Wintertime can be a warm, cozy time to cuddle up with a good book near a warm (only on good air quality day) fire but let’s be real, that’s more likely to happen in the book you are reading than on a rainy winter day in the Bay Area with an extremely active six year…
Big Sur. Another spot that’s not exactly unknown. And by not unknown, I mean EVERYONE LOVES BIG SUR. And this post is going to tell you exactly why you should love it, too, but more importantly, why you should visit in the off-season. So consider this post a plan-ahead kind of post, which is great…
Well, it’s time to start thinking about fall or winter outdoor options again, Bay Area Families! I know that sounds crazy, but we just booked a couple of weekends, and it looks like lots of the more popular spots (looking at you, Samuel P. Taylor, or even the lesser-known Portola Redwoods) are already booking up…
Two things are going to sound strange about this post- one, it’s about the seasons we are definitely not in at the moment- fall and winter. Two, it’s going to encourage you to plan for the rainy season. (Let’s hope that planning for the rainy season will guarantee that we get one!) Why, you ask,…
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…
If you have been out on the trails lately, you might have noticed that certain of them are flanked by fungi. I do not claim to be a mushroom expert, but I do encourage you to get out soon and look for some of these fantastic growths. (Let me be clear– I am not encouraging you…
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–…
We love snow. This is a Bay Area website, but we’re going to cover where you can get to the snow for a day, in case you really want to get out to the frosty stuff but don’t have the time (or cash) for an overnight. This is clearly not an exhaustive list, but it’s…
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