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California Travel Blog

Mineral King Valley during a late spring thaw



Welcome to the California Travel Blog. Within these pages, you can read selected stories and musings about our waterfall-themed adventures in California. Hopefully, you'll find these blogs entertaining and educational. Perhaps you might get a good laugh at our expense, or you might find some nuggets that you can apply to your own travels.

Thumb through the travel blogs below. They are arranged chronologically with the most recent escapade at the top. Enjoy :)



Hiking in the snow Snow Good Valentine's Day: It was still rainy and chilly, but Julie and I were quite relieved as the only snow left was on our car. Both of us were also relieved about finally going to the restroom after the tense hour of driving only 20mph through snow. When I hastily returned to the car and its comforting heating, a big caucasian guy in a blue jacket knocked on my door and had me roll down the window."Did you just come down from the pass?" he said, pointing eastward."Uh, yeah," said I, thinking he must be going the other way."What was it like?" he asked."Uhh, well, it was quite slow. There were a bunch of cops looking like they're about to close to highway," said I. At this point, I wasn't sure where he was going with this.Sensing my hesitation, the guy then said, "I'm with Channel 8 News. Do you mind if I film you?" [read more]



Mom checking out the view from the Marble Falls Trail Marmots and Ticks: It quickly became apparent why some people put small wire fences around their vehicles while others left their hood open. There were marmots scurrying about looking to go underneath someone's vehicle and chew on the radiator hoses! My dad guarded the car armed with a trekking pole. He was determined not to let the radiator-hose-eating marmots underneath the vehicle and possibly disable the car... [read more]





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