Yosemite National Park in California is rightly seen as one of America’s great attractions. It is a place of unsurpassed beauty with countless outdoor activities for all ages and skill levels. It is also the Disney of National Parks. Everyone wants to go. Proper planning is essential to avoid what could become a nightmare of…
Catalina is a 75 square mile island off the coast off southern California. This makes it about the size of New Providence island in the Bahamas, home of capital city Nassau. While Nassau is a crowded busy place, Catalina is the opposite. There is only one town of note on Catalina, Avalon with a population…
The famous prison located on Alcatraz Island is right off the city of San Francisco. As such it makes an easy trip for visitors to the city. However, this is not a spur of the moment activity. In 2015 a number of features came out suggesting that Alcatraz was one of America’s best tourist attractions. …
Over the years we have had great success getting significant travel discounts on hotels using Hotwire and Priceline. These sites have regular listings for hotels, but the discounts usually come from paying for an unknown hotel. Because you don’t know the name of the hotel until after you book, you can get a bargain price…
This our guide to visiting two attractions in the heart of Los Angeles, the Original Farmers Market and the La Brea Tar Pits. Los Angeles is a crowded sea of humanity with seemingly no escaping the constant flow of traffic. It wasn’t always that way. Los Angeles started to grow in the late 1800s driven…
We survived, we are not yet bankrupt and we had fun! Not the most positive intro for a post that is supposed to be about a great family adventure, but truly that is the reality of Universal Studios Hollywood. Yes, it can be a great experience, but one must definitely temper expectations and plan ahead. …