Some times, a dramatic shot will stop me in my tracks. I know the shot I want immediately. Other times, the general setting catches my...

Columbia State Park in the Gold Rush Foothills is a reclaimed pioneer town that is a pleasant place. Busker Alex Kash played while I was...

The Eastern Sierras are a year-round wonder, although roads (CA 120, CA 108) back over to the Central Valley are closed in Winter, so...

I moderate hike on the North Dome Trail (4.4 miles one way) has the payoff at the end - great vista of the Yosemite Valley. I ran into...

A well-run bluegrass festival in the wonderful setting of Parkfield in the Cholame Vallley has created a new entry on the Favorites List....

I decided to spend the full day on 21Apr in Explore Mode because the hills are so green and I was curious about what might be going on in...

A couple of months ago, I booked a 10 a.m. ticket for the Jasper Johns retrospective at the Broad LA Museum. I had breakfast at...

I was cruising the Carrizo Plains looking for wildflowers. This is not the year for a super bloom and even a standard bloom seems...

I was able to make it to the Getty by 11am on Saturday, 14 April and to the Huntington Library and Botanical Garden by 3pm...a full day...

The dunes at Oceano (Pismo Beach) are surprisingly big in terms of footprint and height. The ORV traffic is heavy and the source of...