Northern California

  • Fall Colors, Bay Area

    Fall: The Colors of the Season

    This week let me take you to my corner of the world to show you some trees and vines in their fall colors. Happy Fall!🍁...
  • Round Valley Regional Preserve, Brentwood, CA

    Bay Area Hikes: Round Valley in Brentwood

    Looking for places to hike in the East Bay Parks? See if Round Valley Regional Preserve in Brentwood, CA is your kind of place....
  • Faro Point, San Leandro, CA

    Hike along-the-Bay to Faro Point

    A Bay Area hike recommendation: Faro Point in San Leandro -- If you'd like to go on an easy, along-the-San Francisco Bay, flat, 1-mile trail. Quick Look >>...
  • Diablo Hikes

    Looping the Franco Ranch Trail

    Here's what you need to know before you hike the Franco Ranch Loop Trail in Walnut Creek, California. Also find some Covid19 guidelines >>...
  • Sea Glass at the Glass Beach

    Have you seen a Glass Beach?

    It's true that there's one in California. And it is a fascinating story of nature taking trash and turning it into a thing of beauty. ...
  • Round House

    A Half-day in Train Town

    Train Town in Sonoma: It's all about trains here -- A trip idea if you are looking for family fun trips in Northern California. ...
  • Shasta Caverns

    Shasta Lake Caverns –  A Treasure Trove of Rock Formations

    You’ve seen a lot of rock formations here on Tipsy from the TRIP. From ones crafted by volcanic activity to ones carved by glaciers and ones exposed by wind and water erosion, you’ve seen several. Now you will see rocks weathered by chemicals to form some amazing natural sculptures...
  • Sundial Bridge

    Is this Sundial Bridge one of Redding’s best kept secrets?

    You can’t have not heard about the Golden Gate Bridge. And you’ve probably heard about the Bixby Bridge and Bay Bridge, even the San Mateo and Richmond – San Raphael bridges in California if you are familiar with the state. But there’s a lesser known bridge in Redding that ought...
  • One foggy day at Point Reyes

    It was a summers day. The plan was to have an ideal summer day — make a trip to a beach north of San Francisco and then go see the lighthouse at Point Reyes. Now this lighthouse is one of those lighthouses that make a perfect picture — you...
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