-
Death Valley NP-- the part in which we see Ubehebe Crater and other craters, alluvial fans, Mesquite Dunes and Borax Harmony Works......
-
Within this national park are areas called Furnace Creek, Badwater Basin, Funeral Mountains, Devil’s Golf Course and Devil’s Cornfield to name a few. Come, get tipsy from a trip to Death Valley....
-
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....
-
Volcanoes National Park and Lassen Volcanic National Park had been added to the been-there-done-that list but somehow that fascination for volcanoes just refuses to die. One time when we had some time on hand while we were returning from Seattle, I suggested we go have a look at Mt. Rainier...
-
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 as green can be. Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge lies beside the Columbia River’s northerly route and is biologically very...
-
For a while we had been thinking of making a trip to Las Vegas. But something inside me kept saying it is not quite right to go see Vegas before we saw mini-Vegas — Reno, another casino city that lies way north of it. Something kept telling me that...
-
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 in a drive to Mt. Rainier. So we drove South for a bit and left I-5S to drive into...
-
Carmel is a seaside town in California that looks like an English village. Also called Carmel-by-the-sea, it is home to artists, poets, authors, musicians.....
-
Several Springs ago, we had driven to the top of Mt. Hamilton and seen Santa Clara Valley from a height of 4,200 odd feet. Then last Fall, in what was like a follow-up trip, we drove up the same range, this time to the top of Hamilton’s little brother...