Category: California Dreamin
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Happy New Year – Santa Clara County Parks
Read more: Happy New Year – Santa Clara County ParksThis year, we spend the New Year’s Eve camping at Mount Madonna County Park – a nice small campground surrounded by ‘young’ redwoods. It was our first night using our new van. First order of business was to check out how comfortable the chairs are: And getting the bed and table setup: Scott goes outside…
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Washington and the Oregon Coast – Aug 25-29, 2017
Read more: Washington and the Oregon Coast – Aug 25-29, 2017We popped over to Washington State to check out a state park – Cape Disappointment. It being the weekend, we figured we would take a look then go find a place to camp someplace off-grid. As we drove through the park, we decided to pop into the campground and see if by chance there were…
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Oregon Part 1 – Aug 22-24, 2017
Read more: Oregon Part 1 – Aug 22-24, 2017Wishing to avoid traffic, we hung around Ochoco National Forest for an additional night. Scott enjoyed sleeping in the hammock, with an elaborate setup to ensure he didn’t become dinner for any mosquitoes. Since we were close by, we stopped by the painted hills. Originally, we had hoped to spend more time in central Oregon…
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Eclipses
Read more: EclipsesThey say that seeing a partial solar eclipse is nothing like seeing totality. xkcd sums it up nicely in this image: This was the start of our vacation. We had a crazy rush drive north to ensure we made it into the path of totality. We took a few pictures before totality, but when it…
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Bay area hikes – Mount Madonna – Tie camp loop
Read more: Bay area hikes – Mount Madonna – Tie camp loopIn order to keep myself motivated and to get out hiking more, I purchased a Santa Clara County annual pass. When I mentioned that I wanted to hike in all of the Santa Clara County parks where hiking makes sense, she mentioned to me the PixInParks challenge. That was enough to keep me moving. Hiking…
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Christmas in the deserts
Read more: Christmas in the desertsOn our vacation adventure in the California deserts, we keep finding parallels to our bicycle travels through the Middle East. In part it is being travelers over the holidays – this is the first year since our bike trip we’re away from family over Christmas. We are also still in the Northern Hemisphere, so traveling…
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Day hikes at Alum Rock Park
Read more: Day hikes at Alum Rock ParkOne of my favourite local places to hike is Alum Rock Park. It is close to us – about a 20 minute drive east – which makes it an easy place to go for a short hike. As I was slowly recovering from surgery, it became our go-to place for a walk in the woods. As…
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Vacation Day 8 – The End
Read more: Vacation Day 8 – The EndI’m happy to report that my ‘rain-sense’ seems to be working in the Sierra’s. I had thought that I had totally lost it. You see, I had this uncanny sense of when it was going to rain. We would sleep in the tent with the fly off, and I’d wake up about 2 minutes before…