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Road Trip — Moqui Cave and Zion National Park Utah

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Before heading over to the park, I stopped a explore Moqui Cave, a really cool museum that the host’s father started and created.  His father, Garth Chamberlain, was a man of many talents. He was a professional football player with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1940s; an artist who created [...]

Yosemite - Hetch Hetchy

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The morning is foggy and it lends a quiet feel to the valley.  As we head out, we stop again at the beautiful Valley View scenic spot and enjoy the river and the mountains once again.  We then choose to leave Yosemite National Park via Highway 120 even though we [...]

Yosemite - Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias

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Tersha, Vic and I headed down to Yosemite National Park for the weekend, to see if there were any autumn colors left and for Tersha to get her big tree fix at the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias.  When we came up in the Spring last time, the road to [...]

Road Trip — Devils Postpile

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Packing up and heading home today, but first I drive down the canyon and visit Devils Postpile National Monument.  The postpiles are hexagon shaped columns of basalt that have pushed up from beneath the ground; from the top, they look like patio pavers.  They are pretty cool to look at.  Going [...]

Road Trip — Bishop Area

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I ended up camping in Brown’s Town Campground in Bishop last night.  By the time I finished playing around Mammoth Lakes last night, all the motel rooms where booked, so I headed over to Bishop and they were all booked too!  The police officer was nice enough to tell me about [...]