California is such a large, diverse state that if you wanted to visit each region or climate you’d need at least a month. With cool cities like San Francisco, Los Angels, San Diego and more, California is never boring and always culturally fascinating. I love how inclusive it is, from its amazing immigrant population to the support California shows for the LGBTQ community.
When it comes to travel experiences, you get the best of nature and the outdoors as well as small towns and cities. Palm Springs is always a favorite with its canyons and Joshua Tree National Park, but then you have smaller cities like Eureka, full of Victorian architecture at the edge of Redwoods National Park. California is a mixed bag of awesomeness and you’ll never be bored.
Sequoia National Park with kids is one of the most enjoyable and unique National Parks for hiking on the West Coast. Epic forests, petroglyphs and colorful trees make it an unforgettable destination.
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Growing up in Washington with family in both northern and southern California, the West Coast road trip was guaranteed at least once per year… if not three times. This meant though that we got […]
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Going off the beaten path is something so many travelers strive for. You know that we’re usually traveling with kids, so we try to experience the less-crowded areas of the world when we can […]
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I went to Crescent City, California once when I was a kid. I just remember being told that in 1964 a tsunami (tidal wave) crashed into the town… and then I was terrified of […]
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As we made our way through Northern California and explored the beaches and National Parks, we stayed in all kinds of hotels and lodges. When we left the Bodega Bay Lodge and headed north […]
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When you live on the coast you get accustomed to certain maritime things. You know, like hearing fog horns, continually sweeping up sand in your house, having lighthouses in half of your family photos. […]
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Ooh, we love a good tourist attraction. Not a tourist trap, but a genuine attraction. Of all of the classic American icons a few really stand out: the Statue of Liberty, the White House, […]
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It was so great to stay in lodges on our #2TDgoparks2016 roadtrip. After several days of snow chains and foiled hiking plans it was nice to arrive at the Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite. We’d […]
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After a few days of battling the fog and snow in Sequoia National Park we took the short drive to cross the border into Kings Canyon National Park. Like with Sequoia, we had big […]
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