Slumbering in graceful repose, Mount Rainier quietly observes us, its shoulders cloaked in a mantle of ice. We are held under the...

Ask yourself, and try to imagine -- what is the bluest blue you can see in your mind's eye? Navy? Sapphire? Royal Blue? I bet it...

We approached Redwood National and State Parks from the South, via California State Highway 101. I’d gotten an email a few weeks prior...

Lassen Volcanic National Park was another two-nighter, and another park on the smaller side. Originally, I didn't even plan on visiting...

We arrived at Pinnacles Campground in the early afternoon and were very pleased to see we had an awesome campsite. It was very private...

The Yosemite. How can I do justice to such a fabled place? John Muir whooped and danced with a wild burst of ecstasy the first time he...

We crossed the border from Sequoia National Park into Kings Canyon with little ado. General Grant and the giants surrounding him were...

"The Big Tree (Sequoia gigantea) is Nature's forest masterpiece, and, so far as I know, the greatest of living things.” - John Muir, 1901...

As we were leaving Las Vegas a cold front came through and it was suddenly 60 degrees out and very windy. We were glad that we had the...