A Home in a Tree-Trunk

Ever seen a whole home inside a tree trunk. You have to see the One Log House in California to believe it!

A place to go sea glass hunting

There’s a beach in northern California where the tides bring in what looks like glass pebbles.

World’s tallest free-standing totem pole!

A  few miles north of the Drive Thru Chandlier Tree is another tourist attraction literally nestled among  Redwood Trees of North California — a place called Confusion Hill (in Piercy,…

A Date with Drive Thru Tree

Chandelier Tree: A 2400 year old Coast Redwood Tree that you can drive through. Have you seen it or driven through it?

Snapshots from Shoreline Highway

We got to drive through another part of the famous Highway 1* a few weeks ago. This time it was the stretch North of San Francisco, as we were on…

FLASHback – Volcano Tour on Big Island, HI

A post from last summer :  (Also on IndiVine this week)  Inside Na Huku/ A lava tube on Big Island Volcano tour at Volcanoes National Park, Big Island Hawaii. Come,…

A gourmet fete; of all things Garlic

Less than an hour’s drive from the Capital of Silicon Valley* is the Garlic Capital of the World – Gilroy. Gilroy and garlic are almost synonymous. Gilroy, California is known…

Motion Sickness: Acupressure wrist bands to the rescue!

Are you one of those people who do not enjoy travelling simply because ‘movement’ makes you sick? Do winding roads and Ghat Sections make you dread those trips to breathtaking…

A birthday party on San Jose’s Streets

Another Fourth of July came and went. This time we put the (US) national holiday to good use by attending a traditional Fourth of July Parade. We looked up the…

Fair fun and Fair food at 100th Alameda County Fair

Summer in the United States means, family vacations, camping, beach-going  and COUNTY FAIRS. If you have plans to visit in the summer and you want to try out some typical…