June 12-19: Follow me on Instagram: charlesophardt_photos Previous posts have taken me north through California, Oregon, Washington and the Palouse area of Washington. This blog will take us south through the same states. The first scenic area is the North Cascades National Park. The first photos are from Washington Pass. As I continued a main…
May 30-June 5. Traveling on route 395 on the east side of the Sierra’s, my first stop was in the Alabama Hills west of Lone Pine to finally see the Mobius Arch after a short hike. Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in California can be seen through the arch. Continuing north near Lee Vining is…
March 5-12, 2025 This is a trip to Santa Barbara and up the coast on Highway 1 as far as Ragged Point. The road is closed further north due to landslides. The first photo is of cloud formations on the north side of Joshua Tree National Park. In Santa Barbara, I visited the old Spanish…
The photos will look much better on a computer so I encourage you to go to the blog web site by clicking the blue section at the top of the email. Spring in Death Valley with flowers Archive Death Valley March 2016. March 16, 2024 From news reports, I learned that the usual salt flats…
March 17-18 This is a continuation of the San Diego seashore trip. We are leaving our Campland RV Resort to go to La Jolla beach (pronounced La Hoya). We went north up the beach with the first stop at Neptune Beach, which provide some nice views and a short walk to the rocks below with…
March 13-19 We made a trip to the San Diego seashore (still a bit cool) and also hoped to find a few early flowers. We had one of the best RV Parks, at Campland on Mission Bay, which is just a little north of San Diego downtown. Our 22 foot Mercedes Van was a bit…
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