Category: California Dreamin
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Today’s adventure – Mountain biking the Rainbow Basin scenic loop
Read more: Today’s adventure – Mountain biking the Rainbow Basin scenic loopWe had drive the Rainbow basin scenic loop a couple years ago and at that time found ourselves thinking that we wanted to come back and do it on bikes which would allow us to stop more often and experience the scenery without having to worry about whether or not the van would fit through…
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Ed Levin County Park
Read more: Ed Levin County ParkNext in our series on Santa Clara County Parks is Ed Levin County Park, which is about a 20 minute drive east from our house in the Diablo Mountains. Ed Levin is also where there are a hang gliding and paragliding schools. The main hiking trail in the area goes to the top of Monument…
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Camping at Joseph D. Grant County Park
Read more: Camping at Joseph D. Grant County ParkNext on our tour of Santa Clara County Parks is Joseph D. Grant. This park is at about the 1/2 way point on the way up to the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton. We arrived tired late Saturday afternoon so opted for a short hike. I found the narleyness of the trees fascinating. It is…
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Uvas Canyon County Park
Read more: Uvas Canyon County ParkUpon 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…
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Hiking poetry at Villa Montavlo
Read more: Hiking poetry at Villa MontavloIt 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.
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A day at Tassajara
Read more: A day at TassajaraFor our last full day of vacation, we decided we wanted to spoil ourselves. Becky really wanted to spend a day at a spa or something. We were driving up the California coast past Big Sur, so she looked up “hot springs”. The first one she looked up involved a 10-mile hike and was closed…
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Thanksgiving in the desert
Read more: Thanksgiving in the desertAfter weeks of smoke, we wanted to get away from the bay area for Thanksgiving. We had planned on going to Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon, however, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving it snowed 8-10 inches. With a forecast of more snow, we decided to head somewhere in California where it was not raining –…
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NorCal Springer Meetup 2018
Read more: NorCal Springer Meetup 2018On the weekend of October 19th, we decided to head up to Lake Concow Campground in Northern California for a meet up of people who are doing van builds. This was specifically a Sprinter van meet up, but they invited “similar” vehicles to join the crow. I’m glad they did, as it was a great…