Finally, the highest mountains in Southern California are glistening white in snow, just in time for fun and frolic over the holidays. Mt. San Jacinto State Park’s Long Valley, at the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, is currently blanketed in two to three
The chum and coho salmon are arriving at Salmon Creek and the spawning and feeding frenzy has the usually placid creek boiling and roiling as the salmon navigate the shallows. As noted in the Juneau Empire, “their dorsal fins cutting the surface like those of tiny sharks.” Yes,
I like to hike alone. I relish the serenity and grandeur of the forest, meandering and dawdling, following hiking trails or exploring wildlife paths. I traipse through the spruce and hemlock-laden forest of the Tongass National Forest not thinking much about bears. Juneau is surrounded
For a city of only about 32,000 residents, Juneau, Aklaska offers too many things to go, see, do during the average cruise ship stop of 6 to 10 hours. Although Juneau was founded in the 1880s with the discovery of gold, gold