Category: California Dreamin
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Tourist food and ‘fine dining’
Read more: Tourist food and ‘fine dining’We are up in Yosemite for our anniversary and finding ourselves wishing we had booked a condo with a kitchen rather than a hotel room. We tried twice to have a ‘nice’ anniversary meal (first at the Wawona Inn and then at the Ahwahnee Inn) – both times we were thwarted by mediocre food passed…
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Not exactly how we planned it
Read more: Not exactly how we planned itLast month Becky moved to California (yay), but last week everything changed. Last Thursday, Becky was diagnosed with breast cancer. She is blogging about her experience at http://bcbecky.com. This is not exactly the journey we had planned, but we are grateful that we are living in the same city, and that the weather here is…
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Portola Redwoods State Park – California
Read more: Portola Redwoods State Park – CaliforniaWe explored a new State Park today – Portola Redwoods State Park. It is about an hour drive from our place. Unlike the trails we have hiked at Big Basin Redwoods State Park, the trail we hiked here was much less flat. There were not as many big trees. When we looked into the history…
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South San Francisco Bay Rides – Coast and Hills
Read more: South San Francisco Bay Rides – Coast and HillsWhen we first moved to the San Francisco Bay area, I found myself looking for nice places to ride. I’ve found a few routes that I enjoy – most of which are no more than a 90-minute drive from where we live (in Santa Clara). This morning we road what I call the Coast and…
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Camping in Northern California (South of San Jose) – Part 1 Pinnacles National Park
Read more: Camping in Northern California (South of San Jose) – Part 1 Pinnacles National ParkWe recently went on a short camping vacation (5 days, 4 nights). Since we didn’t make reservations in advance, and it was perhaps the busiest camping time of the year (the first week in August), our options were somewhat limited. However, this was our first experience with camping in Northern California, so it was to…
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Leaflets three, let them be …
Read more: Leaflets three, let them be …Leaflets three, let them be Berries of white, hide from sight I learned that little poem in Girl Guides. It didn’t really apply in Northern B.C., although I recall trying to find a plant that matched the criteria when I was young. In Ontario, we see it with Poison Ivy, which I’ve only ever seen…
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Gives new meaning to ‘bent
Read more: Gives new meaning to ‘bentFor the last couple of years, as I went through the drudgery that is applying for scholarships, I promised myself, if I get a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship (the social sciences and humanities research council doctoral scholarship), that I would buy a folding bike. So, in April when I received notification of a SSHRC award, I…
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California Dreamin’
Read more: California Dreamin’On days like this … I find myself California Dreamin’… Back in early February (Feb 6-11), we spent a few days in Mountain View California and spent a day in San Francisco, exploring a little bit of what the city has to offer. We drove up into the Mountains and along the very scenic highway…