This week we're taking a long day trip from Los Angeles to Yosemite National Park to see Firefall, the natural phenomenon also known as the Horsetail Fall Event. This travel guide covers a one day itinerary with recommendations on driving directions, points of interest, where to park, and how to access one of my top spots to view Firefall from across the Yosemite Valley along Four Mile Trail.
Read MoreRead this Flying Dawn Marie travel guide about the best hikes in Yosemite National Park. Today I'm providing the hiking details about 12 great Yosemite trails, one for every month of 2024. Yosemite is awesome all year, so join me in exploring what to do in Yosemite, like Firefall, Mirror Lake, Hetch Hetchy, MIst Trail to Vernal & Nevada Falls, Yosemite Falls, Glacier Point, and Inspiration Point.
Read MoreRead this Flying Dawn Marie travel guide to the 2023 Eastern Sierra Fall colors. This complete visitor guide will take you to my top 25 spots along highway 395 on where to see the California Fall colors. We'll take a road trip up into the Sierra Nevada Mountains and discover places to go like North Lake, Bishop Creek, Sonora Pass, Mammoth Lakes, Tioga Pass, Conway Summit, and June Lake Loop.
Read MoreRead this Flying Dawn Marie travel guide about the hike up Pothole Dome in Yosemite National Park. Located along Tioga Road in the Tuolumne Meadows near the Tioga Pass Entrance, this is a great family friendly hiking trail and one of my top things to do in Yosemite's high country. Atop this granite feature we'll have spectacular views of Unicorn Peak, Cockscomb Peak, and the Cathedral Range.
Read MoreRead this Flying Dawn Marie travel guide to exploring the top things to do along a Tioga Pass road trip, one of the most underrated sections of Yosemite National Park. When Tioga Road opens for the season, there are so many places to go, including Olmsted Point with views of Half Dome, Tenaya Lake, Lembert Dome, Tuolomne Meadow, and multiple waterfalls that flow in late Spring / early Summer.
Read MoreRead this Flying Dawn Marie travel guide to exploring Columns of the Giants along Sonora Pass Highway 108 in the Sierra Nevadas of CA. Hiking this family friendly trail is one of my top things to do on a road trip through Stanislaus National Forest. The short paved path takes you over the Middle Fork Stanislaus River to basalt rock formations formed by volcanic and glacial activity long ago.
Read MoreRead this Flying Dawn Marie travel guide for the best trips in California to take in 2023. Listed out in this article are 6 top road trips to take during each season, Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. We'll explore mountain adventures in Yosemite and Lassen Volcanic National Park, as well as beach destinations in Big Sur. We'll head to the desert to discover unique landscapes in Death Valley.
Read MoreRead this Flying Dawn Marie travel guide to hiking the Big Trees Trail along Generals Highway in the Giant Forest. This easy hike is one of my favorite things to do in Sequoia National Park, and it's close to the Giant Forest Museum, General Sherman Tree, Congress Trail, and Moro Rock. This loop trail is family friendly and great for all ages, providing close up views of giant sequoia trees.
Read MoreRead this Fall color travel guide to Rock Creek Lake in the Eastern Sierra mountains. Rock Creek Canyon is home to dozens alpine lakes and hiking trails, but today we'll be hiking the easy trail around Rock Creek Lake and enjoying the autumn colors as we stroll through groves of aspen trees. The Fall colors are peaking along Highway 395, so download the free photo guide to my top spots.
Read MoreRead this Flying Dawn Marie travel guide to visiting 3 National Parks in 1 day! This one day itinerary is a great California road trip idea, taking us from Yosemite Valley to Kings Canyon, and then ending in Sequoia National Park. We'll explore spots like Lower Yosemite Falls, Big Stump Trail, Grant Grove, General Sherman, Moro Rock, Hanging Rock, Tunnel Log, and Tunnel Rock.
Read MoreToday we're climbing up on top of Tunnel Rock in Sequoia National Park in California. Generals Highway once passed under this giant boulder, which was tunneled out by the Civilian Conservation Corps back in the 1930s.
Read MoreToday we're hiking a section of the Pohono Trail in Yosemite National Park called the Pohono Loop Trail. We'll be soaking in views of El Capitan, Half Dome, and Yosemite Falls from cliff top edges and panoramic overlooks from Sentinel Dome, Roosevelt Point, and Taft Point.
Read MoreToday we're taking an Autumn hike around a small lake up in the Eastern Sierra near Aspendell. Intake II was created by a dam built along Bishop Creek, and the trail that loops around is covered with aspen trees that radiate Fall colors in September and October.
Read MoreJust south of Mammoth Lakes tucked away in the Eastern Sierra, we're exploring the beautiful mountain destination of Convict Lake. We'll be hiking the trail around the rim, but this is also a great spot for fishing, camping, kayaking, and enjoying multiple restaurants at the Convict Lake Resort.
Read MoreToday we're exploring the Fall colors of North Lake in the High Sierra Mountains near Bishop, California. We'll be taking the short hike for an early morning sunrise photoshoot so we can capture the still glassy reflections of the beautiful Autumn color palette up on the mountains.
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