If you are looking for fun activities to do with family and especially kids along with camping, look no further than Calaveras Big Trees State Park for hiking. Especially during the summer time, Yosemite National Park in the region seem to get the most love, for all great reasons. However, if you want to avoid …
We were looking for something fun to do over the labor day long weekend without having to drive hours or fly at all. A friend of ours had booked calaveras big trees camping for the long weekend and hesitantly, I signed up. I was thinking, it’s just a camping trip and was dragging myself out …
Just off of Hwy 1, 20-miles north of Santa Cruz, Año Nuevo State Park is a breeding ground for 10s of thousands of elephant seals. Every year between December and March, the elephant seals come to this park to breed and give birth to baby seals…awww how cute !! At this time of the year, the …
First trip with baby Sid to Big Sur, CA feels like it all happened in my dreams, for obvious reasons, I was nothing but tired and sleepy all along. Nevertheless, I wanted to get out of the house and get some fresh air and break the routine. My little guy was 10-weeks old and …
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Another gem of Santa Cruz mountains, the Henry Cowell State Park offers camping as well as day hike options. We did a 7.3 mile loop that took us through 4 river crossings, some waist deep. We started at Rincon Fire road parking lot and followed the trail for 1.2 miles. The first river crossing comes …
Here is the link to Strava Map: https://www.strava.com/activities/1030567590 Starting point of the hike: https://goo.gl/maps/DiDSbWzvb5A2 This intersection has a few different trail starting points. We parked at the designated parking lot and started at the Skyline Trail (1.7 miles) towards Laughry Woods trail (1.8 miles). From Skyline trail you have to cross the main road to reach Laughry …
A short one hour away from Bay area, is this beautiful state park, with good number of hiking options of varying difficulty levels. We did a 10-mile hike that started at the George’s Picnic Area via Aptos Creek Fire Road. And took the Bridge Creek trail to the Maple Falls. It’s a moderate-to-easy hike with few short …
After a full day at Zion National Park, we drove in the direction of Nevada and stayed at a motel in St.George, UT. Next day morning, on the way to home, we stopped at Valley of Fire State Park, outside of Las Vegas. This park is certainly a magic hour visit worthy for photography. Sunrise/sunset …
On the way to Grand Canyon National Park from Bryce Canyon National Park, we made another unplanned stop at Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. We had no idea of this park, just saw the board on the highway and decided to check it out. Turned out to be a great park that has a …
Spring season is probably the best time to visit Henry W. Coe State Park in the bay area for a dense blankets of wildflowers. We did a 10.6 mile loop that went through China Hole. The park is big enough to do hikes of pretty much any length. First half of the hike had lot …