If you are in California and enjoying beach weather, it’s not too difficult to get yourself to the coast. We’re certainly spoilt for choice, here in the Golden State. Now…
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Things to do at Avila Beach this summer
If you are looking for a small Californian beach-town to holiday in — this summer or next — you could consider Avila Beach on the Central Coast. Avila Beach We…
Glimpses: Mountain House Kite Festival
When the schools in Mountain House close for the summer holidays, the community gets ready for the annual Kite Festival. Mountain House Kite Festival 2018 took place over the weekend…
Sweeping Vistas from the Rim of the World
Rim of the World is a scenic stop along scenic highway 120 in California. Nature placed this vista point in the Stanislaus National Forest and it is a recommended rest…
Scenic Route: Tehachapi Pass
Tehachapi Mountains lie in the south eastern part of California’s Central Valley. And the Tehachapi Pass (on CA SR 58) would be the mountain pass you take if you were…
A glimpse of Donner Lake
Donner Lake is one of California’s alpine lakes. This lake that lies on the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range can be seen from Interstate 80 as it passes through the high…
Bird’s eye views of San Francisco
I don’t know a single person who has visited San Francisco and not fallen in love with ‘The City by the Bay.’ And I’m sure there will be plenty of visitors…
Door art: Snow-sports-checklist at Squaw Kids
Now that it’s winter and there’s snow in the Sierra, let me take you to some artwork I found at a ski resort in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Squaw…
Splashes of fall-color at Hakone Gardens
Visit a Japanese Garden once and you’ve visited them all. But there’s no getting tired of them. The look of a Japanese Garden and the feeling that takes over you…
Muir Woods – A redwood forest just outside San Francisco
“Muir Woods National Monument is the best tree-lovers monument that could possibly be found in the forests of the world,” said the famous naturalist John Muir, about the 500-odd acres…