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The following is a reference I use when selecting the next hiking or backpacking destination with a bias toward Northern California. I make it in 2002 and just now moving it from my old site so it is easier to fix broken links and add new places to try. Each year I say “This year…
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You can get commercial information from NapaValley.COM. For years, I found The Best of the Wine Country to be a useful guidebook to the area, but it’s out of date now. Wine Wine is the first order of business. There are more than 400 wineries in the Napa valley, and more than 600 if you include Sonoma county.…
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Yosemite is arguably one of the most beautiful places on earth. I have been then tens of times, and never tire of visiting the park. While the Valley floor can be crowded, it’s still worth visiting. For a first time visitor to Yosemite I would recommend staying in the valley if possible. Lodging options range…
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San Francisco is a beautiful, world class city. There are numerous museums, places of nature beautiful, great food, and well known tourist spots. You could easily spend several weeks exploring San Francisco and only scratch the surface. The SF City Pass can be a good deal. The greater SF bay area has more Michelin stars…
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Part of my visiting northern California series. I would recommend taking two days to explore the area around Monterey. If you had a lot of time you could make it a four day leg and continue down Route 1 to Hearst Castle / San Simeon, Morro Bay, San Louis Obispo, and then come back via…
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There are a number of things to see along the coastal side of the peninsula. A nice day would be to take a 45 minute drive down Route 17 to Henry Cowell State Park. There some easy to navigate trails which will take you through second growth redwoods and along the San Lorenzo River. The park…
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Monta Loma (MLN) in Mountain View, CA is a great neighborhood. We have very little crime, are well connected to transit, and people often get to know their neighbors, e.g. more likely to find some sense of community. Long before nextdoor, the community had a website, mailing list and for a while, a wiki. We…
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San Francisco is one of the few, truly unique cities in the USA (along with NYC, Washington DC, and New Orleans) with world class resources and services. There are great restaurants (more Michelin starred restaurants than NYC). interesting sites to visit, and events to attend. Within a few hours drive in a car are wondrous…
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The following recommendations I have given friends from outside northern California who were planning a vacation here. Northern California Best Places has a lot of other ideas, though it’s a out of date now. These days you can get a “look” at many places through Google Street View, and if it’s not, maybe the SF virtual tour will…