The Indians Ranch area in Big Sur’s Ventana Wilderness is a great place for dispersed camping. Early spring is a great time to see the blooming wildflowers, majestic rock formations and rushing water in the rivers after the recent rains. Springs were oozing water right out of the rock walls. Recovering from the long drought, you can feel the earth…
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Ghost towns from the booms and busts of gold, silver, and assorted mineral mines are scattered all through Death Valley National Park. Lonely ruins from the promise of gold are at the Inyo Mine, deep within Echo Canyon, lying in the Funeral Mountains between Amargosa and Furnace Creek. The Echo Canyon turnoff (a dirt road), is marked on Highway 190,…
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Oregon has 9 lighthouses along its beautiful coastline. Camping along Hwy 101 and visiting these lighthouses, make for an educational as well as scenic trip, taking you back in time. Lighthouses. Lonely sentinels, shining their life-saving beacons on dark nights through stormy weather. What are their allure and mystique? Could it be they are towering monuments to our maritime heritage…
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Snow parks (spelled and signed as Sno Parks) can be a great place to camp, away from the main road. Crater Lake National Park has limited campground camping, and no dispersed camping is allowed inside the park. We found inviting Sno Parks for camping, both coming into Crater Lake from the south, and going out to the north. Camping south…
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Big Sur campers rejoice! Scenic Highway 1 reopened 2 months early after a section of road had been completely cut-off by the Mud Creek Slide last May of 2017. Cal Trans’ completed road construction means the windy, breathtaking curves of Highway 1 give campers better access to those campgrounds along the route. But better yet, driving time is shorter to…
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I find Pinterest to be a handy tool to collect and research good camping tips and information. You can use Pinterest like you would a search engine such as Google, using keywords of what interests you. The site is very visual, helping you to find what you want quickly. You can save pins to read about it later or use…
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Jail Canyon is a worthy day trip as well as an interesting place to camp in the Panamint Range of Death Valley. The ghost town of Ballarat lies within easy driving distance with a small store and curator. An old miner’s cabin lies at the end of the rough 4×4 route to Jail Canyon near a ravine with some aging…
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