This is one of America’s most iconic, most challenging and memorable hikes. On this hike, you get to walk on some of the best trails, 2 majestic waterfalls, walk through the forest of giant Sequoia trees and the best part is climbing the final 400 feet on the cables and the reward is stunning, you get to see the best view of Yosemite national park. […]
Hike to Upper Yosemite Falls – Yosemite National Park
This is the hike NOT to be under estimated. Getting to the top of this waterfall – One of the tallest waterfalls in North America at 2425 feet – is challenging. From the trail, the views of the waterfall are magnificent. For part of the hike, you are close enough to the falls to feel the spray and hear the thundering sound. Half a way […]
24 Hours in Joshua Tree National Park, California
In the 1930’s desert lover and community activist, Minerva Hoyt recognized the human threats of the nearby ecosystem and persuaded President Franklin D. Roosevelt to proclaim Joshua Tree a National Monument in 1936. It was renamed Joshua Tree National Park in 1994 and now protects 792,510 acres – mostly wilderness – where the Mojave and Colorado Deserts converge. What’s special about Joshua Tree? It’s not just […]
Lassen Volcanic NP, Burney Falls and Crater Lake NP
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 […]
Grand Canyon Skywalk
The Grand Canyon Skywalk is a horseshoe-shaped cantilever bridge with a glass walkway in Arizona near the Colorado River on the edge of a side canyon in the Grand Canyon West area of the main canyon. Grand Canyon Skywalk is just over 100 Miles from Las Vegas and it hardly takes 2 hours to drive. We started driving from Las Vegas at around 9 AM […]
Largest, Driest, Hottest and Lowest Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park is a national park in the United States – straddling the border of California and Nevada, located east of the Sierra Nevada. The park protects the northwest corner of the Mojave Desert and contains a diverse desert environment of salt-flats, sand dunes, badlands, valleys, canyons, and mountains. It is the largest national park in the lower 48 states and has been declared an International Biosphere Reserve. Approximately 91% of the park is a designated wilderness area. It is […]