Even though there are many famous places to visit in California, there are even more hidden gems to enjoy in this big State.
Located at the southeastern tip of Death Valley and just outside of the park boundary are the Salt Creek Hills. This small oasis offers an easy hike through the oasis to the old gold mines of Amargosa Spring and is a great place to stop, stretch your legs and enjoy the desert serenity for an […]
Located in the center of Death Valley, Salt Creek is a unique ecological area that is both caustic and sensitive. The caustic alkaline crust that covers everything here, coupled with the intense heat of Death Valley, would make anybody wonder how life can exist here and yet, it does. There are plants and even fish […]
Along with our other road trips along California’s San Andreas Fault, this tour takes us through the streets of San Bernardino, Highland, Yucaipa and Oak Glen, which are all cities within the region known as the Inland Empire east of Los Angeles. Similar to our tour of the San Francisco Peninsula showcasing the San Andreas, […]
Continuing our series of road trips along California’s infamous San Andreas Fault, this tour takes you through the remote Carrizo Plain National Monument, which is located roughly halfway between Bakersfield and San Luis Obispo. No other place in California shows off the long and straight ridgelines created by the fault’s grinding action better than the […]
We are going to take you on a tour of the San Andreas Fault, starting in the Cajon Pass, through Wrightwood and Big Pines, then along the north side of the San Gabriel Mountains. California is world-famous for many things and one of them is earthquakes. This introduction to a small section of the infamous San […]
We’ve taken our readers on tours of the San Andreas Fault before, this time however, we’re going to take you on an urban back roads tour of where the fault can be seen along the San Francisco Peninsula. Our tour starts near Stanford University in Palo Alto, and ends where the fault plunges into the […]
Along with our other road trips along California’s San Andreas Fault, this tour is a bit different as it visits a sister fault to the San Andreas – the San Jacinto Fault. The San Jacinto is a major parallel fault sharing much of the stored-up energy from the sliding action between the North American and […]
Titus Canyon is one of Death Valley’s most distinctive canyons with a dirt road that passes through some beautiful desert mountain scenery, an extremely narrow canyon and is part of some unscrupulous Death Valley history. It is also one of the most popular off-road adventures in the Park. Traveling this road can be quite an […]
In our opinion, the hike to Willow Hole, which is located in the Wonderland of Rocks region of Joshua Tree National Park, is one of the most rewarding hikes in the park. The trail passes through all of the scenery that Joshua Tree National Park is known for, not only the famous yucca that the […]