Photography, Fun, and Adventure in the U.S.
We traveled from Tonopah, Nevada, to Lee Vining, California, to spend several days in and around the Eastern Sierras, including visits to Bodie, Mono Lake, Inyo National Forest, Mammoth Lakes, and — of course — Yosemite National Park. We started the adventure by visiting the site of a once-booming gold
We made a stop in the lovely Pahranagat Valley — camping in a cute little RV park in the town of Alamo, Nevada… a little oasis in the middle of the Great Basin desert located about 90 miles north of Las Vegas (an area we never need to visit again). The
We took a bit of a detour while in central Utah to visit a national park just across the state line in Nevada: Great Basin National Park. The off-the-beaten path park, #20 on our list of national parks visited on this trip, quickly became one of our favorites — in
Our advice is forget Vegas with all its traffic, smoke, and ugliness, and instead, head west of sin-city for two distinctly different, yet wonderful adventures in nature: Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Ash Meadows NWR is most certainly a hidden gem, tucked away