The Maasai Mara is a protected game reserve divided into three sections. All three sections make up about 580 square miles of land, which is about half the size of Yosemite National Park! The first part of our stay in the Mara was in the Mara Triangle, which is in the western part of the […]
Read more "Kenya Day Seven – Maasai Mara"After my last blog post, I continued to edit what I thought were the next day’s photos. However, since I had two cameras with me and the time/date was set to California time, when the pictures downloaded to my computer, the days actually overlapped! I edit pictures by the day instead of all at once, […]
Read more "Kenya Day Three (Cont…) – Amboseli National Park"The first part of our Kenyan safari began in Amboseli National Park, which is located in the southern part of Kenya along the Tanzanian border. The park offers an amazing view of Mount Kilimanjaro, which is located in Tanzania. Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest free-standing mountain in the world and the tallest mountain in Africa. […]
Read more "Kenya Days Two and Three – Amboseli National Park"We had two things planned for our last day in the redwoods – the first was a hike to a waterfall and the second was to visit the Trees of Mystery, which was a tourist attraction. The waterfall hike was the Trillium Falls trail and the best part was that the trailhead was in elk […]
Read more "Redwoods Day Five"We started our day traveling to Prairie Creek State Park, with the goal of driving the Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway and doing a hike along Prairie Creek. The parkway was beautiful and there was a lot of trailheads off of this road. One of the trails was the Prairie Creek-Foothill Trail (now called the […]
Read more "Redwoods Day Four"We started the day in the Redwood National Park with a very peaceful walk through the Lady Bird Johnson Grove. We went early and had almost the whole trail to ourselves – I think we saw two or three other people the whole time. Richard Nixon dedicated this grove to the former First Lady, Lady […]
Read more "Redwoods Day Three"Earlier this year, Mike and I drove 12 (!!!!) hours to Northern California to see the redwoods. We drove from LA to San Francisco and spent the night there, then drove the rest of the 6 hours the next day. On our way out of San Francisco, we stopped at the San Rafael Mission (we […]
Read more "Redwoods Days One and Two"This post can be summed up in two words: BABY. BURRO. Let me set the scene for you. Mike and I are in a beautiful national park surrounded by snowcapped mountains, salt flats, and canyons. We drive up to a ghost town, Rhyolite, which is just outside the park border in Nevada. We were told […]
Read more "Death Valley Part Two"In July, Mike and I were in the desert area and decided to go watch the sunset in Joshua Tree. We went up to Keys View, which is the highest point in the park and set up the camera. It’s so peaceful in the park, and since it was July and super warm, there weren’t […]
Read more "Joshua Tree National Park"Since we were already in Vegas, we decided to go to Hoover Dam on the way home. We got there early and signed up for the dam tour that takes you INSIDE the dam! While we waited for our tour, we walked around the outside and over the top of the dam. Living in California […]
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