Sequoia Cabins
Sierra Cabins near Sequoia Groves Sequoia trees naturally grow in the Sierra Nevada mountains, on the west side of the range. Several parks & forests make up what is known as “the Sequoias” – in...
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Sierra Lodges, Sequoia Cabins & California Redwood Inns Northern California Coast Redwood Bay Area Santa Cruz Redwoods Big Sur Redwoods Giant Sequoia NM – Ponderosa Sierra Nevada – Kern Mountains...
View ArticleSanta Cruz Redwoods
Santa Cruz Mountains & Santa Cruz Redwood Parks overnight in the redwoods Camping out in the Santa Cruz mountains can be a magical experience. It is here where some city dweller first get a glimpse...
View ArticleCalifornia Camping Maps
California Campground Maps Maps are the key to finding your very own slice of heaven in the Wilderness. Online map sources can barely get you to your city destination correctly, much less the remote...
View ArticleMono Lake California
The Great Basin meets California, at the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains Mono Lake elevation: 6383′ Eastern California US Hwy 395 @ CA SR 120 East of Yosemite NP Lee Vining, CA Rumor has it this lake...
View ArticleGo Solo
Traveling Alone Camping Solo it’s the way to go… slow & solo enjoying quality time alone is not weird, wrong, or unnatural, no matter how many strange looks you get from friends & envious...
View ArticleTrail of 100 Giants Sequoia Grove
The Western Divide Highway, at 6000 feet elevation, connects the Kern River Valley w/ granite peaks, dome rock, aspen groves & the Giant Sequoia trees! This is one of the southernmost Sequoia...
View ArticleLos Angeles Mountains
LA forest / Los Angeles Mountain / LA National Forest Los Angeles forest & parks – San Bernardino National Forest Angeles National Forest Los Padres National Forest Santa Monica Mountains NRA...
View ArticleMammoth Fishing
Stark Weather Lake Originally uploaded by danamight Mammoth Mountain Lakes / Eastern Sierra Fishing Sure splendor for fishing, most of the time. Lake fishing, stream fishing, river fishing. Fishing the...
View ArticleGrange Hall, now California Guilds
Why are California Granges now called Guild Halls? Simply, it’s FOOD politics. Corporate food power versus local food production: organic, GMOs, bees, pesticide drift and a host of other issues. In...
View ArticleOur Food
According to a new report by the National Center For Health Statistics, nearly 40 percent of all U.S. adults are now officially obese. An all-time record high. More than 70 percent of us are now...
View ArticleMore Time, Offline
There once was a time when we connected more with nature. Before we closed ourselves off, behind the doors and windows, behind the computer screens, before the internet became part of daily life....
View ArticleTour of California
Tour of California, by Total Escape California has so much land and sheer beauty, it’s hard to wrap your mind around the vastness, much less the amazing and awe inspiring scenery. Snow skiing,...
View ArticleSanta Cruz Redwoods
Santa Cruz Mountains & Santa Cruz Redwood Parks overnight in the redwoods Camping out in the Santa Cruz mountains can be a magical experience. It is here where some city dweller first get a glimpse...
View ArticleCentral Valley CA
The Great Central Valley of California – the San Joaquin Valley (on the south side) & the Sacramento Valley (on the north) together make up some of the most fertile farmland on the whole West...
View ArticleCalifornia Covered Bridge
Covered Bridges of California Overland pioneers and miners flooded the Sierra Nevada mountains after 1848, when gold was discovered, transforming the natural landscape and native life of California –...
View ArticleDanaMite
founder of Total Escape totalescape.com – online since 1996 (before the dot com crash, before digital cameras, before GPS, before social media & way ahead of smartphones) Sole creative force of...
View ArticleCottonwood Campground
High Sierra access: Cottonwood Lakes / Horse Camps Cottonwood Pass – 11,200′ Cottonwood Lakes Campground, Golden Trout Campground & Horseshoe Meadows Campground… all next to Mount Whitney. This is...
View ArticleNational Forest Cabins
California Fire Lookouts for Rent US Forest Service Cabins Rent a secluded cabin with an amazing view, a historic tower for wildfire spotting, or a USFS guard station – hidden deep inside USDA...
View ArticleLakes Basin Recreation Area
Lakes Basin Area, California Golden gems of California, a collection of alpine lakes on the north end of Historic Gold Country, North Yuba River, Northern Sierra Nevada EAST of Downieville, CA...
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