Often times referred to as the Bodie of southern California, Cerro Gordo was an incredibly wealthy mining town that helped fund the creation of the Los Angeles shipping trade. Now it is a bit difficult to get to on a pretty narrow dirt road that almost certainly requires 4 wheel drive to reach.
The downtown area of Los Angeles, is one of the weirdest, desolate, sad and cold downtowns in the world. LA is a great city, but if you get caught downtown after sunset, the best thing to do is leave.
Part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Fort Miley is also referred to as the Point Lobos Military Reservation. A small war memorial remains, however, today the park is used primarily as a picnic site and offers some of the City's best views of Golden Gate Bridge.
Durfort is a tiny medieval village in Southern France. For hundreds of years is has been a town filled with coppersmiths and artists.
Situated in suburban San Jose, California, the Cardinal Coffee Shop & Lounge is open 24 hours and is perfect for breakfast, lunch, dinner or desert at any time of the day or night.
If you fancy a cocktail, or karaoke, go through to the lounge for some old school Vegas atmosphere.
This is one of El Dorado County's oldest wineries, located in Placerville, CA. It is also one of the most picturesque wineries in the area.
Isleton Joe's is located in the small Sacramento Delta town of Isleton. (Isleton is known for crawdads and has a crawdad festival in June.)
The restaurant was charming, clean and busy.
This restaurant, previously a General Store, located in the charming Old Elk Grove, is also a brewery of micro beers. The decor was charming and displayed several large, working copper beer making containers.
When we got there around 6:00, a live band was setting up.
Landmark granite dome in Yosemite National Park, California USA. One of the most recognizable and visited sights in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.