Have you seen the Barbary Coast bronze medallions in the sidewalk while walking through San Francisco? Did you ever wonder what it was all about? We did! The hubs and I followed 170 bronze medallions along the Barbary Coast Trail to see more than 20 historic sites and parts of San Francisco we wouldn’t have given a second thought to. We…
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Hiker up! The hubs and I heard this several times on our hike at Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland! Our hike was filled with dodging mountain bikers and getting lost all while enjoying a very lush and beautiful hike through the redwoods. Not a bad day at all! Joaquin Miller Hike We started from the neighborhood trailhead at Joaquin Miller…
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The hubs wanted to shoot the sunrise last weekend and picked China Camp Village as our spot! Love it when he makes the plans and I can just be along for the ride! China Camp State Park is about an hour away from us and we wanted to be at the historic shrimp-fishing village for sunrise. That in itself is…
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Some plans just don’t work out the way you would like. Last weekend we showed up at the Natalie Coffin Greene Park parking lot in Ross a few minutes too late. The tiny parking lot was already full at 8:30 am! The hubs and I had to figure out another way to hike around Phoenix Lake with little cell reception….
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Our last weekend in October was a warm one! Ready for sweaters and chilly mornings but until then I will enjoy being able to get the hubs up early enough for a sunrise hike. We reached the Mount Burdell trailhead just as the sun was starting to rise over the hills. The grasses were glowing in the morning light and…
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Rutting season is on! Fall at Tomales Point is a great time to see bull elk sparring and hear the crazy sound of them bugling. The hubs and I decided we needed an easier hike after the strenuous Pole Mountain hike the previous weekend so we headed out to the coast to watch the Tule elk during rutting season. Don’t get…
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This view is worth a thousand words! Seriously! This is how we felt once we reached the top of our guided through-hike to the summit of Pole Mountain. We had been on the waitlist for the guided Pole Mountain hike for a while. We finally had a chance this past weekend to adventure up to the tallest peak along the…
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