Category: Moon River

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QuikTrip: Point Bonita Lighthouse Tour

Our last day in Napa we headed back to San Fransico for a guided sunset tour of the Point Bonita Lighthouse, which is located at the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. We were hoping to get a good view of the Golden Gate Bridge too, but once again, it...

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Napa-licious

Our twelve-day stay in Napa, California was a pleasant surprise. As I mentioned in a previous post, we chose this location because we had some days we could spend at any Wyndham Resort and this one happened to be close to our California travel route. There are several things I...

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Castello di Amorosa

One of the adventures while the kids were here was to visit the Castello di Amorosa (Castle of Love), a winery located near Calistoga, California. Our daughter-in-law found this impressive edifice while researching activities near Napa. So we made reservations for a wine tasting and self-guided tour of the castle....

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Alcatraz and Other San Francisco Sights

We arrived in Napa almost 12 days ago! I can hardly believe we’ve been here that long. This has been a special leg of the trip for us for a couple of reasons; first, our son and daughter-in-law came to visit, and second, we stayed in a resort instead of...

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From MacKerricher to Napa

Here are a couple of video clips of some of the wild life we saw on this leg of the journey. After packing up our tent at MacKerricher State Park we traveled into Fort Bragg for a hearty breakfast then headed out on our last leg to Napa. Our first...

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A West Coast Sunset at MacKerricher State Park

One night of camping is much more affordable than one night in a hotel room. Granted, we do give up some comforts, but sometimes the experience is priceless. That’s how I feel about our stay at MacKerricher State Park. The route down from McKinleyville to Napa, if driven in the...

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Founders Grove and the Avenue of the Giants

Four days ago, on Saturday morning, we packed up the car and left McKinleyville headed south. Our next destination … Napa! However, we had several adventures planned on the way, beginning with the Avenue of the Giants. The Avenue of the Giants is a popular 31-mile scenic drive lined by...

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A Hike Through a Jurassic Setting

There is an area in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Humboldt County that was used in the second Jurassic Park movie. It’s called Fern Canyon and is named for the ferns growing on the 50-foot-high walls, through which runs Home Creek. Fern Canyon is also recognized as a World...

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Northern California Side Trips

We try to get out for a small adventure every day after Dale gets off work at 3pm. The whole time we’ve been on Pacific Time, he has maintained Central Time hours, so he works from 6-3! This isn’t easy but it does give us extra time in the afternoon....

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A Full Day of Redwoods

Saturdays are big days for us. Dale works all week and we attend a local church on Sundays, so I usually plan our biggest adventures for Saturday. This past weekend we walked close to 10 miles, mainly on two trails – The Boy Scout Tree Trail and the Grove of...