California Travel Blogs - Page 9

Mostly the road trips... 2 main road trips, one is to Niagara and New England area, second is to NYC by southern highways.. In addition to my Illinois life, there is also a 10 day California trip... But this for just now :))

Great weekend enjoying San Fran and meeting TBers for a great time!!

I wanted to leave on Friday night but work held me back. So, I ended up leaving super early Saturday morning. About 3 1/2 hours northeast of Los Angeles lies the small town of Independence. There’s not much in the town itself, however, it is the starting point to many trails into the Southern Sie…

On our way back to Sacramento for Thanksgiving dinner, I wanted to show Liz another one of my favorite wineries in the Napa Valley.  Unfortunately, we did not have time to do the full 1 hour tour and the prices are actually double on holidays (eeek) so we did a regular tasting and wandered the…

I loved, loved, loved San Francisco! Hope you enjoy the blog :o)

For our big trip this year we decided to take a cruise.  Something we had never done before.  We got a very good deal on the cruise part of the trip and figured we have to suffer anyway on the flights to and from no matter where we decided to go.  Well, we picked Alaska for a few rea…

Friday, May 22nd was a pretty good day for us.  Not only did two cousins arrive from Seattle, Washington for a large family gather coming up this weekend in the foothills nearby, but we had the honor of having two of our good TravBuddy friends stop by for a quick visit on their way from Tucson…

On the 11th we had still not packed..... We had champagne and rushed around getting ready... I thought it would help me enjoy getting ready but instead I kept losing my glass and having to find it.  I had been sick all week and really put off everything until the last possible m…

To understand the layout of Golden Gate Park, you first have to understand Ocean Beach.  At the far western part of San Francisco, Ocean Beach is a rugged, cold stretch of sand dunes stretching from Daly City up to Sea Cliff.  Golden Gate Park ends at the beach and the park's design is cl…

The ride back to San Jose to catch my flight was overall quiet, but funny in it's own way.  My mind wandered quite a bit.  I'd like to share, but I worry I can't express it well enough for you to understand.  I'm going to try.  We who love to travel are a funny lot... and that m…

Well, we landed at LAX in the early afternoon. I thought that we were going to drive straight to El Centro (about 6 hours) but we didn't have to be there for a couple of days as the rest of the gang weren't going to arrive until the day after next. After arguing with AVIS for half hour or so we pic…

It was hot today, but not hot enough to stay home, so the girls and I decided to head to Plaza Park. Maybe we could play on the swings, roll around in the grass, or feed the ducks. We knew it would be fun no matter what, so we headed over and played around like young children without a care in the …

Snow stopped falling, and it was a crisp clear morning. After breakfast at the lodge, we put the snow chains on the tires and headed for a nearby snow play area. This snow play area is about the half way between Fish Camp and the south entrance gate to Yosemite on Hwy 41. We drove really slow becau…

I can't believe this place has been open as long as I've lived in Los Angeles and I've never gone before! What a shame considering it turned out to be a thoroughly enjoyable experience, even with company as challenging as me mum! ;) I had heard very different opinions of LB Aquarium, from "it's sma…

so Kelly (Kelleeoo) and I were down in Los Angeles with 2 pillows and cameras. There seems to be a national event and everyone was game to beat each other up.  You may just say that it is Los Angeles and that's the way of life there.  This was something special. We took the pillows out …