Category: roadtrips
Waterfalls around Mt.Shasta
Sweetbriar Falls Probably, one of the easiest waterfall in this post: close to interstate 5, a short walk from the parking. Falls are sweet and not huge. Pipes from the road spoil the picture. It’s a great place to stop on a long journey to stretch the legs. Hedge Creek Falls When I-5 climbs closer…
Winter adventures in Jemez National Forest
It happened that on Christmas vacations, we spent three days in Albuquerque. The shutdown closed the parks and monuments, winter storm threatened to close roads in the mountain, and Albuquerque wasn’t the worst place. These three days were the test of my planning skills. I rebooked the hotel, changed routes, and planned stops on a…
Joshua Tree National Park in day and a half
For four years we spent Thanksgiving weekend in Northern Sierra hoping for snow and hiking among the pines. And last year was a disappointment. I wore a thing flannel shirt all weekend long. It was so warm so all snow that fell in previous days melted without signs. Was it the reason for such dramatic…
Photos from Pioneertown
Pioneertown is a great short (or long) stop on the way to Joshua Tree that brings not just rest after a drive but also allows to play and pretend that you are in the old western town. And it was precisely a goal of the town creators, Dick Curtis, Roy Rogers, and Russell Hayden and…
Fall Road trip to Hope Valley
When I first googled “Fall Colors in California,” among all the Eastern Sierra locations, I saw Hope Valley. The place was somehow totally unknown to me. Then I started my research, and the trip idea appeared. Hope Valley rests at 7,000 feet south of Lake Tahoe on the eastern side of Carson Pass. The drive,…
4 days road trip in Western Wyoming
Day 0. Start of the journey We entered Wyoming from Colorado. And most of our first day (though I don’t count it in this post) was on the road. We drove through wast deserted south Wyoming, passing old small towns. Then we reached the eastern border of Shoshone National Forest. US 287 merged into US…