Once my husband and I left Groveland, California, (click here for Iron Door Saloon), headed west to the coast, long periods of nothingness enveloped us. There were no homes, even other cars were a rarity. Cutting through what could be cause for boredom, or worse for Mister Rain behind the…
No trip of mine and my husband’s would be considered a complete success without some element of sports. And so, on our final day of our week in California, before our last supper and the return of our rental car in preparation for an early flight back to Pennsylvania from…
As we drove around the Beverly Hills and Los Angeles area, I told my husband to be on the lookout for the Hollywood Sign. I imagined it to be a North star in a city of stars. Sure enough, when we turned onto one road, there, straight ahead, it was….
Opening its doors in 1927, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California has been the site of many movie premieres and three Academy Awards ceremonies. Hundreds of celebrity handprints, footprints and autographs are cemented in the concrete of its forecourt. Even a famous landmark such as Grauman’s, however, cannot escape sponsorship,…
Leaving Santa Monica, my husband and l followed the Pacific Coast Highway south to Beverly Hills. I have always enjoyed pop culture and was excited to see some of the sights in person. The Beverly Hilton The venue of the annual Golden Globes Awards ceremony, The Beverly Hilton has been…
As my husband and I arrived in Santa Monica on our drive south on the Pacific Coast Highway, we were two days away from flying back home after a tremendous week in California. As had been our practice the entire trip, once we had an idea of which town we…
I had driven through Malibu, California over a decade ago. It looked just like I had seen on TV, with the base of a mountain on one side of the road, right at the edge, while across the two-lane Pacific Coast Highway were homes, also very close to the road….
While my husband and I drove to Morro Bay from Big Sur, I did a little research, learning that Morro Rock is a 576-foot tall volcanic plug that was formed about 23 million years ago from a long-extinct volcano. It is part of a chain of nine volcanic peaks known…
While there may be no greater “sure thing” image to capture when along the coast than a lighthouse, no two of their stories are the same. Pigeon Point Lighthouse Pescadero, California Perched on a cliff 50 miles south of San Francisco, the 115-foot Pigeon Point Lighthouse is one of the…
Traveling south on the Pacific Coast Highway to Los Angeles, I knew that there was a road closure coming up due to landslides and other weather-related issues. As we got closer to this area, my husband began to see signs warning that the road would soon be coming to an…
