Tag Archive: trips

Dec 04

The little wine country

One of my favorite pastimes from the San Francisco Bay Area was visiting the Napa and Sonoma Wine Country. The landscape especially in Fall and Spring, beautiful vineyards and estates, a wide variety of good wine especially exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon, romantic bed & breakfasts (B&Bs), good spas and hot springs in Calistoga, and gourmet food in famous restaurants such …

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Jul 01

The Great Outdoors

Lake Isabella, via Wikipedia After years I had an opportunity to go on a little weekend camping, rafting and kayaking trip recently, thanks to a good friend. We camped by Lake Isabella past San Bernardino, in S. California. I swam quite a bit in the lake with temptations to swim across the lake though I avoided it …

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May 03

The Road Ahead

By gtrwndr87 via Flickr It was 5 AM as I was heading to the Bay Area from LA. As I was going through the Grapevine, a heavy fog was covering the road in the dark. It was a bit eerie. I had dreaded going up there since I moved. This time it was no better. …

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