Over 2,000 miles of coast and inland shoreline is cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers the third Saturday of September every year! Woohoo! The hubs and I have been participating in the Coastal Clean Up Day every year since we moved closer to the coast. Each year we choose a different beach along the Sonoma Coast to change it up….
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There are times in your life when you just have to be OK with the shortcut. This past weekend was one of them! We had record-breaking heat during our labor day weekend here in the Northbay with a lot of smokey skies so the hubs and I opted to head south for our hike. Long weekends = hikes further away…
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It is late August and we were just skating by with mild heat and then boom! Hit with triple digits with no relief in sight. So we decided to check a couple of items off our San Francisco bucket list and escaped to the city hoping for Karl the Fog to keep us cool! There was no fog but the…
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The bosslady was so distracted by the views as we started our hike at Big River in Mendocino she didn’t realize she was being eaten alive by several mosquitoes! Note to self, spray the bug spray the minute you get out of the car and save a week’s worth of scratching. We opted for a flat hike along the coast…
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Are you geologists or something? This is what was asked of us as we climbed the first hill at Wildcat Canyon last weekend. This funny inquiry was from a sweet older lady with a friendly pup that greeted us on the trail. The bosslady was a little perplexed by the question then looked at the hubs and realized why the…
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Walking through the forest in the fog is so amazing!! The feeling of hugs from the trees and quiet serenity of the enclosing fog wrapping around you like a cozy blanket is an wonderfully relaxing feeling. Looking for a short hike in the forest with some views of the ocean were on our mini Sunday bucket list so we headed…
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Sometimes the bosslady gets to escape our beautiful wine country and get back to her roots further north where the trees meet the ocean on an island called Whidbey. The nephews got to experience a new beach, she got some good quality time sitting watching the sun go down with her pops and she even managed to drag the entire…
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