This pretty desert lake leads a very unassuming life even though it is only a few miles away from the glittering ‘Biggest Little City in the World.’
Category: Scenic Routes
Summer Sights: It’s Wildflowers Galore in Big Sur
Come, let’s do another scenic drive along Highway 1 and see some wildflowers at different points-of-interest in Big Sur.
El Portal View: See Merced River Canyon from here
El Portal View * is a vista point on Glacier Point Road in Yosemite National Park, that lets you see miles and miles of the Merced River Canyon. An information…
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…
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…
Following a Lava Path back up to the Volcano
This drive through Spirit Lake Highway shows you Mt. St. Helens up close and the devastation from the eruptions. Follow the lava path>>
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…
Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge: So Verdant, So Rich
People come to Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge for the birds. It is like a paradise on earth for birds and birdwatchers, alike. It is also an area that is green…
Muir Woods – A redwood forest just outside San Francisco
“Muir Woods National Monument is the best tree-lovers monument that could possibly be found in the forests of the world,” said the famous naturalist John Muir, about the 500-odd acres…
Sights from ‘el sur grande’ or Big Sur
A long-time ago, there was a place known as el pais grande del sur on California’s Central Coast. This was the ‘big south country’ that lay south of the Monterey Bay area,…