The Winchester Mystery House has been on our list ever since we moved out here, but the few times we were in San Francisco, we just didn’t have enough time. We thought that the trip home from the redwoods would be the perfect opportunity to visit! Some history for those who are interested – the […]
Read more "Winchester Mystery House"As we were leaving the redwoods, we saw some elk crossing a stream – I like to think they were saying goodbye and I loved having one last elk sighting before we left! Since the drive to the redwoods was so far, we planned on staying in San Francisco on the way back as well. […]
Read more "Redwoods Day Six"We had two things planned for our last day in the redwoods – the first was a hike to a waterfall and the second was to visit the Trees of Mystery, which was a tourist attraction. The waterfall hike was the Trillium Falls trail and the best part was that the trailhead was in elk […]
Read more "Redwoods Day Five"We started our day traveling to Prairie Creek State Park, with the goal of driving the Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway and doing a hike along Prairie Creek. The parkway was beautiful and there was a lot of trailheads off of this road. One of the trails was the Prairie Creek-Foothill Trail (now called the […]
Read more "Redwoods Day Four"We started the day in the Redwood National Park with a very peaceful walk through the Lady Bird Johnson Grove. We went early and had almost the whole trail to ourselves – I think we saw two or three other people the whole time. Richard Nixon dedicated this grove to the former First Lady, Lady […]
Read more "Redwoods Day Three"Earlier this year, Mike and I drove 12 (!!!!) hours to Northern California to see the redwoods. We drove from LA to San Francisco and spent the night there, then drove the rest of the 6 hours the next day. On our way out of San Francisco, we stopped at the San Rafael Mission (we […]
Read more "Redwoods Days One and Two"In November 2019, Mike and I took a trip to Paso Robles to see Sensorio, which is a light exhibit by internationally acclaimed artist Bruce Munro. It had opened in May 2019 and was originally supposed to be a temporary exhibit – only available for a few months. However, it became so popular that it’s […]
Read more "Paso Robles"Catalina Island is one of my favorite places and we went for my birthday this year! We did a couple things we hadn’t done before – we rented a golf cart in Avalon and did a two hour golf cart tour around Avalon. The sights were amazing and it was great to see things that […]
Read more "Catalina Island Birthday Celebration"After Mike and I went to see the foxes, we decided to go check out the wildflower bloom in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. It definitely did not disappoint! We saw some beautiful flowers and some great scenes! My favorite part was the moonrise we saw over the mountains. We also learned about a new desert […]
Read more "Anza-Borrego Desert State Park"Back in February, Mike and I went to the JAB Canid Education and Conservation Center (JABCECC) to meet and learn about foxes. This place was actually very close to the California Wolf Center that Mike and I visited a few years ago. However, much like the wolves, Mike and I didn’t realize how much we […]
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