Author: Real Travel Adventures

By Saul Schwartz             Although my wife Fern and I had been to New Mexico for work trips, this was our first opportunity to see the sites of Albuquerque and Santa Fe.  In March, the daytime temperatures were quite pleasant, …

By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov For any traveler to Northern California, the San Francisco Bay Area is a well-known culinary wonderland with abundance of fresh seasonal produce, farm-to-table and locavore restaurant concepts, and a robust corps of experienced …

By Bonnie & Bill Neely In the heart of Los Angeles, we discovered this area has been inhabited for thousands of years before we humans got here! Right in the midst of the daily traffic of hundreds of vehicles and …

By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov One of my fellow travel writers used to amaze me with her uncanny ability to publish multiple travel stories about different destinations in different outlets that sounded very much the same. Most of …

By Bonnie and Bill Neely We were happy to visit the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences soon after it opened in Los Angeles on Wilshire Boulevard. We parked for the day at LACMA to visit three museums …

By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov Wide open spaces, endless blue sky, and easy, uncrowded roads among the emerald vineyards immediately crate a feeling of “cool wind in your hair” when you venture out to explore Lodi and its …

By Bonnie & Bill Neely We had heard of Joshua Tree National Park and seen pictures but never been there. Our son, who loves the desert, decided to introduce us to this wonderful place in which he loves to hike. …

By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov Traveling this holiday season isn’t easy, not only because of the usual hurdles that come with winter weather and more and more common these days (yet no less frustrating) airport delays, but also …

By Bonnie and Bill Neely The Tularosa Basin in New Mexico, which has been inhabited by people since the end of the Ice Age, has some very unusual, protected areas which are not-to-miss. The first known people were Jornada Mongollon …

By Emma Krasov. Photography by Yuri Krasov No matter how many times you travel to California’s Central Coast, the magnetic pull of this gorgeously rugged stretch of the Pacific, framed with ancient rocks, lined with Monterey pines and cypresses, covered …