Winter in the Mojave National Preserve

From the archives: December 2013 “Desert Rats” Mojave National Preserve The Mojave National Preserve is sandwiched between Hwy 15 and Hwy 40.  Much like it’s little and more popular brother Joshua Tree National Park it has plenty of rocks, lava tubes, and the namesake Joshua trees.  Head here to escape the crowds of the Indio…

Kennedy Meadows

From the archives: June 2013 long weekend in the South Sierra Wilderness There are two Kennedy meadows in the Sierra mountain range. One is in Sonora County, the other in Kern County.  We went to the one in Kern county, as the Kern area is one of our favorites. GO WEST   Getting there: Take…

Wandering in Big Sur

We first did this trip in April of 2015 and had such a great time we decided to do it again the next year.  It has now become one of our favorite locations in California to roadtrip to and camp in. The plan was to load up our 22 footer Jayflight trailer and haul it…