The National Parks are beautiful, and one of the most beautiful is undeniably Yosemite National Park. I had been to Yosemite twice before this trip. Once was a pass-through on a road trip with my kids, when they were in high school. We were between looking at colleges in San Francisco for the oldest and going to a Volleyball tournament in Los Angeles for the youngest, and just “stopped by” Yosemite on the way between. We should have planned differently and stayed longer th

On this day, Matt moved out of Cloyne Court at UC Berkeley. For Matt, it was a great place for school, and an eye-opening experience. ...

Today, the five of us - the three kids, me and Steve, went to the Presidio Visitor Center. We are all in town to celebrate Matt's...

My middle child had just graduated from college, and wanted to have an adventure, so she called her brother, who was in school in San...

I went to Yosemite for my birthday. My ever-patient son was with me, and we stayed at an airbnb about 45 minutes from the park. We...

The Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historic Park is located in Richmond, California, on the shores of San Francisco Bay. The...

The San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park is located on the San Francisco Bay, and is an easy visit if you are headed to the...