Category: Places I Like
London Bridge and Lake Havasu City
While on a tour of the Colorado River region, we stopped at Lake Havasu City. The sun was setting, the weather was pleasant, and I had the option to walk over to the restaurant, and after a long day on the bus, it was a welcome treat. Lake Havasu City’s claim to fame, besides being…
Flying over the Mojave desert
Last week, I traveled with the Foundation that sponsors my blog on a tour of the Lower Colorado River. I’ve got plenty of pictures which will be the subject of numerous photoblog posts to come in the future. The tour begins in Las Vegas and ends at the Ontario Airport, so I drove to the…
Colorado River Aqueduct to Cadiz Valley: Water, railroads, and desert oddities
After our trip through Painted Canyon, we headed out into the desert to find the Colorado River Aqueduct. One of these days, I’m going to put together the Colorado River Aqueduct photoblog post, and I needed some pictures of the open aqueduct. This segment just east of the Joshua Tree National Park is the last…
The San Andreas Fault Zone and the tortured landscape of Painted Canyon
If you want to see the effects of earthquake faults up close and personal, then among the spots you will want to visit is Painted Canyon, located in the Mecca Hills just east of Indio. This area is known as the San Andreas Fault Zone due to the numerous faults in close proximity that criss…
Stars in Los Angeles of a different kind: The Griffith Observatory
Here’s a great place to go in Los Angeles, and best of all, it’s free! (Note the recurrent theme on this blog … ) The Griffith Observatory at Griffith Park is a great place to spend the day.
The mud volcanoes of the Salton Sea
The Imperial Valley-Salton Sea region is an endlessly fascinating area to me for many reasons: the agriculture, the infrastructure that delivers one-fifth the (legislated) flow of the Colorado River to this remote desert valley, the unusual nature of some of the people you encounter, and just the way I feel very close to history here.…
The Desert View Tower and Boulder Park
If you are traveling over Interstate 8, east from San Diego towards Yuma, you will definitely want to stop at the Desert View Tower at Jacumba, especially if you have kids. Partly for the view, partly for the “museum” and for the folk art, you won’t want to miss this unique slice of California.
The Old Plank Road
The Imperial Valley is quite fascinating to me for many reasons, the biggest one perhaps being that it is as if you can look down the streets and see history. The Imperial Valley was one of the last remaining frontiers left in the West around the turn of the 20th century; these settlers endured the…
Pictures from along US 395
One road I travel quite often and am quite familiar with is the 395 through the Owens Valley. Since my parents live in Reno, I make the trip up there from Southern California quite often. And this year, we spent Labor Day weekend at Convict Lake. Here are some shots from up and down the…