Shasta Lake Caverns –  A Treasure Trove of Rock Formations

You’ve seen a lot of rock formations here on Tipsy from the TRIP. From ones crafted by volcanic activity to ones carved by glaciers and ones exposed by wind and…

Sweeping Vistas from the Rim of the World

Rim of the World is a scenic stop along scenic highway 120 in California. Nature placed this vista point in the Stanislaus National Forest and it is a recommended rest…

Scenic Route: Tehachapi Pass

Tehachapi Mountains lie in the south eastern part of California’s Central Valley. And the Tehachapi Pass (on CA SR 58) would be the mountain pass you take if you were…

Independence Pass: A road over the Great Divide

Independence Pass is a mountain pass in Colorado; a pass through the Rocky Mountains in the state. That’s not all. There’s another fact that needs to be underlined here: it…

A glimpse of Donner Lake

Donner Lake is one of California’s alpine lakes. This lake that lies on the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range can be seen from Interstate 80 as it passes through the high…

The scenic snow-clad slopes of Palisades Tahoe

Squaw Valley ski resort on the Sierra Nevada in CA and is popular among ski enthusiasts. It even has some Olympic history associated with it.

One foggy day at Point Reyes

It was a summers day. The plan was to have an ideal summer day — make a trip to a beach north of San Francisco and then go see the…

Our World: Folsom Lake

The weekend before last we drove through Patterson Pass Road and saw what the rains had done to the Diablo Range this winter. Then last weekend we went east to see…

The hills are alive again

East of San Francisco Bay Area in California lies a mountain range known for its considerably low hills that are dry in the summer but turn green when winter rains…

Yosemite | A scratch on the surface

Have you visited someplace and felt like kicking yourself for not getting there much earlier? I feel that way quite often and the last time that happened was when I…