I returned Tuesday from a huge trip! Yes, it was my Glacier National Park trip, which included the following: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta (Canada) Glacier National Park Yellowstone National Park Grand Teton National Park Bryce Canyon National Park Zion National Park Death Valley National Park Yosemite National Park and Cedar Breaks National Monument I […]

I decided to do a blog entry today and post some of the photos I took at Descanso Gardens on Sunday. The photo of the living space was taken inside the historic Boddy House, which is on a hill in the gardens. As you can see, not only are there plants and flowers at the […]

I spent the day with my niece and sister on Sunday. We went to Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge and then the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda. Below are some photos I took at the Nixon Library. I had no idea it was such a beautiful place. The image of the small white cottage […]

While in the area of Lassen Volcanic National Park, I went and visited the Subway Lava Tube Cave, which is northeast of the small town Old Station. This is a fun thing to visit at any age. It gets pretty dark in the cave, so if you’re ever in the area and decide to go, […]

I’ve wanted to hike the Cinder Cone and see the Painted Dunes in Lassen Volcanic National Park for a long time. I hadn’t been able to do it previously because I wasn’t sure that the cars I had been driving at the time could make it down the six mile dirt and gravel road. This […]

Well, guess what? I ended up going to Lassen Volcanic National Park last weekend! It ended up being a beautiful weekend! Below is an early morning shot I took at Butte Lake, on the east side of the park. I parked by the lake before hiking to the Cinder Cone and Painted Dunes. The haze […]

Looks like my trip to Lassen Volcanic National Park is not going to happen. There is a terrible fire tearing through Shasta County, around the city of Redding. Lassen Volcanic National Park is about 47 miles east of Redding and is receiving a lot of smoke which is making the air quality really bad. Please […]

One of the best features in Yosemite is the granite. The granite domes, cliffs and the sometimes unique stacked formations make the park such an amazing place. Below are two photos I took on the last day of my trip up to Yosemite in June along Tioga Pass. The first is of stacked granite. While […]

Saturday was a great day! My sister, niece and I went to see the King Tut exhibit at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Talk about a great exhibit! This will be the last tour of the Tut exhibit before it heads to the U.K. and then on to Cairo, where it will be […]

The photo below I took while hiking up to Lembert Dome early one morning in Tuolumne Meadows. I didn’t take this specific photo from Lembert Dome, but the granite dome next to it. It seemed to have better angles for the photo. The river is the Tuolumne River running through the east end of Tuolumne […]