Given the mosquitos, often blustery wind and a summer heat that can be unrelenting to those not topping a bonnet, one of the more interesting outdoor activities in the California Outback can also actually be enjoyed while indoors—as in behind… Continue Reading
There’s a new ranger in town up on the Modoc National Forest—at least temporarily. She is Danelle Harrison, acting forest supervisor—on loan from the Kaibab National Forest down near the Grand Canyon—which she promotes proudly with a Kaibab National Forest… Continue Reading
Highway 395 runs along California’s eastern side—a backbone highway figuratively—and a lonely one, too. Not as lonely as Nevada’s Highway 50—the so-called “Loneliest Road in America,” but Highway 395 travels a route through country that is high desert and scrub,… Continue Reading
Fall descends on California’s High Desert now, with telltales natural and man-made settling over the sagebrush. Though the equinox is a few weeks away, already the atmosphere has chilled and a watch needs keeping on the forecast for frost—the first… Continue Reading
Going to see the elephant! That’s one popular saying of Gold Rush miners heading for California and the mines. Off for excitement, something big! Modern folks have a few elephants of our own to see. Here in Northern California, things… Continue Reading
One couldn’t have asked for a prettier day for an outing to find a pioneer wagon trail: Puffy clouds and streaks of white in a blue blue sky, ground newly damp from a rainstorm the previous night and the sweet,… Continue Reading
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