In search of the continuous road trip
Was I prepared to hate LA, or what? Smog, driving everywhere, parking garages, sprawl, fake people. I imagined a city dominated by the things I hate. But here I am, sitting on the beach just north of Santa Monica. The waves are rolling in, one …
One of the things I really wanted to do in LA, as cliché as it sounds, was hike up to the Hollywood sign. I didn’t realize that you don’t hike up to the sign so much as you hike up the hill that the sign …
We’re in LA visiting Ellen, one of Paul’s high school friends. We’ve visited friends across the country, and it’s interesting to catch them at different times of their places of residence. Some have lived in the same spot for a decade while others have just …
Our posts from the last few weeks have been a little out of order. Over Christmas, holed up in Las Vegas, we had hoped to catch up on our backlog and get back to the order of reality. Guess what: it didn’t happen, and if …
Even though there’s plenty to do in Death Valley without visiting the named attractions, sooner or later you’re going to want to see these places too – after all, when you return to civilization, everyone in the know is going to ask if you’ve seen …
We’ll talk a little about the more popular areas of Death Valley, but we have a bit of a love/hate relationship with them. If a place has a name and is on the main map, people will go see it. But all good places don’t …
As tempting as the town of Death Valley Junction, CA, sounded, we decided to enter Death Valley National Park from the southeast, via Shoshone, CA. Just make sure you have a full tank of gas – unless you want to pay $5.10/gallon. We found some …
Most people zip through the few-mile-long Artist’s Drive on their way to the “destination” spots in Death Valley, like Badwater or Furnace Creek. We spent the equivalent of one full day on the drive and suggest anyone looking to get away from the crowds and …
Visiting Vegas? Print out this handy list of walking rules and study it on the plane ride. There are going to be lots of people competing with you for Vegas sidewalk real estate, and you want to be sure to keep up. With a little …
Like all great recipes, the granola we enjoyed at Mary’s in Lake Havasu City has evolved over the years. I loved it so much I persuaded Mary to give me the recipe to share (and to make when we finally have a real kitchen). The …
Crack in the Mountain – known locally as Sara’s Crack, because it’s located in Sara Park – is an exciting trail to hike. Many trails in the west seem to take advantage of washes and use them as naturally created and maintained trails. This wash …
We’ll start this week off with a little bit of a rant about snobbery, specifically my wine snobbery. The past few days we stayed with Mary, a family friend of Paul’s, in Lake Havasu City, AZ. (Her husband, Mike, was elk hunting in New Mexico.) …