch Hetchy Valley at the North-Western most boundary of Yosemite National Park. I arrived in the Stanislaus National Forest after two and a half hours of driving and pulled up to the Ranger kiosk to notice that the Hetch Hetchy area of Yosemite...
Pipi Valley Campground is a campground I went to as a child of 8 or 9 years old with multiple other families close to ours. I have fond memories of this camping trip; swimming in the stream, catching snakes on the shore, and just having some of the best times...
Black Chasm is a natural underground cave located in Volcano California, only few minutes drive from where we are staying in California. Tim and I took a break from the afternoon heat (high 90’s today) to take the 45 minute guided tour in the 57 degree chasm. While Black Chasm...
Im not sure why it never hit me, but the ‘Valley’ that sits at -282 feet below sea level also sits thousands of feet below everything else surrounding it. Just 30 miles out of the valley floor and you are at 3000 ft above sea level, and that applies no...
We stumbled upon the Amargosa Opera House while on our way to Death Valley. While we had not planned to do anything in this town other fix a sandwich and move on, we lucked into a tour that was just about to take place so we leaped in the doors...
We spent Imelda’s final full-day in California in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts and Exploratorium (we decided to leave Fisherman’s Wharf off the schedule). Again, it had been years since our last visit and many things had changed or been updated. The weather had not improved over...
Following our birthday, the three of us spent the day in Santa Cruz and the beach boardwalk. While I was hoping to get some nice California weather, we did not. Instead, it was a day at the beach in 60-degree weather. The water was warmer then the outside air, though...
In search of more exercise, I rode my bike to Mare Island to explore the old naval base. 10.5 miles round trip proved to be a good leisurely ride. I made sure to bring the new camera along for some practice.
