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Camping Options for Kern River and Lake Isabella

If you like camping, then you'll love the Kern River and Lake Isabella. It's as simple as that. There's literally hundreds of campsites …

Sometimes owning a 4x4 feels like being part of an exclusive club. Spending a weekend at Monache Meadows in the southern Sierra Nevada is …

Monache Meadow is a hard-to-get-to camping area in Inyo National Forest. But if you can get there, it's pretty epic. It's hard to get to …

For those of you who haven't experienced the magic of the Mojave, it's about time you do. The Mojave Desert - which covers large swaths …

Gas is cheap, crowds will be gone, and there's no better way to social distance than escaping to the vast wilderness of the American …

I've stumbled across some amazing campsites while exploring the high deserts, mountains, and coastal areas of California and neighboring …

Even though my travel wanderings in 2019 were neither prolific nor distant, keeping relatively close to home was still a treat. I am …

Driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, and vice versa, can be a monotonous, if not painful, experience. I used to think of it as 300 miles …

I've been spending a lot of time in remote areas of the desert lately. Often overlooked, these spartan areas are stunningly beautiful in my …