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  • Venice of America, Southern California.

    Photo Tour: Venice of America

    A bit about the Venice of America in Southern California and pictures from a walking tour of the Venice Canal Historic District. ...
  • Antelope Valley Poppies during a super bloom.

    Antelope Valley: The Poppy Hills of California

    Is Antelope Valley worth visiting? In the spring -- YES. And during a super bloom it is a definite must-do. Here's why:...
  • Moro-rock-stairway

    The Giant Sequoias and beyond

    Things to do in Sequoia National Park -- other than seeing the famous still-standing Giant Sequoias -- include stopping at Tunnel Rock, seeing rock art, hiking, climbing Moro Rock ......
  • Pictograph, Sequoia National Park

    Found: Native American Pictographs​

    Found in on Hospital Rock a POI in Sequoia National Park: prehistoric rock art or pictographs that go back to the natives who lived here....
  • First, Some Famous Redwoods Of Sequoia​ National Park

    On Day 1 in Sequoia National Park, we paid our respects to General Sherman, the largest tree in the world, saluted The Sentinel and smiled at the Three Graces. In other words, we started with the redwoods....
  • Giant Sequoia mural at the Giant Forest Museum.

    A mural that’s quite the ‘Redwood’ museum

    The redwood mural at the Giant Forest Museum in Sequoia National Park is a picture of the park with some history and info. on the Sequoiadendron Giganteum....
  • Mori Point, Pacifica, California.

    ‘Mori Point’ at the end of this Trail

    If I were to make a list of kid-friendly hikes in the San Francisco Bay area, Mori Point in Pacifica would easily fall into the top five on it. Here, you have not one but a few great trails varying in difficulty levels. What pushes these trails to the...
  • Burney Falls, Burney CA

    Could Burney Falls be a ‘Natural Wonder?’

    This white cascading beauty in what looks like lush green forests, is Burney Falls in Northern California. McArthur – Burney Falls Memorial State Park — where the waterfall is — calls it the centerpiece of the park. And Theodore Roosevelt is quoted having called it the ‘eighth wonder of the...
  • Glacier Point

    Up high: Washburn Point and Glacier Point

    On our maiden visit to Yosemite National Park, we had merely scratched the surface of that rocky attraction up on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. It was a day trip and we couldn’t fit Glacier Point into it. Before and after that trip, I’d been seeing so...
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