With a respectful nod to the beautiful interior of California, particularly Yosemite, Lake Tahoe and Death Valley, there are few drives that offer the best of California like the stretch of Highway 1 from the Sonoma Coast to San Diego. My own road trip began in San Francisco, north to Bodega Bay and Jenner, over…
The Hollywood sign that clings to the southern side of Mount Lee in Los Angeles was first built in 1923, reconstructed in 1949 and again in 1978. It was repainted in 2005. The letters are 45 feet tall and the total length of the sign is 350 feet. Over the years it’s become the iconic…
Los Angeles is beautiful and ugly all at once. Spectacular weather, beautiful beaches and incredible mountains hovering over you. I can see why people are drawn to these things. But then there’s the other Los Angeles. The homeless population, the grossness of Hollywood Boulevard, and worst of all, the lack of anything resembling an effective…
A brief stop at Morro Rock to learn more about it.
Driving down the stunning coast of California through iconic places
Amber moments in Sonoma
For a thrilling drive along beautiful coastline head north from Bodega Bay to Fort Ross
Finding relative quiet is challenging but not impossible at Muir Woods
A visit to Alcatraz offers more than just seeing where people were incarcerated
Seeing the iconic Golden Gate Bridge from many vantage points during a long coastal walk