California

  • To Hamilton

    California 130 – The road to Mt. Hamilton Mt Hamilton is one of the tallest mountains on the Diablo Range in California. California State Route 130 is the road that will take you from San Jose to the top of the mountain, which is also the home of Lick...
  • Ardenwood – A historical farm thriving in Silicon Valley

    If the dictionary meaning of ‘museum’ is ‘a place where things of historical, scientific or cultural importance are stored and exhibited,’ I would say — Ardenwood Farm in Fremont, California is nothing less than one. Ardenwood is a historic farm that dates back to the mid 1800s. It is...
  • Are we there yet?

    “Are we there yet?”  If you have kids and are on the road quite a bit, you probably get this a lot. Now if you’ve  are on the way to Lake Tahoe and you are travelling from the Bay Area/Sacramento side, there’s a place where you can say, “Almost,”...
  • Fall Color near Reno

    Capture the Colour – Five Frames, Five colours

    When we travel we take so many pictures but some of themstand out from the rest, don’t they? The colors captured in some of those frames have so much of an effect on us that the images remain imprinted in our minds forever. I’m sure everybody has a handful...
  • A redwood route for a hike with a tyke

    When you’re a parent, especially of children five and under, hiking is an activity you push aside thinking of the  hassles and the dangers that may come your way. Add to that the burden of those mom bags (crammed with snacks, diapers and extra set of clothes among other...
  • Golden Gate Bridge Dressed in fog

    Sometimes the adjective is Majestic, sometimes simply Splendid. When I saw the Golden Gate Bridge dressed in mist on a midsummer day, the word was just ‘Gorgeous.’ Yes, midsummer. It was one mid day, in the middle of California’s summer of 2012 that I got to see the Golden Gate Bridge...
  • Fresh fruits, food and music at a Sunday Market

    I’ve been wanting to visit a local Farmer’s Market for a while now and finally got down to doing it last Sunday. We chose to go see Campbell Farmer’s Market in Campbell, California and returned with some fresh groceries (and some pictures taken with a point-and-shoot). If you are...
  • Earth Quake at San Francisco’s Academy of Sciences

    Earthquakes and California have a long and remarkable history together. California is North America’s Earthquake capital and San Francisco, California’s. Here in the San Francisco Bay area, we have more reasons to worry if we don’t get our regular doses of tremors for the year. The Bay Area is...
  • Sunset at Sunset Beach

                Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden wand o’er the landscape; Twinkling vapors arose; and sky and water and forest Seemed all on fire at the touch, and melted and mingled together.    ...
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