Visalia is the best little town you've never heard of. Or at least we hadn't. The city of Visalia, nicknamed "The Gateway To Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks," in the San Joaquin Valley, is the last metropolitan area visitors encounter before they...
Add color and culture into your family’s Cinco de Mayo celebration by visiting historic Olvera Street, the "Birthplace of Los Angeles." Less than a block from Union Station in the heart of Los Angeles, Olvera Street (“La Placita Olvera”) is a conveniently...
Growing up off the coast of Maine, I found lighthouses fascinating. Everything from how they were designed to the type of lenses they used captivated my young mind like nothing had since I’d learned dinosaurs were a thing. And unlike dinosaurs, which were...
Springtime is a pleasant reminder that summer is soon arriving, and that winter is finally leaving! It seems as if all the animals, plants, and trees take part in the celebration by putting on their most gorgeous colors, dressing in their finest frocks....
Spring is undoubtedly our family’s favorite season. It marks the return of warmer days (at least in the Bay Area); of picnics and beach trips; of bees bumbling and birds singing; and — most importantly — it heralds the arrival of the Northern California...
Who doesn’t love posting photos of their recent family hike on social media? For many of us, hiking starts and ends in the states where we live, and it can be difficult to look farther afield for fresh pastures. Well today, I’m here to recommend a region you...