Point Lobos: South Shore and Bird Island Trails

When last summer we realized that Point Lobos is a huge park that can offer a lot, was clear that we return there soon. The funniest part of the story that I never planned this visit at all. We headed to Big Sur for a weekend: to stay in a campground near the river, visit…

Big Basin State Park: Sequoia Trail

Big Basin State Park currently closed due to extensive fire damage. Please check web sites on the latest info. The redwoods are magnificent trees, long, beautiful. They draw the fog. They cast the shadows on the hot days. How many time we visited Big Basin and how many trails we still didn’t hike. The Sequoia…

Bear Lakes Loop Hike

When Labor Day weekend didn’t joice us with snow I wished by the mid January should the Lost Sierra will become a winter paradise. But. The 2016-2017 winter was everything but snowy. I wanted to go snowshoeing Lakes Basin’s Bear Lakes. When we stopped at the trailhead it was covered with the ice. A thin…

South Yuba River State Park

South Yuba River is a welcome place for us. It’s a great start point for our long weekend plans. In three years we stopped at three different sections of the park, and it never disappointed us. The park is the composition of several parts mostly situated near river crossing. Here I will show you three sections…