Did you know that you can actually determine how steep a trail is BEFORE you head out from the trail head, and find out the hard way that it...

There are several days each year that all National Parks are free to enter . We took advantage of a free entrance day recently and checked ...

"Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees" -- John Muir I stumbled across this quote on a bench as Li...

There is a natural treasure tucked into the landscape of Silicon Valley.  In the shadow of Levi's Stadium and the NASA Ames hangers, lie...

The 90's taught us all one important thing - wear sunscreen (thank you Baz Luhrmann).  With so many options on the market, how do we kno...

The GO Trailer at Uvas Canyon County Park I never thought we'd own a recreational vehicle.  We always judged people at campgrounds ...

In November 2013, we were driving back from a vacation in San Simeon (more on nature experiences there in a future post!), and we decided to...