We arrived at Cave Junction, Oregon mid-afternoon and stopped by the Oregon Caves National Monument visitor center to see about getting...

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...

“I am a dolphin," Vitali lamented, "If you leave them out of water for too long they die.” He was becoming increasingly tired of all the...