Exotic animals at Happy Hollow

Do you know what this animal is? That is a Capybara. And would you believe it if I said that this creature is a rodent? Well, that is exactly what…

Residents of Oakland Zoo

Planning a trip to Oakland Zoo? Or would you like to visit but don’t think you can? Here is a sneak peek at the Animals of Oakland Zoo, in Oakland, California.…

Oakland’s own little Africa

                      Oakland, CA has a little piece of Africa just off highway 580. If Oakland is closer to where you…

A railway ride into a Redwood forest

Train journeys from one town to another or one city to another; we’ve all done that. How about boarding a train to nowhere but the middle of a forest and…

The woods are lovely, dark and deep

A Big Basin sneak peek.  That is exactly what this post is going to be.  This is from my very first visit to the Big Basin Redwood State Park in…