Alta California The story of the Spanish missions is the story of California. Visiting the sites of the twenty-one missions established in present day California is a journey into the very origins of what one day would become one of the largest states in the U.S. Going from south to north, the California missions helped …
Monthly Archives: March 2013
History New Mexico / The Ranch School
Los Alamos New Mexico, once called the settlement of Otowi, and a relatively short drive northwest of Santa Fe and a city built upon mesas, is one of those western destinations which has quite a rich history. New Mexico history itself is one of the most diverse found anywhere in the U.S. Los Alamos history, …
Salton Sea California
If you’ve ever flown into either Los Angeles or San Diego from the east, chances are you’ve noticed a very large body of water in the middle of the desert. A very large lake seemingly out of nowhere. What you’re looking at is the Salton Sea in the Sonoran Desert. What’s even more surprising …