The La Quinta Cove Oasis trails network is a 114 acres of natural open space, a little less than three miles from the house we are renting. There are a bunch of interconnecting trails and washes, but since it is the desert you can kind of just go where ever you please. And we pleased …
In March, right as Covid started to really make a name for itself, we went to the Living Desert for the first time. Knowing how much we loved it the last time, we decided to go ahead and become annual passholders. (If we go just twice it is the same price as an annual pass. …
The Fred Wolff Nature Preserve is 20 acres of natural open space, just one mile from the house that we rented in La Quinta in order to celebrate Thanksgiving. Between pool time and waiting for the guys to pick up our dinner at our favorite deli, TKB, Marla, the girls and I wandered around the …
The Mohave Desert is the driest desert in North America. It covers almost 50,000 square miles of land, most of which falls in California. We stopped here on the way home from Lake Havasu, driving off the main highway onto a dirt road somewhere between Joshua Tree and the Old Woman Mountains Wilderness, about two …
Havasu Parasail has been in business for 15 years. The captain/owner, Alan, has 50,000 flights logged. This is all important information considering I intend to parasail in Lake Havasu as part of my big 4-0, and I am scared of heights and don’t want to die. The boat docks right at the London Bridge, giving …
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge is comprised of 37,515 acres of protected land along the Colorado River, in both Arizona and California. It was established in 1941 by President Roosevelt as a migratory bird habitat. (You just have to love forward thinking presidents.) Havasu National Wildlife Refuge is now a birding hotspot. Over 300 species depend …
Nothing says “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” like 500,000 Christmas lights. When we went out at 7:00pm to see the London Bridge at night, it was in the mid 70s. There is a stark difference between looking like Christmas and feeling like Christmas, but either way it was a welcomed sight. We …
Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge is comprised of 6,000 acres which provides a habitat for 355 bird species, 34 reptile species, 40 butterflies species, 37 mammal species and 7 amphibians. The river is named after Bill Williams (1787-1849), a U.S. born master fur trapper, trail guide and speaker of multiple Native American languages. He …
Lake Havasu State Park is listed as one of the best beaches in Lake Havasu City, so when we were charged $15 dollars to enter, I was hoping for the best. We were pleasantly surprised. As we were driving through the 928 acre State Park that sits on the Colorado River we noticed cabins for …
Eric and I visited the London Bridge, in London, two summers ago. But the bridge we visited was opened in 1973, and was not the iconic one that was always falling down, my fair lady. The famous “Old” London Bridge was in place from 1209 to 1831. That bridge sometimes displayed the heads of traitors, …
Sand n’ Straw is a 6 acre farm that sells produce, flowers, coffee and baked goods, offers cooking and gardening classes, has story time and farm animal visits. That pretty much sums it up! This family farm has been opened for about 6 years. Eric said he has driven by it a thousand times and …
I am not sure what we love most about visiting the Alta Vista Botanical Gardens in the rain. Maybe it is just the fact that when rain is in the forecast, I have a hard time believing it and so make plans as usual. Or maybe that it is open rain or shine (unlike Leo …
It is not possible to see everything at the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum in Vista in one visit, especially when all of the buildings are closed. Marla et al met us at the museum today. Due to the rainy weather, the ground was muddy, and the buildings were closed, so the entry fee …
It didn’t take too long before we returned to the tide pools. Twenty four hours to be exact. There is going to be a negative tide (when the tide level will be approximately one foot below the lowest average) in two weeks, but we won’t be here then. So A1 and I decided to return …
There are no tide pools in Oceanside. The closest tide pools are at San Onofre (20 minutes north) or Cerezo Bluffs (10 minutes south). Today we went to Cerezo Bluffs (not too far from the iconic Carlsbad smokestack which is currently in the process of being demolished). With the full moon peaking on Halloween, we …