The Art of Exploration archive is where you'll find my past writings and thoughts. You are currently viewing a list of articles that were published in October 2013.

Del Valle Regional Park

Published October 9th, 2013 in California

It’s difficult to not take it personally when you get kicked out of a National Park. Especially when you’re someone who adores National Parks as much as I do. It soon became clear that the debt ceiling crisis was not going to resolve itself any time soon.

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Published October 8th, 2013 in California

Today we visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a public aquarium that has been involved in a variety of marine research projects that I’ve read about over the years.

Lower Yosemite Fall Trail

Published October 1st, 2013 in California

There are so many things to do and so many sights to see in Yosemite, I found it a challenge to know where to start. We flipped through our guide books and studied our maps and decided that the Lower Yosemite Fall Trail seemed like a good opener.

Exploring Yosemite Valley

Published October 1st, 2013 in California

One of my favorite things we did during our short stay in Yosemite was to take a long evening walk through Yosemite Valley. Since few people were left in the park by this time, it was like we had traveled back in time to a less hectic era.