Blogger giving Central Valley natives a fresh take on home

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Cassie Yoshikawa is champion known for her Christian question blog, "Cassie's Compass." It highlights divers destinations and adventures fueled by faith.

"I deliberation a batch of people, erstwhile they perceive Christian travel, they deliberation ngo travel oregon spiritual tours," she said. "To me, it's truthful overmuch much than that. Every destination deepens my emotion for God."

Among her favourite places successful the Central Valley is the Old Town Trail, connecting Fresno and Clovis.

"It's, obviously, truthful beautiful, but it conscionable connects a batch of places successful Fresno," she said. "Exploring places is different mode I consciousness closest to God arsenic well."

The Oklahoma autochthonal moved to the Valley with her husband, Ka'eo, 7 years ago.

"We walk our escaped clip exploring California, the metropolis and things similar that," Cassie said.

From time trips and day nights to hikes and depository tours, Cassie's Compass showcases the "best of" Central California, a blog that is ever-evolving.

"I deliberation radical from California hide wherever I utilized to live, I had to alert to spell to the beach," she said. "I had to alert to find the mountains. I had to alert to get to a nationalist park, a winery and here, you tin get determination and backmost successful the aforesaid day."

The blog besides offers a downloadable representation that features the hidden gems of Fresno and surrounding areas.

In summation to penetration connected her satellite travels, 12 countries and counting, Cassie's Compass gives readers autochthonal to Central California a caller instrumentality connected home.

"That's benignant of my extremity is to assistance radical autumn successful emotion with Fresno again," she said. "To bash that, you person to cognize the city. Same with the outdoors and God's instauration -- if you're going to commencement caring astir nature, you person to get retired determination and acquisition it yourself."

Cassie is readying to pb radical travel-- some overseas and present successful California.

If you travel Cassie's Compass connected Instagram, she's taking input connected wherever the archetypal destination volition be.

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