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Why Highway 395 is California's Most Underrated Road Trip
Roads trips have become a staple of American culture! There is no better way to see this great nation and spend time with family and friends, then locked in a car playing road trip games. Aside from wrong turns, crying kids, the A/C breaking and being trapped in the car for hours, there is someth...Read more -
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Why I Love California's Northern Coast
Backpacker Magazine put out a request for photos of the Sonoma Coast to their photographer call list. I didn't have any extra original photos to give them. So I jumped at the opportunity to run out there and see what I could get! I brought my buddy Justin along, who is great because he's more tha...Read more -
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25 Photos from My 1,500 Mile Motorcycle Ride through California and Oregon
DAY 1. San Francisco, CA > Eureka, CA It all started on an early foggy morning on HWY 1 just north of San Francisco. The morning was spent heading north up the coast, battling the heavy fog and cold weather. Mt. Tamalpais State Park From HWY 1, I took a quick detour through Point Reyes N...Read more -
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8 Amazing Private Campsites in California
If you live in California, you know it can be tough sometimes to book the best campsites. Oftentimes weekend reservations are fully booked within hours of the sites being available online and first-come, first-served campsites usually get snatched up before most weekend warriors can even get out ...Read more -
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8 of My Favorite Campsites in California
One of my favorite things about living in California is the ability to hop in your car and visit so many incredible and wild places. Deserts with otherworldly landscapes? We’ve got it. Turquoise glacial lakes nestled between dramatic peaks? Check. Waterfalls plunging into the Pacific? Yep. With s...Read more -
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A Solo Sierra Sprint
Traffic tends to wake me up at 4:30AM on the weekends. Not because of the noise or the lights, but because I have a special disdain for sitting still on an endless asphalt roadway. Sometimes I think it’s impossible to escape the clutches of the Bay Area, but with the help of a really loud alarm c...Read more -
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Catch the "Super Bloom" in Lake Elsinore, California
While the "super bloom" is being experienced in several places throughout California, perhaps the best place to catch it in Orange County is in Lake Elsinore. I would recommend heading to Walker Canyon where you'll find a series of fairly easy trails. Park along Lake St. road and then begin up th...Read more -
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3 Days of Chasing Wildflowers in Southern California
California has gotten more rain than usual this winter, making for a beautiful spring. The waterfalls are running and the flowers are blooming! I took a trip to see if I could see some of the bloom because flowers can come and go so fast in SoCal. Walker Canyon Walker Canyon has bloomed with or...Read more -
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Desert Days: Exploring Southern California's National and State Parks
Ever since I've gone up to Seattle, I've gotten this incessant need to go outside and just explore and bask in the glory of the outdoors. So when finals week came around, I had to stay inside for one weekend. That one weekend could have been a month, it felt so long and boring. I might've left my...Read more -
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Nights Like This One Are Worth It
We drove just over two hours to catch the sunset at this fire lookout. We were there for maybe an hour and a half getting blasted by the wind, but the sun put on a show for us. I don't have a single regret. I'm not going to name this spot, because they're already having a hard time renovating t...Read more -
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An Unforgettable Weekend Scouting the Backroads of California's Highway 395
My buddy Luke got his hands on a brand new Tacoma TRD Pro so naturally we had to take it out for a maiden voyage and see what it could do! Jack and I met up with Luke and we headed out for a few days. Neither one of us have ever been through the Tioga Pass before so we took that route. We had no ...Read more -
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Roadtrip LA to SF: 4 Days On The California Coast
In 1910, construction began on what is now one of the most famous stretches of road in the US: Highway 1. Over 100 years later, this route continues to earn its place on many a road tripper’s bucket list.We’ve enjoyed this drive many times before, so when my boyfriend and I recently left our home...Read more -
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River Rafting, Hiking, and Camping: An Epic California Road Trip
If you’re scheming up some summer fun, our friends at KOA have the ultimate California road trip route dialed. On this week-long adventure you’ll hit four different stretches of whitewater, hike in Yosemite, and explore early Gold Rush towns filled with quirky shops, wineries and hip dining s...Read more -
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10 Awesome Places to Snowshoe in California
Snowshoeing is a sport for everyone, whether you're hard-core into the outdoors or a casual dabbler. The adventure can challenge your legs and lungs to their max, or be a gentle cruise through the evergreen trees. The choice is yours. So grab a pair of warm boots, rent a pair of snowshoes, and he...Read more -
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8 Perfect Spots For Beach Camping In Southern California
What comes to mind when people think of Southern California? Gorgeous weather, palm trees, the ocean, and of course, the endless sandy beaches. So what better way to enjoy what the Southern California coast has to offer than to camp on the beach? Starting from the north in Santa Barbara and headi...Read more -
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Mono Lake: One of the Best Stops on US-395
THE 395!!! Several rad cats at the Outbound have written up the 395, boasting all of its road tripping and sightseeing merits. I really got trapped inside my own mind when I contemplated this, which seems incredible to me… Mount Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous United States with a...Read more