Tag: California
See wild burros, gunfights and a historic stretch of Route 66
By Chuck Woodbury
Do this: Drive the 22 miles or so from Oatman, Arizona, on old Route 66 east toward Kingman. It's beautiful and has...
Will California’s diesel law affect you as an RVer?
By Russ and Tiña De Maris
Back in 2008, California's controversial California Air Resources Board (CARB) formulated new regulations for heavy (over 14,000 pound gross...
John Sutter built a fort and forever changed the Wild West
By Bob Difley
Like many of the era's restless youth, John Augustus Sutter, a polished, dashing Swiss gentleman, set sail for New York in 1834...
Western Views: “The Bad Men from Bodie”
By Len Wilcox
WESTERN VIEWS
In the shadow of the Eastern Sierra Nevada, north of Mono Lake between Lee Vining, California, and Hawthorne, Nevada, is the...
Readers share their favorite travel places
Here's this week's installment of RV Travel Tips, where the readers of RVtravel.com share some of their favorite places to visit in North America....
Autumn-Winter historic scenic train rides
There’s something magical about riding trains. Why not plan a few hours from your RV journeys to experience the autumn color from a historic...
Meandering through Napa Valley
Miles of vineyards along Hwy 128/29 in Napa Valley (Julianne G. Crane)
If you occasionally
prefer the slow lane, rather than speeding along on the...
Battery Point Light – Crescent City, Calif.
Battery Point Light, (LighthouseFriends.com)
The Battery Point Light may not be the most dramatic or breath-taking lighthouse on the Pacific Northwest coast; it is, however,...
Susanville in northeast California celebrates its ranching, logging traditions; good ale
Downtown Susanville, Calif. (City of Susanville website)
Many RVers travel along US 395 on their way to and from Arizona and the Pacific Northwest or...
‘Rumiano’ is California’s oldest family-owned cheese company
RVers coming out of Rumiano Cheese Co. in Crescent City. (Julianne G. Crane)
Sitting in a small coastal town near Pacific Coast Highway 101 is...
Oasis Date Gardens in Cochella Valley = cool, tasty desert short stop
Oasis Date Gardens in Thermal, Calif. (Julianne G. Crane)
If you are a Snowbird migrating through the arid regions of the Coachella Valley in southern...
Borrego Springs is backdrop to 140 free-standing amazing metal sculptures
Scattered across the southern California desert near Borrego Springs are more than 140 amazing life-size depictions of animals that are said to have roamed...