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What is Lower Yosemite Falls Trail really like? How easy is the hike? What to know before you go... It's all in here! Complete Trail Guide>>...
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This white cascading beauty in what looks like lush green forests, is Burney Falls in Northern California. McArthur – Burney Falls Memorial State Park — where the waterfall is — calls it the centerpiece of the park. And Theodore Roosevelt is quoted having called it the ‘eighth wonder of the...
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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 day trip and we couldn’t fit Glacier Point into it. Before and after that trip, I’d been seeing so...
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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 widened by glacial activity. The valley is walled by tall intriguing cliffs that were also sculpted by those glaciers....
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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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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...
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Over the weekend, we visited Yosemite National Park in California. While we were there, we walked up the 0.5 mile trail to see the Bridal Veil Falls, one of the POIs of this National Park. At this time of the year, the falls in Yosemite are not known to...
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This rock face up here is a showcase of one of the showiest of waterfalls in Karnataka. What you see is obviously not its best show. It is such a pity that its not in its full glory all year through. This is Jog Falls or Gerosoppa Falls. The...
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They say this place attracts one million visitors every year and in 2013 we were part of the statistics. And I am not surprised that this many people visit Multonomah Falls along the Columbia River Gorge; it really is a sight to behold. The Oregon side of the gorge...