With my son in town for the holiday, I have devoted myself to entertaining him as much as I could entertain a teenager. Today we took the hour drive down Hwy 49 to Calaveras Big Trees State Park to see if we can mingle with the huge redwoods… Unfortunately, thanks...
After leaving the Lee Vining and Mono Lake area, I continued south out of Bishop in search of a sight to pull over and camp for the night. After a few failed attempts I turned down a dirt road and was very surprised to find some hot springs! I quickly...
Since I am ahead of schedule, last night I decided to turn my alarm off and sleep in as I was not going to leave this spot on the side of the road until after my afternoon workload is complete. So I got going around 9am with coffee, breakfast, and...
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...
