Año Nuevo Elephant Seals

What’s this?  Another day off?  No, we aren’t dreaming.  Since we’ve spent a lot of time in the SF Bay area this year, and years past, we decided to take…

Destination USA: Anacortes, Washington

Since our last update, we visited family on Cape Cod for our second week off during our year-long mobile marketing tour. As expected, it seemed to fly by, and before…

Ansel Adams Wilderness and Devils Postpile

Devil’s Postpile National Monument lies within the Ansel Adams Wilderness, near the Mammoth Recreation area south of Yosemite and north of the John Muir Wilderness area.   A seasonal, mandatory shuttle…

Yosemite

Yosemite via Tioga Pass

The Highlands Entrance to Yosemite Just south of the Mono Lake, there is an approach into Yosemite National Park‘s highlands from the Eastern Sierras via Tioga Road (originally used by…

Vasquez Rocks!

Vasquez Rocks History As you drive the Antelope Valley Freeway from Santa Clarita Valley, north of LA the other-worldly Vasquez Rocks loom suddenly out of the landscape. The angles at…

Comic Con

The 41st Comic Con was held in San Diego July 22-25, drawing over 120,000 people to the city’s Convention Center and downtown Gaslamp District. The conference is a gathering featuring…

High Sierra Music Festival

Arriving from the ding-ding-dinging of Reno to the quiet, sleepy Quincy was a great change of pace.  We checked into The Sporting Inn located on Main Street. The B&B is…

Alternate Route

It had been once too many times up and down The 5, so a change seemed like a great idea for the return to LA from Seattle. The first day’s…

Deception Pass State Park

Yeah for cancelled events! A surprise day off allowed us to sneak away and completely disconnect. We took advantage, and drove up toward our next event in Burlington, WA. From…

Seattle

Blessed with beautiful weather, Seattle was a great stop! It was brief, but we were able to do some downtown tourist stuff one day, including Pike Place Market. After our…