Category: hikes
Waterfall hikes. San Francisco South Bay and Peninsula edition
Some of the sites in the list are closed due to CZU Lightning Fire Complex. Big Basin State Park currently closed due to extensive fire damage. Please check web sites on the latest info. Winter brings rain, and with the rains, waterfalls season starts. When mountains and their mighty falls are still covered with the…
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
We visited Grand Sand Dunes on the cold December day. It was a week into the government shutdown and day five of our Christmas vacations. Honestly, I had too many emotions during this time: closed sites and parks, cancellation, day to day hotels rebooking. Yes, now it’s only a memory. But this period changed my…
Waterfalls around Mt.Shasta
Sweetbriar Falls Probably, one of the easiest waterfall in this post: close to interstate 5, a short walk from the parking. Falls are sweet and not huge. Pipes from the road spoil the picture. It’s a great place to stop on a long journey to stretch the legs. Hedge Creek Falls When I-5 climbs closer…
Portola Redwoods State Park: Tip Toe Falls
Winter is an eventful season. Snow in Sierras and Cascades, storms on the coast, rain in the Bay. And when it starts to rain the Bay Area, the best thing to do is go hike waterfalls. North Bay has its jewels, as well as Mt.Diablo. Peninsula has Big Basin famous Berry Falls and other smaller…