Biking in Conejo Valley California is my husband’s dream come true. There are rolling hills (plus a few serious climbs), bike lanes, and drivers actually remember to make space for cyclists. It’s my dream come true, too, but for different reasons. It’s gorgeous in all directions, so different from nearby Los Angeles. And it’s the […]
Wine, the outdoors, and sightDOING are my holy trinity of travel. I missed out on wine tasting during my first two trips to California, so it seemed sacrilegious to make the same mistake on trip #3. Not wanting to offend Bacchus, and not able to afford any special experiences in Napa, I thought Paso Robles was
Driving up and down the California coast is a popular U.S. roadtrip, but the central section in San Luis Obispo county often gets passed by too quickly. I know all too well: I skipped over this piece in favor of San Francisco to Big Sur on my first trip and Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
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As much as I love travel, sometimes it can get in the way of normal life. I fall behind on work, don’t get a good night’s rest, and drink far too many empty calories in the form of airport lattes and wine pairings with dinner. So when fellow Richmond blogger Liz of I Heart Vegetables invited me
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Eighteen million people live within sixty miles of Channel Islands National Park but that’s nothing compared to the number of animals that make their home there. Just like the Galapagos, long-term isolation created a home for unique animals and plants. The Channel Islands and the surrounding waters are preserved the way coastal southern California once
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After spending the first part of trip visiting Monterey and Yosemite, we arrived in San Francisco around 3pm on Thursday after driving in from Yosemite. We were pleasantly surprised at how little traffic was on the highway and Bay Bridge as we entered the city, but quickly faced the reality of city driving in San Francisco. After checking in and
Day 4 After spending Days 1-3 in Monterey/Carmel/Big Sur and Day 4 in Pinnacles National Monument, we arrived in Oakhurst (near the southern entrance to Yosemite National Park) on the evening of Day 4. We were starving after only a picnic lunch, so we stopped at El Cid for dinner before checking in to our hotel.
After three wonderful days in the Monterey area, we finally “slept in” with a wake-up at 6:30! What a change for us! We started our morning with breakfast at the Wild Plum Café (okay, but nothing special), and then hit up the grocery store for some picnic shopping since we’d be headed off to no-mans land for
We just returned from a week-long trip to California, so thought I’d share my trip report. Over the past few years, I’ve gotten tons of great advice from locals, but have often found that traveler’s experiences are one of the best references since they often see things from a slightly different slant. Hopefully my experience
