California

After we’d explored Yosemite National Park we headed over towards Monterey with plans to drive south on HWY 1, also known as Big Sur.  I’d heard there were plenty of …

Yosemite National Park is on a lot of people’s bucket lists and with around 4 million visitors every year, it sure is a busy national park. We visited in mid-March …

I didn’t have many expectations for Death Valley. I’d never really heard much about it apart from the fact it gets super hot. But on our visit to Death Valley …

With every national park in America we visited, we tried to fit in a good hike. In some national parks, we managed to fit in more than one hike (like …

I wasn’t expecting much when it came to Death Valley National Park. Given its name, I assumed it was basically a bit of wasteland with not much going for it. …

After breaking down in Yosemite National Park and effectively losing a day of exploring to logistics, we spent the following few days exploring as much as we could of the …

I didn’t really know what to expect when it came to visiting Death Valley in California. Well, that’s not entirely true, I expected it to be hot. Death Valley is …

During our 3-month road trip across the USA, one of the national parks we visited was Redwood National Park. I hadn’t realised beforehand quite how far it was away from …

One of my favourite hikes in 2017 (of which there were many) was the hike all the way to the top of Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park. Getting to …

Sometimes the best things happen when you take a detour. That’s what I discovered when we pulled off the main road just before entering Mammoth Lakes in California. This little …