Basecamp California | A Journal of California Wanderings

A journal of California wonderings

The Pinnacles, in Full Bloom

A gallery of wildflowers from Pinnacles National Park.

Familiar theme… unique beauty.

A visit to the Mission at San Juan Bautista is a reverent journey to California’s European past.

A crash course on the California coastline, minutes from Monterey.

Get a close look at where the Pacific Ocean endlessly pounds the California coast.

Underneath all of this heat and rock is life, just waiting for the chance.

A Big Sur stop with a little bit of everything.

As you hike around this landscape, you begin to consider the forces at work just under your feet.

A beautiful location… and everybody knows it.