Surrounding Borrego Springs is more than 100 sculptures, all part of an enormous outdoor gallery of Ricardo Breceda’s visions of creatures that once roamed this part of California. A more dedicated photographer might visit the sculptures during ideal lighting – over many mornings and evenings – to capture the full...
The Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden is a nonprofit botanical garden and nature preserve located just North of Hilo on the East side of the big island. The garden is located in a scenic valley opening out to Onomea Bay, and features streams, waterfalls and a boardwalk along the ocean. It ...
It is rare that the Hilo side of the Big Island gives a sunny day, but this morning was one of those days. Perfect weather to stroll the local zoo and snap a few photos of animals and plants (plants are th perfect models if you ask me). While the...
Ka Lae (Hawaiian for “the point”), also known as South Point, is the southernmost point of the Big Island of Hawaii and of the 50 United States. South Point marks the most south I have ever been on the globe (held previously by my 2005 trip to Cancun). This is...
All the tourist info kept pointing me to Kahaluu Beach Park to the South of Kona to scratch my snorkeling-itch. I wasn’t too sure if I could even swim with the injury from two months ago still giving me some minor pains, but as it turned out the swim was...
I was so excited to have the opportunity to visit the Kona Coffee Living History Farm that it was one of the few things planned on this trip. So, when my route took me to the South from Kona I made sure to drop in (originally I passed right by,...
An invitation from my Nephew to hang out and boondock on Treasure Island for a few days had to be accepted. Honestly, even though I lived in the SF Bay Area for 37 years, not once did I take the Treasure Island exit – so it was a mini adventure...
I was parked at the Scotty’s Castle Junction to Death Valley on Hwy 95 (about 30 miles North of Beatty) when I woke at 2 AM for no good reason. So I got to the driving and finally crossed into California via Hwy 266 from Nevada & Hwy 168 up...
These past few days have been more of a blur than anything else: A night was socializing, drinking, and playing some card game that just about split my side from laughter. A game of name-that-tune of which I was only able to name two; Voodoo Child and Business Time –...
After a long morning at the Dog Park in Grand Junction, we drove the additional 24 miles to exit #2 on Interstate 70. Here, we planned to boondock a single night in Rabbit Valley in the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area. As a bonus, the Trail Through Time is directly...
