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.
Tag: National Parks
How Grand is Grand Canyon? See it now, see it here!
A photo tour of that natural wonder called the Grand Canyon, in Arizona. Follow this itinerary to stop at the best points and make the most of your trip to the grandest canyon.
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…
Exploring the wonders of high-altitude Yosemite Valley
Across the valley from where I now live is a mountain range and on its slopes is a natural wonder. A high altitude valley called Yosemite Valley was carved and…
Have you ever seen a Pumice Desert?
After we left Crater Lake on our first visit there, we exited the National Park via the North Entrance Station. As we drove through the rain and the fog, we…
Crater Lake the Deepest (and Bluest, too?)
A lot has been said about the first sight of the deepest lake in the United States of America. Cheryl Strayed in her memoir ‘Wild’ said that her first look…
A walk through Thurston Lava Tube
How about I take you into Thurston Lava Tube, today? Also called the NaHuku, this lava tube lies in the Volcanic National Park in Big Island, Hawaii. We visited this…
Dusk rolling into Grand Canyon Village
When we were at Grand Canyon National Park in early January, we got to see some spectacular sunset sky at Grand Canyon Village in the park. We had just gotten…
The road to Mount Rainier
It was late-May and we were in the SeaTac area. With Winter behind us and a good part of Spring too, it seemed like a fairly good time to squeeze…
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…