A Glimpse of Pinnacles National Park
From highway 101, the west entrance of the Pinnacles National Park is accessed through the town of Soledad by Highway 146. Highway 146 turns into one long and winding one-lane road goes deep into the California’s Central Valley where the Pinnacles National Park is located. The park which reopened from the longest government shutdown that lasted for 34 days the week before must have been significantly spared because of its remote location and its being just a new national park having been only designated as one in 2013. At the mention of the recent reopening of the park, the park ranger explained that they were not supposed to discuss the government shutdown that started three days before Christmas. “But my wedding anniversary came by and it was really hard if you are furloughed. There I said it.” Richard and I were the very first park visitors that Monday morning. As most of the more visited national parks, most of the interesting facts about the park are ...