2022-07-03 01:59
If you like motorcycles, the Harley Davidson museum in Milwaukee is a place worth visiting. Harley Davidsons are a part of American history, and the museum does an excellent job of chronicli… Read More
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2022-06-11 03:35
I've always wanted to see a real life musical, so when I saw that the musical Cats was playing at the Golden Gate theater in SF - we got tickets to go! But as the day neared i began to… Read More
2022-05-27 02:28
Bale Grist Mill in Napa is state park around a water powered grist mill. The mill was built in 1846, and remained in use till the 1900s. It has been restored and is still operational, with a… Read More
2022-05-20 00:27
Last week we had lots of things to do, so on the weekend we wanted to do something not too strenuous and yet refreshing. So we opted for drive to the South Bay and a visit to the San Jose Mu… Read More
2022-05-07 03:06
Lake Chabot near Castro Valley is something I hadn't heard of before - an emergency water supply for the East Bay. We were looking for a place to spend a couple of hours, and Lake Chabot is… Read More
2022-04-29 15:51
On our way back from the Hilmar Cheese Company, we made a detour to visit the San Joaquin River National Refuge. This 7300 acre refuge in Stanislaus county is the place where three riv… Read More
2022-04-22 22:31
If you're interested or curious about how California was during the Gold Rush - a visit to Columbia is a great way to revisit those times. The old town has been carefully kept and been parti… Read More
2022-04-14 22:51
This spring break, work did not allow us to travel far - so we went into staycation mode and did day trips when possible. Luckily the SF Bay area is a wide and diverse place, full of interes… Read More
2022-04-07 21:31
The last time we visited the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk was when our 12 year old was very young - maybe 6? He's never been very interested in rides, but he had fun in the Dublin St. Patrick'… Read More
2022-03-25 18:25
At long last, we finally visited the San Francisco Botanical Gardens. I've always wanted to visit, and even after having been to the Golden Gate Park so many times, and visiting so man… Read More
2022-03-18 23:56
When the city is called Dublin, can St. Patrick's Day celebrations be far behind? Definitely not in Dublin, California - where its celebrated with great fan fare most years with a 2 day, wee… Read More
2022-03-11 02:01
Just outside Barstow is the Calico Ghost town, an old West mining town that was abandoned in the mid 1890s. The town grew around the silver mines, but when silver lost its value it bec… Read More
2022-02-25 22:41
If you're looking for a great place to picnic with family - Cordonices Park may just be what you are looking for. A hidden gem in Berkeley - its a little park on the hillside with a play are… Read More
2022-02-19 02:17
One of the advantages of being a parent is accompanying children to all the places you'd like to go, but need a kid to tag along with. One such place is the Legoland Discovery Center in the… Read More
2022-02-04 23:01
My son and I love museums (yes, it's true), and my wife found a really interesting one in San Jose - the Rosicrusian Egyptian Museum in San Jose. The museum started from one artifact… Read More
2022-01-29 01:42
Last weekend we visited the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory in SF's Chinatown. Did you know that the fortune cookie we all look forward to at the end of a Chinese meal was invented… Read More
2022-01-22 02:16
“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.”― Jack London, ‘To Build A Fire’, 1908Jack London, was a famous Ameri… Read More
2022-01-16 18:37
Sunol Wilderness Regional Preserve is another park under East Bay Regional Park District's multi-use policy, with cattle grazing alongside hikers and campers. I have written about the hike a… Read More
2022-01-08 04:40
Another beautiful East Bay Park, with a lagoon and a bay shoreline - Miller Knox Regional Park is a great place for a family picnic together with a hike/ bike ride. There are plenty of… Read More
2022-01-01 06:01
Winter break in 2021 has been a wet one - but there was a break in the rains, so we headed north to Lake Berryessa. The lake is a man-made one, formed by the construction of the Monticello d… Read More
2021-12-17 01:41
We always enjoy fruit picking, and we'd never been orange picking before. This Thanksgiving break we were in Sacramento, and the season is just right for oranges. I'd read about orange picki… Read More
2021-12-11 12:02
If you're looking for a festive, fun winter evening activity - consider the Imaginarium in Sacramento. An extravagant light show in a large field - that you can wander through, wonder at tak… Read More
2021-12-02 23:59
We went to Sacramento for part of the Thanksgiving weekend and our first stop on the way was Wat Dhammararam, Stockton. Its a Cambodian temple right here in California, and I had very… Read More
2021-11-25 23:09
A friend recently asked me for interesting things to see/do around Fresno - and I was reminded of our trip to the Forestiere Underground Gardens, when our middle schooler was all of 4 years… Read More
2021-11-18 22:50
Last weekend was surprisingly sunny for November, and we decided to make the most of it and head for a beach.We were further tempted to visit the most scenic Taco Bell on the beach - as far… Read More
2021-11-12 22:57
On many of our trips around the SF Bay Area, we passed often a sign for Rosie the Riveter World War II home front - but no idea what that was about. So we read up about it and then of… Read More
2021-11-05 20:17
Last weekend, after the first atmospheric river of 2021, we decided to go look for Fall colors a little closer to the SF Bay Area and so headed over to Napa. Always a picturesque drive, its… Read More
2021-10-29 22:17
We had been wanting to visit the Rosie The Riveter Museum ever since we saw the sign and finally this year set off for it one Sunday. Unfortunately there had been a major windstorm and… Read More
2021-10-22 02:04
We have been to Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore before, but on all our previous visits, we drove straight down to the lake. On the way there, at the highest point of the road, there is… Read More
2021-10-15 02:59
Best known as a maximum security federal prison, Alcatraz is a popular tourist stop on a visit to San Francisco. I was a little hesitant to visit, thinking it would just be all sad and miser… Read More
2021-10-08 02:12
We all know John Muir as the Father of the National Parks, and his advocacy for preservation of wilderness in the United States of America. What I didn't know was - he did most of his travel… Read More
2021-09-30 17:41
Rodeo Beach is a beautiful windswept beach just north of the Golden Gate in Marin county. Easily accessible by road, its a bit of a natural wonder - there's a little lagoon on one side, the… Read More
2021-09-17 01:18
We visited Oregon in the summer of 2019, and one of our favorite memories is the Alpine slide at Mt. Hood. We were driving from Bend to Portland, having taken the road through the high deser… Read More
2021-09-10 00:25
The lake at the back Last weekend we decided to visit Shadow Cliffs Regional Park, we have been there once before, many years ago, for a picnic with friends but that time ju… Read More
2021-08-27 23:39
Thor's Well was one of the more unique places on the Oregon coast - speaking for myself, I hadn't seen something like this before. Also called the drain pipe of the Pacific Ocean, it is a co… Read More
2021-08-20 01:00
Last weekend we decided to try the Skystar wheel, the giant Ferris wheel in San Francisco, to celebrate the start of school. After all its been a year and a half since school has been shut o… Read More
2021-08-14 03:38
The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, in Santa Rosa, California, is a museum dedicated to the works of Charles M. Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip. A firm fan o… Read More
2021-08-07 05:15
The sane way of visiting Death Valley is in winter - but of course, we didn't do that. This summer, continuing our California deserts tour, we visited Death Valley at the beginning of… Read More
2021-07-30 20:16
If you are a Pink Floyd fan, you know about Mono Lake - the lake and it's tufas has been on my list for a very long time. When I was in college, listening to "Wish You Were Here", I ne… Read More
2021-07-24 00:16
Kennedy grove is a small East Bay Regional Park, near El Sobrante in Contra Costa County. Our one of our earlier trips back from China Camp State Park( https://treadrightly.blogspot.com/2021… Read More
2021-07-17 01:01
When you think of California, you think of blue skies and beaches - but if you are visiting San Francisco Bay Area or greater LA, what you're going to see are long lines, crowds and tr… Read More
2021-07-10 05:21
On our recent California road trip, as we drove through Kern County we were mesmerized by the sight of all the oil wells steadily at work. It was a hot day and soon we had enough of the oil… Read More
2021-07-02 20:46
An unusual and interesting stop if you're driving on the National Trails Highway or old Route 66 near Barstow and Riverside. The gate to the ranch is surrounded with objects, both young and… Read More
2021-06-26 03:59
Traveling through the Mojave National Preserve at 109 F was always going to be challenging, but we almost didn't start. After leaving Joshua Tree National Park, we went to Barstow for our ov… Read More
2021-06-18 04:09
If you've read Dr. Seuss, you've seen a Joshua tree - and this summer, we decided to see a Joshua tree up close. One and a half year of being homebound + covid vaccinations + summer va… Read More
2021-06-10 23:25
Tucked away at the base of 10,909-ft Carson Peak, June Lake is a little nature lovers haven. In the the winter you can enjoy all things snow - ski, snowboard, go on snowshoe hikes and play i… Read More
2021-06-03 15:00
Gooseberry Falls State Park in Minnesota has it all - waterfalls, a river gorge, the beautiful shoreline along Lake Superior, and my favorite - a lighthouse!Split Rock Lighthouse was b… Read More
2021-05-28 04:05
Last weekend we decided to revisit an old favorite, Black Diamond Mines in Antioch, CA. There is a lot of early mining history and mines to explore, but that Sunday we walked on the Nortonvi… Read More
2021-05-19 21:54
By early April 2021, most front line workers( medical, emergency, grocery, teachers etc.) had all been offered the COVID 19 vaccine for a couple of months, and CA Governor Newsom annou… Read More
2021-05-13 23:59
In 2019, much before the Covid-19 pandemic, we did a road trip from California to Oregon, going north through Shasta, Bend and the high desert and coming back along the Pacific coast. One of… Read More
2021-05-07 20:29
Bethany Reservoir, northeast of Livermore, is a state recreation area for water oriented activities - especially fishing and windsurfing. Driving to Bethany is interesting - once you turn of… Read More
2021-04-29 23:55
On our road trip through Oregon in 2019 - before the pandemic hit, seems like ages ago - we stayed overnight in Bend. There are multiple ways to get from Bend to Portland, but we took the ro… Read More
2021-04-23 01:15
Our latest trip was the scenic 17 mile drive along the coast through Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula. The last time we drove this road was when the 11 year old… Read More
2021-04-15 23:07
On our Oregon trip, one place that stood out was the Lava Lands in the Deschutes National Forest. My husband was very certain that we must make a stop there on our roadtrip, as he particular… Read More
2021-04-09 02:34
On a crisp cool Spring day we decided to go on a long drive and chose a route we had not taken before - that along the Carquinez Strait from Martinez to Crockett via Port Costa. Carqui… Read More
2021-04-01 23:33
A hidden part of the California Coastal trail, and spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean wait at the end of a large open space preserve in Half Moon Bay CA. This preserve is 206 unspo… Read More
2021-03-26 03:48
Located north of Novato, Olompalli SHP is a beautiful park just off Highway 101. The word "Olompalli" comes from the Miwok language, which is translated as "Southern Village". Interestingly… Read More
2021-03-17 19:16
The Tilden region in the East Bay is a hikers delight, and nestled amongst all the popular regions like Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve and Claremont Canyon is the Regional Parks Botanic G… Read More
2021-03-12 01:07
Seeking to learn a little more about organic farming together with our penchant for open spaces - we looked for, and found (online) an organic farm - Clover Field Organic -- where you can br… Read More
2021-03-05 02:48
Continuing our fascination for San Francisco and the Golden Gate bridge, one Sunday we decided to visit Crissy Field. Near the Presidio, it is a former airfield now part of the Golden… Read More
2021-02-26 00:04
Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve in Oakland is one of the more beautiful trails we have done here in the Easy Bay. Unlike the other trails, which tend to be drier, this one… Read More
2021-02-19 00:16
Another park by the bay, Marina Park is a 30 acre regional park along the San Leandro shoreline. Its got plentiful free parking, a large park with picnic areas, benches, a playground, exerci… Read More
2021-02-11 22:53
Oakland Zoo is a great place to spend family time, and learn about animals, their habitats and conservation. Its a great place and best of all is that its really a giant rescue center… Read More
2021-02-05 22:03
Some days in this winter have been extra bleak, we're stuck in a COVID shelter in place, cant meet friends, all the indoor attractions are still shut and the weather is cold and windy. So on… Read More
2021-01-29 00:21
Mount Diablo, in Contra Costa county, is the largest peak in the area, visible from miles away. On earlier visit to Mount Diablo, we drove till the visitor center at the summit, but we also… Read More
2021-01-21 23:19
Stowe Lake Boathouse One of my favorite places to go to in San Francisco is the Golden Gate Park. A green oasis in the middle of a busy, bustling metropolis never fails to impress me, a… Read More
2021-01-14 03:22
Benicia State Recreation Area is right along the narrowest part of the Carquinez Strait. During Covid-19, the state parks website says that very limited number of parking spots are open, how… Read More
2021-01-07 05:35
Nestled along the shores of the San Pablo Bay, China Camp State Park offers beautiful waterfront views, a beach, equestrian trails, campgrounds and picnic sites. Originally the site of… Read More
2020-12-31 03:40
Hakone Gardens is a traditional Japanese garden in Saratoga, California. It started off as a private residential garden, and is recognized as one of the oldest residential Japanese garden in… Read More
2020-12-23 22:07
Last year and the year before ...actually since winter break 2016 - we have been going snow tubing at the Dell Osso farms in Lathrop. What if we could go Snow Tubing just as easily as we can… Read More
2020-12-17 02:58
Castle Rock Regional Recreation Area is in Walnut Creek, CA - not to be confused, like I was, by the Castle Rock State Park in Los Gatos or Castle Ridge in Pleasanton. This is a very nice re… Read More
2020-12-10 03:18
I read about the Petrified Forest in Calistoga a long time ago, but somehow, we've never been there - until now. In the Thanksgiving break, keeping in mind 2020 restrictions, we made our way… Read More
2020-12-02 23:24
Continuing to enjoy the local California fall colors, we drove out to Auburn, CA to see the Foresthill bridge - highest bridge by deck height in California, the fourth highest in the U… Read More
2020-11-26 02:33
Apple Hill isn't actually a hill, its an group of family farms, that grow apples, oranges, pears, veggies, wineries, B&Bs, flower gardens, Christmas tree farms etc all based in and aroun… Read More
2020-11-19 05:42
A couple of years ago, we went to Minnesota - we rented a car and drove around most of the state. Funny story there - the car we rented had California plates, so everyone we met asked… Read More
2020-11-12 03:50
In this post we wanted to share some of the resources that we use to help us find fun, frugal, kid friendly (always!) activities mostly in and around the SF Bay area. We have used this to ma… Read More
2020-11-05 05:00
This post is about a day trip to the Turtle Bay Exploration Park, made during our December staycation. We are members of the Exploratorium at San Francisco, and Turtle Bay in Redding i… Read More
2020-10-27 18:14
Normally this blog is all about our travel experiences, but this time am writing about an entirely different drive - to the hospital for a flu shot! 2020 has been nothing like we've experien… Read More
2020-10-22 00:51
This week, I really wanted a long drive - working from home, and reduced outside-the-house activities has restricted my mileage, and I like to drive. So we headed out to UC Davis for our wee… Read More
2020-10-15 01:18
Tenessee Valley Beach Trail Last Sunday, determined to make the most of the last few warm days we set out to explore a new beach. Sometimes adding the word beach in there is the only wa… Read More
2020-10-07 23:04
Not many know of a fort just underneath the Golden Gate Bridge - the bridge casts a long shadow (literally and figuratively). Despite that, Fort Point has a much older history - it was built… Read More
2020-10-01 00:39
One of our favorite places to go is the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Simply put it's a collection of science experiments, that all visitors can try out for themselves, and physically see… Read More
2020-09-22 23:14
We had a break from the bad air this Saturday (2020 is really something, huh? Covid, an extremely hot summer, dry thunderstorms, even an earthquake, and fires all along the west coast… Read More
2020-09-17 05:14
Last year on Martin Luther King (MLK) day we went to the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in San Francisco. A famous attraction on the tourist circuit in many big cities, the one in SF is one of t… Read More
2020-09-10 03:36
This week we've had a really bad time here in Northern California. In addition to the COVID-19 Pandemic - work and school from home, we've had a couple of 100F+ days, power cuts, wildfires a… Read More
2020-09-03 04:21
We finally got a bike rack for our new car last month, and we've been out cycling a lot since then. It helps that this is a hitch mounted rack - the rack is usually attached to the car, so w… Read More
2020-08-26 22:12
Berkeley MarinaAnytime we pass over the Bay Bridge am always drawn to sights along the beautiful shore line, but there's always a lots of traffic and very impatient drivers all around, so we… Read More
2020-08-18 18:05
Last summer, we drove through Oregon - a road trip where we went north through Bend and the high desert, and returned to California by driving along the coast. Most of our trip involve… Read More
2020-08-11 20:13
Something I've always wanted to do... ever since I first marveled at this landmark as a child, I've wanted to walk along it. As I grew up it faded and I was very happy when we came to live n… Read More
2020-08-05 20:17
Given that we have all been sheltering in place (SIP), other than an occasional weekly hike or a quick run to pick up groceries - we were beginning to feel SIP fatigue. So we planned a… Read More
2020-07-30 00:39
Continuing our exploration of East Bay parks, we went to the Big Break Regional Shoreline in Oakley for our last hike in July. Big Break is part of the Sacramento - San Joaquin river delta… Read More
2020-07-22 03:46
Belmont Slough InfoDuring these COVID Shelter in Place times, I welcome any chance to step out or go for a drive, in a safe, socially distanced manner. So when my husband had to go to… Read More
2020-07-14 18:25
This past 4th of July weekend, we had nowhere to go given the COVID Shelter In Place we are in, so to celebrate the holiday we went to see a Drive In Movie - our first ever!The Alameda… Read More
2020-07-07 16:00
Hikes around water are hard to find in the East Bay. Both Del Valle and Shadow Cliff are closed due to Covid-19. A friend suggested Lafayette Reservoir (I had never heard of this one) and of… Read More
2020-06-23 17:53
Cogswell Marsh, Hayward Regional ShorelineThis year on Father's Day we decided to walk out to the Hayward Regional Shoreline. Is a trail we have passed often, (Dad does it daily as part of h… Read More
2020-06-16 16:00
Vargas Plateau in Fremont had been on our list of hikes-to-do for a long time, but somehow, we never managed to make it here - till today. The morning was cloudy, with the skies forecast to… Read More
2020-06-10 19:22
Continuing our efforts to find hikes close to home in these Covid-19 shelter in place times, we made a quick trip to Danville - to the rolling hills at Sycamore Valley Open Space Regional Pr… Read More
2020-06-03 20:29
If you live in/ around the San Francisco Bay Area like we do, the Bay is a big part of your everyday life whether you realize it or not. South Bay, East Bay, Peninsula are common ways to tal… Read More
2020-05-28 03:14
Last weekend we decided to walk out close to home, for a quick break from the COVID-19 Shelter In Place, and went for an morning walk along Alamo Creek Bike Path. An easy gentle walk on a pa… Read More
2020-05-20 00:19
For the last couple of years we have been going Cherry Picking in Brentwood for Mother's Day. Usually we do that early in the morning followed by a leisurely picnic lunch in a park, prepared… Read More
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