San Benito County, California

Pinnacles National Park is the closest National Park to me. Surprisingly this was only my second time visiting. This place is amazing! The last time I was here was four years ago now. We went in the spring time, everything should be green and lush and blooming wildflowers everywhere right? WRONG....

Native American village sites, ancient pictographs, a Spanish Mission, a river, creeks, mountains to walk up, great old-growth oaks, miles of savannah, old mines...and more. For people familiar with the western Big Sur and the coast, the eastern slopes of the Santa Lucia Range are a wonderful alt...