Pinnacles National Park has only been a national park since 2013. Dan visited back when it was a national monument when we lived in C...

The Point Pinos Lighthouse is in our town of Pacific Grove, CA. While we were there visiting, we heard a lot of people saying that they...

Our first California camping trip was to Big Basin Redwoods State Park which is about 1.5 hours north of Monterey, just about 40 minute...

As I was planning things for us to do here in California, I came across a website called Everfest that lets you look up the festivals in...

Whew! Moving is exhausting. We are finally in California! This weekend we finally felt ready to go do some more exploring (other than Ike...

I learned the last time around in California that the state parks are beautiful, but if you want to camp, you had better be on your ga...

Travel Gear: My Five Favorites Confession: I am a total gear junkie.  I love to have the right gear for every activity.  When it co...