Lassen Volcanic National Park I planned to have another road trip during the labor day long weekend. This time, I chose the Lassen Volcanic National Park. Sometime ago, when I saw the Burney falls on Instagram, I wanted to go there. The biggest nearby attraction is the Lassen Volcanic NP. So I planned to start a drive from Sacramento to Lassen Volcanic NP, to Burney […]
Yosemite National Park – 2018
Yosemite National Park is a United States National Park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in the central eastern portion of the U.S. state of California. To see more about this National Park, please visit here After the successful get-together in Smoky Mountain National Park in 2015, we planned for another get-together, this time in California – to see and explore one of […]
Mammoth and June Lakes
Mammoth Lakes is a town in Mono County, California, the county’s only incorporated community. It is located 9 miles northwest of Mount Morrison, at an elevation of 7,880 feet. We went to Mammoth lakes to see the fall color on October 29, 2016. Because of the previous week’s storm, the colors were not that great, but we still saw some spectacular colors on Convict lake […]
Hiking Half Dome – 8,839 Feet
Half Dome is a granite dome at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. It is a well-known rock formation in the park, named for its distinct shape. One side is a sheer face while the other three sides are smooth and round, making it appear like a dome cut in half. The granite crest rises more than 4,737 ft above […]
Blue Ridge Mountain – North Carolina
We (BE from SREC – 1997-2001) had a get together in Blue ridge mountain, North Carolina on April 18-19, 2015. We booked the cabin for 8 persons. This cabin was extraordinary. It is situated right on the river so you can fish, swim, or just look out over the beautiful view over coffee in the morning or a glass of wine at night. The Jacuzzi […]
Yercaud
Yercaud is a hill station in Salem District, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in the Shevaroys range of hills in the Eastern Ghats. It is situated at an altitude of 1515 metres (4970 ft) above sea level, and the highest point in Yercaud is the Servarayan temple, at 5,326 feet (1,623 m). The below picture was taken in Yercaud Lake. The Yercaud Lake is […]
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States; more specifically, between the province of Ontario and the state of New York. They form the southern end of the Niagara Gorge. We drove from New York to Niagara Falls (around 400 miles). It normally takes around 6 hours. The Rainbow Bridge, is an arch […]
Multnomah Falls – Oregon
Multnomah Falls is a waterfall on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, located east of Troutdale, between Corbett and Dodson, along the Historic Columbia River Highway. In a state where water regularly flows down from upon high, Multnomah Falls — all 620 feet (189 m) of it — stands above the rest as Oregon’s tallest waterfall.Located just 30 miles (48 km) east of […]
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is a United States National Park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in the central eastern portion of the U.S. state of California. The park, which is managed by the National Park Service, covers an area of 747,956 acres and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. About 4 million people visit Yosemite each year: […]