At about 20,000 acres, Mount Diablo State Park is home to a lot more great hikes than just up to the summit (though that’s always worth doing for the climb and the…
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Rising to just 3,849′, Mount Diablo may seem, well, short when compared to the sierra mountains just a few hours to the east. Yet driving into the Bay Area from those very…
Places to Visit
Review: Explore the Spooky Side of The Winchester Mystery House with their Halloween Candlelight Tour (2018)
With fall just around the corner and Halloween not far behind, last Friday marked the first night of The Winchester Mystery House’s Halloween Candlelight Tour. As luck would have it, I just…
Urban hiking usually just means a long walk through a city but not in San Francisco. Here, the Coastal Trail hike lies just steps away from the city streets (occasionally it goes right…
Road Trips
Road Trip: Driving California’s Highway 1 to the “End of the Road” at Big Sur’s Mud Creek Slide
It was a little over a year ago (that’s back in early 2017 depending on when you’ve stumbled on this post) that a series of winter storms wrecked havoc on stretch of…
Places to Visit Trail Guides
Trail Guide: Hiking San Francisco’s Point Bonita Lighthouse (<200' / 1 mile / 1 hour)
Usually I write about mountain climbs and day-long trails, but some adventures come without the big effort and yet are just as worthy of a spot on the bucket list. These gems…