Are you ready for spring yet? This week has FINALLY started to suggest that we might be heading towards spring and leaving behind all the rain for the season. Yay for filling up reservoirs and all, but COME ON ALREADY. Nevertheless, we shall demonstrate hope for the very near future by focusing on some wildflower…
We’ve been quiet on this blog for a while, it’s true. While our lives have not been excessively filled with outdoor adventures, we do want to share a winter camping gem that we visited twice this year. Yurts, tents, trails, crazy ruins, even crazier deer– could you ask for more when camping with kiddos? Mount…
Do you ever feel like you are choosing between outdoor activities and high-brow entertainment? Lucky you! You can have BOTH at Sanborn County Park in the summer! Sanborn County Park is located just outside of Saratoga, so it’s a good Bay Area weekend destination. There are several miles of trails lined with towering trees, which…
It’s August already! How can this be? There were big plans here to write lots of posts about amazing outside adventures for the summer– and then, summer happened. However, it’s not too late to take advantage of one of our favorite combos– hiking + swimming spots. Hiking before swimming allows you to go park at swimming…
OK, I’ll admit it. I can be a little loath to drive more than an hour for a day’s adventure. (Unless, of course, it involves being crazy and heading to Tahoe or Bear Valley for the day. But that seems like it’s Big Time Adventure Day, and that warrants more driving.) This means we do…
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…
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…
So you want to go hiking. And you want (with your kids) to learn something about the Bay Area’s flora and fauna, but your level of nature knowledge amounts to discriminating between trees, flowers & animals. In other words, you are not a born naturalist but you want to support such activities with your kids. Fortunately,…
My Bay Area families! It’s raining! For the first time in, well, YEARS. This means our creeks are changing, and it’s a perfect time to get outside and find your local creek. In the next few weeks, the creeks will be swelling and shrinking– almost on a daily basis. This is the time to find…
Happy New Year! What big plans do you have for 2016? Here at Bay Area Families Outside, we don’t go in for resolutions so much as trying to figure out some fun adventures. To bring this sense of adventure to you, we offer you our Bay Area Bucket List for 2016. (Not going to lie–…
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