Tag: outdoors
For this year's fourth of July weekend, we took a trip to Lassen Volcanic National Park, which is surrounded by Lassen National Forest. This turned out to be one of my favorite places we have ever visited in California. Aside from Yosemite, LVNP is by far the most unique, interesting,…
A couple of months ago, my wife and I drove up north of San Francisco to visit the John Muir Woods. The Muir Woods National Monument is basically surrounded by the Mount Tamalpais State Park, and all of the trails in one connect to the other. If you live in…
Last month, my wife and I made our first visit to Mount Diablo since moving to the Bay Area. It's sort of crazy that it took us four years to make the visit, because the view from the top of Mount Diablo is famous, and we are junkies for gorgeous…
My wife and I just recently hiked Mount Talloc Trail in the Lake Tahoe area, and it was one of the most beautiful hikes we've ever done. It was also one of the most difficult - some parts of this trail will really kick your butt. The summit is more…