Route 66 From Helendale to Barstow
In its day, Route 66 was a lonely road. There are not too many places close to Los Angeles where you can still experience that same lonely road. However, we know of one place that you can easily get to and feel like you’re the only person on Route 66. This virtual tour covers the […]
Route 66 from Victorville to Helendale
The Mother Road. America’s Main Street. It would be a fair guess that everyone in the World has heard of Route 66. People make the trip down Route 66 to see the nostalgic sites and perhaps experience a once forgotten slower-paced lifestyle. Many segments of the original Route 66 were literally erased when the more […]
Route 66 through the Cajon Pass
Before Route 66 reaches the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica, it has one last obstacle to negotiate – the Cajon Pass. Other than a small mountain pass east of Albuquerque and the high summits near Flagstaff, the Cajon Pass is the most significant mountain pass along the entire length of Route 66.Our virtual video tour will show the alignment that Route 66 followed […]
Salt Creek Hills: on the edge of Death Valley
Located at the southeastern tip of Death Valley and just outside of the park boundary are the Salt Creek Hills. This small oasis offers an easy hike through the oasis to the old gold mines of Amargosa Spring and is a great place to stop, stretch your legs and enjoy the desert serenity for an […]
Salt Creek Trail Death Valley
Located in the center of Death Valley, Salt Creek is a unique ecological area that is both caustic and sensitive. The caustic alkaline crust that covers everything here, coupled with the intense heat of Death Valley, would make anybody wonder how life can exist here and yet, it does. There are plants and even fish […]
San Andreas Fault in San Bernardino
Along with our other road trips along California’s San Andreas Fault, this tour takes us through the streets of San Bernardino, Highland, Yucaipa and Oak Glen, which are all cities within the region known as the Inland Empire east of Los Angeles. Similar to our tour of the San Francisco Peninsula showcasing the San Andreas, […]
San Andreas Fault Through Carrizo Plain
Continuing our series of road trips along California’s infamous San Andreas Fault, this tour takes you through the remote Carrizo Plain National Monument, which is located roughly halfway between Bakersfield and San Luis Obispo. No other place in California shows off the long and straight ridgelines created by the fault’s grinding action better than the […]
San Andreas Fault Tour near Wrightwood
We are going to take you on a tour of the San Andreas Fault, starting in the Cajon Pass, through Wrightwood and Big Pines, then along the north side of the San Gabriel Mountains. California is world-famous for many things and one of them is earthquakes. This introduction to a small section of the infamous San […]
San Andreas Fault Tour on the San Francisco Peninsula
We’ve taken our readers on tours of the San Andreas Fault before, this time however, we’re going to take you on an urban back roads tour of where the fault can be seen along the San Francisco Peninsula. Our tour starts near Stanford University in Palo Alto, and ends where the fault plunges into the […]
San Juan Mountains Wildflower Bloom
Some of the most spectacular and colorful wildflower displays that we’ve ever seen were in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado. The blooms typically occur during mid-summer at elevations above 11,000 feet. On this trip, which was the last week of July 2015, we were lucky to explore this area after a long period […]
Santa Clara Volcano Hike Near St. George
The area around southwest Utah is packed-full of small volcanoes known as cinder cones. Hiking to the top of one of these cones can offer great views of the awesome scenery below. This virtual hiking tour will take you up one such cinder cone on the edge of Snow Canyon State Park, just ten miles […]
Sevier Lake & Crystal Peak Road Trip
This road trip adventure takes us to the vast Great Basin Desert of western Utah. When we decided to find an ideal spot to view the October 2023 annular eclipse, we headed to an area north of the town of Milford, which is 50 miles north of Cedar City. After watching the eclipse, we noticed […]
St. George Historical Walking Tour
In the heart of downtown St. George sits the Pioneer Courthouse, a historical building that was the cornerstone of this once young and emerging community. The following article will explain how the Pioneer Courthouse came into being, along with detailing a walking tour to nearby historic buildings in St. George.
St. George Roadcut Reveals Colorful Geology
Southwest Utah is well known for its dazzling scenery thanks to the world-class geology that is in plain sight for everyone to enjoy. Most of this scenery is created by natural erosion that goes on continually for centuries, exposing the hidden beauty underneath.
Taylor Creek Hike in Zion
The Taylor Creek Trail that heads up into the Middle Fork of Taylor Creek, is located in the Kolob Canyons section of Zion National Park. It gives the hiker a sampling of what Zion is all about, along with a unique half-created double arch at the trail’s end. The Taylor Creek Trail is located in […]
The Wave: Our Experience
We’re going to take you on a tour to a place called The Wave, which is a World Famous sandstone formation that everyone wants to visit. From our own personal experience, we’ll share with you what we saw and a lot of things we wish we had known about, before we went.
Titus Canyon Road Trip
Titus Canyon is one of Death Valley’s most distinctive canyons with a dirt road that passes through some beautiful desert mountain scenery, an extremely narrow canyon and is part of some unscrupulous Death Valley history. It is also one of the most popular off-road adventures in the Park. Traveling this road can be quite an […]