Yes! We still exist! And we’re still excited about bringing Bay Area Outdoor family adventures to YOU! And also to YOU! But yeah. It’s been a little bit of a moment. However, we HAVE had some solid adventures in the past month that we want to bring to you, most notably the discovery that you…
I have lived in the Bay Area for a long time– over 20 years, in fact. And until fairly recently (5 years ago?), I had no idea Hood Mountain Regional Park existed. If you haven’t explored Hood Mountain, I highly recommend you get on that. Today’s post is on a more focused part of Hood…
Recently, the San Francisco Chronicle came out with a list of the Bay Area’s 50 best campsites. Uvas Canyon County Park came in at #35, just after Half Moon Bay State Beach and just before Butano Redwoods’ Trail Camp. I’d probably rank it higher, given our experience last weekend. Why Uvas Canyon County Park? It’s…
Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve is the best little hiking spot you’ve never heard of. If you’re not a) obsessed with visiting all the East Bay Regional Parks, b) trying to complete the Bay Area Ridge Trail or c) a neighbor of the preserve, it’s unlikely it was on your radar. And yet, I would argue…
Get ready for an onslaught of new camping posts, dear readers. As we said in the last post, it’s Camping Season 2016, and due to some job-related camping and then adding in some personal trips, this site is going to feature CAMPING ALL THE TIME for the next few weeks. I’m personally convinced that the…
Welp, friends. This is it. Camping Season 2016 is officially upon us. If you are a resident of the Bay Area, you also know that the weather last weekend was delightful and really encouraged getting outdoors. We kicked off Camping Season 2016 with a night in Bothe-Napa State Park and we’re pretty sure it should…
We had grand visions of a post with several options for Spring Break fun. Then all of a sudden, Spring Break is upon us. So that post didn’t happen. Now that some of the local schools are in the midst of Spring Break, the one strong suggestion we are going to make for your Spring Break…
It’s a little silly that we have been writing posts on this blog for four months now and not addressed Wildcat Canyon. We’ve mentioned before that this is our “go-to” trail, the place we spend the MOST time outside, the place our daughter has had two of her three birthday parties, the place that we…
“The Earth Moved Under Your Feet… Resting beneath your feet are the ancient remains of a volcano that erupted 10 million years ago. Strange animals once roamed here, like long-necked camels and three-toed horses. Today they are replaced by grazing cattle, deer, and domestic dogs. Slowly, over millions of years, this volcano uplifted, tilted on…
OK. We are in the midst of having another snow dump on the Sierras (yay!) and while we don’t recommend heading up there this weekend, if you haven’t managed to spend any time out in the snow this year, we really, really recommend getting up there at least once. We’ll have at least a few…
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