Palos Verdes, Vasquez Rocks, Big Tujunga Canyon and Point Dume are lesser visited, but gorgeous locations that are a short drive away from the Los Angeles city center. So next time you have a free Saturday afternoon, check out these 4 destinations.
Read More...Finally, We Stopped at Vasquez Rocks
If you live in Los Angeles and you take road trips, you’ve definitely seen, talked about or photographed Vasquez Rocks. It’s the place you see as you drop back into the the Los Angeles basin after coming back from anywhere in Eastern Sierras or Death Valley…
Read More...Day Trip → Palos Verdes
There’s a beautiful bit of coastline in Palos Verdes. The weathered cliffs, tide pools and sea caves are reminiscent of Montaña de Oro. At only 35 minutes from downtown Los Angeles, Palos Verdes is a good stand-in for the Central Coast for a weekend day trip.
Read More...Day Trip → Joshua Tree
We are big music lovers, but our introvert tendencies, 10:30pm bedtime and aversion to noisy campgrounds makes it sound like just the worst. But we are grateful to that behemoth of a fest. Since most bands play both weekends, those bands hang around the area…
Read More...Exploring LA City-Parks: Elysian Park
Sometimes the best adventure is in your own backyard. On a recent weekend where we couldn’t go out of town on a big trip, we made a mini-trip of exploring the hills of Elysian Park. We can walk from our home in Echo Park so we filled a canvas bag with sundowner…
Read More...Trekking through Gaviota State Park
We’ve taken a bit of a break from the blog as the last few months had some big stuff going on. Namely, we got married. And because we are crazy (or awesome) people, we decided to make everything ourselves and threw the shindig out in the middle of Joshua Tree…
Read More...Where the Wild Flowers Are: Saddleback Butte State Park
Yes, the California wild flowers are blooming! To catch them before they’re gone, plan a day trip out to Saddleback Butte State Park as soon as you can.
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