When: Memorial Weekend, 23rd - 25th May 2009 Where: experience a tinge of the drive, the waterfalls & the hiker's paradise in Shasta country The Shasta area is abundant in everything; Rivers, waterfalls, thousand miles of trails, snow, mountains, scenic drives, boating, caverns...you can go on & on. But the highlight is the one and only Mt.Shasta. Everytime I look at it, it is like I have never seen it before. It is so fresh, massive, beautiful & inspiring, all at the same time. This trip got us closer, a better place to view this mighty mountain. [url=http://en.wikipedia. [View Full Entry]

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We had heard a lot about these falls. So much that it would be a shame to have missed it this year. Ganesh had to tick it off his list & I badly wanted him to do so(else, he is behind my back until he gets it done). We hoped to wake up real early as it was a some distance from home. But personal work kept us from sleeping early the previous night. Result: We woke up late. Apparently, Ganesh had done his homework & when I asked him, "Where are we going?" he replied, "Cataract Falls". I was like, [View Full Entry]

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The imminent rains have actually postponed this trip week by week. The blossoms have been dodging visitors like us for quite sometime now. Though the website informed that the blossoms are in full bloom last week of February, it rained last week. So, Saturday probably was the first 'sunny' day. The part where it became 'really' sunny is a different issue altogether though. We had briefly passed via Fresno on our way to Sequoia National Park some 3+ years ago on our maiden camping trip. So, I had practically forgotten the proximity of Fresno to Th [View Full Entry]

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Where: Uvas Canyon County Park Intention: surveying S's hiking tolerance & to experience the short duration of later Winter's waterfalls Outcome: Successful maiden attempt. S did not complain.*yay* [url=http://www.sccgov.org/portal/site/parks/parksarticle?contentId=c1128a77d9784010VgnVCMP230004adc4a92____]Uvas Canyon county park [url=http://www.sccgov.org/SCC/docs%2FParks%20and%20Recreation%2C%20Department%20of%20(DEP)%2Fattachments%2F332557uvas%20both.pdf]Trail map Our trail: The Waterfall loop covering Granuja falls, upper falls, basin falls, [View Full Entry]

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When: Dec 25th - Dec 28th 2008 Where: Balboa Park, Downtown, Gaslamp quarter, Coronado parts of San Diego It's been a while since we traveled. We wanted to get out of our home for this vacation. But for a long time, we did not decide where. That makes it the least prepared trip for us. Usually, we have this plan laid out, like a month prior. I've read about so many people making unplanned trips that just involves taking the car & just drive. I've only imagined such trips as I am a planning freak. I need things to be in [View Full Entry]

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After a short hike with the little one yesterday, all we ever planned was to camp in a beach & relax. I've always loved the beach in Pacifica. It is close to civilization & that was needed. You can never be over-prepared with the little one. So, we just drove, parked, set up our tent(in a not-so-private beach), and R-E-L-A-X-E-D! I was not too happy with the fireworks photos. So, with an intention to sharpen my skills, I ventured to our frontyard. A short observation! People are intere [View Full Entry]

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When: July 4th Where: Foster city What: July 4th Fireworks At the 11th hour, we dropped our plans to witness the fireworks at Eureka, 300 miles from home. But we just could not miss seeing the fireworks. So, we gladly accepted a friend's invitation to view one of bay area's better fireworks(SF fireworks are the best, if you did not know) at Foster city. With the little one, we could not imagine wading through the SF human traffic. But the best part of Foster city fireworks was it was by the lagoon & there was boat traffic. We've never seen anything [View Full Entry]

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First outing with our little S. Traveling with a baby is not as easy as I'd thought. If I remember to take a million things, its possible to forget a zillion! However, we had the need. The need for travel. In all these years, somehow we'd successfully managed to miss going to Fort Point(The amateur photographer in me always wanted to get the angle of Golden Gate from there). A sunny weather in south bay forced a huge fog into SF. The day was pleasant, the weather awesome & the place-need you ask? To master SF's roads, you n [View Full Entry]

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Where: Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA What: Pacific Orchid Expo A significant push from the better half made me wake up early Sunday morning to attend this show. The day was a warm 70F...warm enough in San Francisco. The day was clear & the skies were blue. What a day to spend in San Francisco!!! We planned to drive into town hoping to find one spot in the hundreds available in the Center. Alas! 11 am & we got to know the parking lot was "FULL" by 9.30 am. The next bet: a garage 2 blocks away, at Marina Mid [View Full Entry]

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We had a really tiring Feb 18th. After that, the need to unwind rushed into the blood & with 3 days off from routine, we dashed to a place which we might not have thought of otherwise! 3 days in a resort among the Redwoods! Where: Avenue of the Giants, NorCal. When: 20th Feb - 23rd Feb 2008 Redcrest Resort is not the usual uptight "resort" community we'd expected. It is more like a rustic cabin without the Summer crowd. Guess, that made it worth it. Plus a functional kitchen. I got to learn ping pong from Ganesh. It is a [View Full Entry]

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