Scenic drives

  • Fall Color in Tioga Pass

    When Fall Colors arrive in Tioga Pass

    You probably know about this mountain Pass that runs through Yosemite. Now come see some fall color in Tioga Pass, if you haven't already....
  • Fall Color in Mountain House, CA

    Mountain House in Autumn Colors

    Yellows, Oranges and Reds: Fall Color in Mountain House, California. A photo-tour. Happy Fall!...
  • Summit Lake

    A drive through the highest motorable road in the US

    ... and let's get tipsy from the views from from the highest auto road in the country. ...
  • Big Sur

    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. ...
  • You and your car could have a beach day at Oceano Dunes

    If you are in California and enjoying beach weather, it’s not too difficult to get yourself to the coast. We’re certainly spoilt for choice, here in the Golden State. Now if you think your car (or truck or RV) could do with a beach day too, Oceano Dunes State...
  • Tehachapi Pass, California

    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 traveling from northern California to the Mojave Desert area. We first drove this way in the winter when we...
  • 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 runs across a continental divide — North America’s Great Divide. Rivers west of here drain into the Pacific Ocean....
  • Bird’s eye views of San Francisco

    I don’t know a single person who has visited San Francisco and not fallen in love with ‘The City by the Bay.’ And I’m sure there will be plenty of visitors who just will not be able to help falling in love with this vista point that shows them all...
  • Highway 1, Big Sur

    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, and was defined by its wilderness and its notorious jagged coast. It neither helped the vessels that sailed that...
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