It was a day of crossing borders. Imagine going from California to Nevada, Nevada to California and back before going into California from Nevada one more time, all this in…
Tag: California
City of South Lake Tahoe in the pm hours
When we made our trip to Tahoe, we chose to stay in the City of South Lake Tahoe in the California side. This beautifully built town beside the pristine Lake…
Pristine Lake Tahoe
Have you looked at the colors of Lake Tahoe? Have you noticed the shades of blue of the largest alpine lake in North America? Learn about it, here.
Tahoe…Finally
Lake Tahoe has been on our list of places-to-visit for a long time now. We just never got down to planning it. Then one evening hubby just announced out of…
Wine tasting at Cooper Garrod
If there’s no wine at home, it only means one thing — its time to head to a winery! And a little wine tasting would do no harm. Why…
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…
San Jose’s Happy Land
Happy Hollow Park and Zoo in San Jose has opened its gates again and it is a riot of colours: there’s orange and yellow and green and red all over.…
A Garden of Sculptures in San Francisco
Did you know: There’s a Sculpture Garden in San Francisco’s De Young Museum? If you haven’t visited, yet, De Young Museum is situated in Golden Gate Park not very far…
A crocodile that ate dinosaurs?
Have you heard of a crocodile that preyed on dinosaurs? I don’t think I had, until I saw a cast of a fossil* at the Oakland Zoo. Called the SuperCroc —…