Scott described it, I arrived back at the van “only marginally injured”. Just after the last picture was taken, I slipped on the way downhill and went down part of the hill on my butt, which would have been fine except the hills was made up of mostly sharp rocks!
We had drive the Rainbow basin scenic loop a couple years ago and at that time found ourselves thinking that…
We had been planning this vacation since early December – when we had to cancel our normal winter vacation because…
Next in our series on Santa Clara County Parks is Ed Levin County Park, which is about a 20 minute…
Next on our tour of Santa Clara County Parks is Joseph D. Grant. This park is at about the 1/2…
Upon arrival at Uvas Canyon County Park, we discovered a pretty little park. It was only a 40 minute drive from home, which makes it one of the closer county parks with camping. It is also one of the smaller of the Santa Clara County parks, tucked into a Canyon within the Santa Cruz mountains just south of Morgan Hill. @SCCParks
It may be difficult to tell from the photos, but the short hike goes through several different ecosystems, including a grove of redwood trees. This diversity is part of why I enjoy this short hike so much.
For our last full day of vacation, we decided we wanted to spoil ourselves. Becky really wanted to spend a…
After weeks of smoke, we wanted to get away from the bay area for Thanksgiving. We had planned on going…
On the weekend of October 19th, we decided to head up to Lake Concow Campground in Northern California for a…