Off-the-Beaten-Path Lake Tahoe — Because the Main Trails Are Basically Disneyland “As it lay there with the shadows of the mountains brilliantly photographed upon its still surface, I thought it must surely be the fairest picture the whole earth affords.” -Mark Twain Mark Twain had obviously never traveled to Lake Tahoe on a holiday weekend. …
If you ask ChatGPT where to hike near Crestline, California, she’ll immediately try to send you to Big Bear Lake—which is great… if you feel like driving over an hour just to go for a walk in the woods. But if you’re staying in Crestline or around Lake Gregory, chances are you’re looking for hikes …
Here we are in the spring of 2026. Instagram influencers are putting on their best Laura Wilder pioneer dresses and taking selfies in fields of orange and purple wildflowers all over southern California. The pandemic is officially over, somehow Donald Trump is still president and the 2026 California super bloom is here. I don’t own …
Sometimes you just need to leave the motorhome drama behind and go for atrek that may or may not qualify as “a stroll through Mono County fall colors hikes” Because let’s be honest—vacation is supposed to be relaxing, but somehow the Mickey Mouse Club followed me three hundred miles north to the Eastern Sierra. By …
Dear my true love, autumn in the Eastern Sierra, you are the only rehab I need—except for maybe the kind that fixes a caffeine dependency. Thank God for the Looney Bean in Bishop and also this rainbow of aspen groves! After I fill my travel mug at the Looney Bean, I’ll take you, your golden …