California Trail

Mountain Biking Etiquette What is the importance of these Mountain Biking Etiquettes? Why do we have them? These mountains and trails that we ride or hike are considered our safe haven from our daily grind. While these amazingly beautiful strips of the earth aid us in our escape from the hectic civilization, there Riding your bike on the off-road mountain adventure means you are attempting to balance your act on both the bike and the bikers’ behavior. For some bikers, strategizing those crooked…

Terrain- You may be wondering, what does the outside area of Cuyamaca look like? Well it's almost a taste of everything. You will cast your eyes upon a vast area of hills and mountains the size of a skyscraper. In other places you will find remarkable wet lands that are packed with eye-catching plants that will throw you off your feet. In addition to that, you may catch a glimpse of the the green yet wavy grass fields. Lastly, you have the noteworthy forests which are loaded with beautiful…

Welcome to Zion’s National Park! Today we will be going on a ture. While we are on this amazing ride I will tell you everything that I honestly think is pretty cool about Zion then get to doing what you think is interesting. First off it is located in Springdale, Utah. One of the things that most tourists want to come and see is the Virgin River. As it flows through the forests it is so clear that I can see the bottom. Zion is about 147,000 acres long, and in those acres there are beautiful…

The field trip to the Lava Beds National Monument would be a good place to go. It is near the California and Oregon state boarder and is California's best kept secret. We should go to the Lava Beds National Monument because it would be a fun place to go and see things we never seen before. Lava Beds Monument could be really fun because we could climb and go in the slide that is there. It would be really fun. The Lava Beds Monument is full of history and geological wonders. It has…

high-point of thinly-populated Modoc County as well as the highest point in the South Warner Wilderness. Modoc County, located on the Oregon-Nevada-California border is one of the least-traveled counties in California, owing its remoteness to its distance from the major population centers. It is also the third most sparsely populated county of all 58 California counties. Eagle Peak…

The Donner Party’s Expedition to California America in 1846 was a land becoming increasingly populated, at a rapid rate. The cities were becoming densely populated, with little job opportunities. With the nation expanding westward, it opened up more space for settlers to inhabit and start a new life. A few of these opportunity seekers, James Reed, and George and Jacob Donner, took advantage of this bright opportunity and decided to make the journey west. James Reed was a wealthy businessman…

"I declare this lava bed to become a park," I hear President Calvin Coolidge. This Lava Bed is located on the border of California and Oregon. At this site you are able to see caves, take a tour around the park, go hiking on scenic trails, climb cinder cones and learn about volcanoes that are active or inactive. I think this field trip would be educational because we would be there and we would remember instead of pictures off the internet. The tour around the park will be historical because…

found in Arizona,California,New Mexico,Oklahoma,and Texas. What they eat for diet can be Mice, rats, rabbits, gophers, ground dwelling birds, lizards and other small animals. Some of the Diamondbacks predators are Eagles, hawks, roadrunners, kingsnakes, coyote, bobcats, and foxes. the diamondbacks can live up to approximately 15-20 years in captivity. The Diamondbacks live deserts,grassy arias, forests, rocky hillsides, and arias by the cost. The location can be Arizona,California,New…

nineteenth and twentieth centuries, artistic interpretations of the west sparked westward movement of people. A nineteenth century painting by Albert Bierstadt named the Oregon Trail (1869) depicted the west as a serene wilderness providing hope and the promise of a fulfilling life. In contrast, the photograph Lakewood California by William Garrett (1950) and a painting by John Gast called American Progress (1872) shows a more industrialized view of the west. An article written by Joshua Johns…

with snow or rain, many Californians break out parkas and skis and head for the high country. Others opt for local walks or the gym to keep in shape for spring. A relative few extend their hiking season by heading to that least-visited region of California: its deserts. Deserts cover over a third of the state, mostly inland areas in the south, with a finger extending north between the eastern Sierra Nevada and the state boundary. Too often considered monotonous “drive-over country”,…