Category Archives: California

The Northward Trek Begins Again

Posted by Dancing 'Cross the Country Categories: Arizona, California

We don't think of ourselves as snowbirds, because we don't have a fixed pattern of returning to the same northern and southern destinations annually, like migrating birds. But we do travel up and down the country with the seasons. So now, after almost ...

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The Ultimate USA Road Trip

Posted by Our American Life Categories: California, Florida, Texas

Tracy Staedter from Discovery News has with the help of Michigan State University doctoral student Randy Olson, an expert in algorithms, put together the ultimate road trip. This road trip will take about three months to finish and will have taken you through all 48 states in ...

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The Giant and Kings Canyon

Posted by Out and about with Christine n Mike... Categories: California

We spent our free day driving up to Kings Canyon, roughly 60 miles outside of Fresno CA. Our goal…the Grant Tree…one of the five largest trees in the world.Named in 1867 after Ulysses S. Grant, the Grove it stands in became protected and a national park in 1890,W...

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Easter Sierras Part Six: Mt. Whitney and the Alabama Hills

Posted by Dancing 'Cross the Country Categories: California

Finally we have internet service that will support putting together a blog post, despite the transition from Millenicom to Verizon pending. Many readers are probably familiar with the demise of Millenicom's internet service, and have scrambled to find a replacement. We d...

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Eastern Sierras Part Five: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest

Posted by Dancing 'Cross the Country Categories: California

While in Bishop, CA we stayed at the Highlands RV Park, a perfectly nice park except that the site pads are narrow and close together, with trees strategically placed so as to make pulling into even many of the pull-thru's a little dicey. We really liked Bishop, with special m...

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Eastern Sierras Part Four: Hike to Treasure Lake

Posted by Dancing 'Cross the Country Categories: California

Sunday again, so while some of us watch football, others of us can just take a hike. Literally.South Lake TrailheadMy hike for the day was the Treasure Lakes Trail, starting at the end of South Lake Rd. via Rt. 168 heading west out of Bishop. I found t...

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Eastern Sierras Part Three: Tioga Pass to Yosemite

Posted by Dancing 'Cross the Country Categories: California

Get ready for a ride of a lifetime. We decided that the drive over the Tioga Pass/CA Rt. 120 from Lee Vining to Yosemite was too far for a day trip, so we made overnight reservations at a motel in Fish Camp. That turned out to be a very fortuitous plan. The first gli...

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Eastern Sierras Part Two: Mono Lake

Posted by Dancing 'Cross the Country Categories: California

Based on the eerie, otherworldly photos everyone has seen of Mono Lake, I was really looking forward to witnessing it for myself, and attempting to take some photographs as well. We arrived at The Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area Visitor's Center at midday...

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South on 395 Through the Eastern Sierras: Part One

Posted by Dancing 'Cross the Country Categories: California, Nevada

Our journey through the Eastern Sierra Nevadas really started in Lake Tahoe, but connectivity has been sketchy, so we're starting here now, with high hopes of being able to continue a series.Here on the eastern side of the Sierras, it looks much like N...

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Beautiful Lake Tahoe

Posted by Dancing 'Cross the Country Categories: California

*#*?#!*#*&#?!OK, that's all the fuming I'm going to do about the internet and AT&T cell service we've been getting as we travel south along the eastern edge of California. It is truly beautiful country around here, and we have loved everything ...

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