Every few minutes, I’d look up and find myself thinking, “holy #@*!” We were at Calaveras Big Trees State Park to see some redwoods. We had just been to Yosemite Valley the day before to see some big beautiful rocks, and since this was in the neighborhood, we wanted to see some big trees. We were not disappointed. The visitor center is in the…

I just took a family trip to the UK, first time out of the country in quite a while. Historically, I’ve been one of those people who takes printed itineraries, maps, and other reference material when going to new places. But with the number of places we were going to go and heavy reliance on public transportation at all of them, I wanted to be able…

The header is picture I took at Ruby Beach , Washington, US.