18th June 2006 This is my first such hike- a hike with Swami Sukhabodhananda, the author of the best seller “Oh, Mind Relax please”. Well! He is a Hindu monk from India who has written a number of books for the benefit of people like me :-) This was a part of the completion of his first set of events in bay area. June 16th and 17th was spent very usefully with his Bhagavad-Gita talks in Sunnyvale. We were more than 10 in number. At that time, I did not know it would be such a long day there. I was [View Full Entry]

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We’d wanted to do Sacramento as a part of a camping trip to Folsom Lake. But all campgrounds seemed full during the memorial weekend. Instead of sitting at home, Sacramento is definitely a better option  So, we started from home around 7 am. We were there by 9 am. We first hit Old Sac (that’s slang for Old Sacramento). On the way to the garage, a cop stopped us to say that no cars were allowed in for 2 days as there was a Jazz festival going on. In any case, downtowns are best seen on foot. So, we [View Full Entry]

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6th May 2006 - 14th May 2006 Trip to Hawaii! Mmm.. At the first thought, I didn’t really want to go there. I am basically from south India where we have lots of beaches, some good ones too.. The weather is not that hot(other than peak summer). So, um, what’s the big deal? Then, my husband bribed me with thoughts of volcanoes, hike down a colorful crater, colorful fishes. What the heck! No trip can be non-enjoyable. So, we decided & then planned.  I mean, we had no doubts which island to visit. Fortunately, we think alike(mostly) and we knew [View Full Entry]

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1st April - 2nd Aril 2006 This trip was as instantaneous as it could get. We decided it on Friday eve 6:00 pm and we left on Saturday morning. :-) And probably it was our first camping trip on a normal weekend. Morro Bay is along the Central California coast. Some 200 miles from bay, the area involves 2 -3 hours of drive. We wanted to reach early. So we took the less scenic hwy 101 down to Morro Bay. We knew instantly, it had to be Morro bay as we saw the larger than life Morro Rock. After finding our [View Full Entry]

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Road trips are always fun. But I’ve always wanted to do this trip in a long time. Winter time. Can’t go north. So, south it is! It’s been a while since we’d been there. So, I will have to refresh my memory here and there. We had covered Los Angeles a month back during thanksgiving. So, we were going to cover other places than L.A. There are a bunch of beautiful National Parks in that area. Deserts! Here we come. Thu, 22 Dec 2005 We were going to leave very early next morning (3:00 am). As usual, we got butterflies in [View Full Entry]

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July 30th 2005 - August 8th 2005 2005 has been a hectic year. Lots of activities! I was going for a 3 month break to India, a week after we return from this trip. Ganesh’s office had a forced shut down for 10 days and this was our later 5 days of vacation. We wanted to see WA & Glacier National Park. We initially thought of driving it all the way around. But some knowledgeable people from RTA told me “Impossible”. Duly noted. Next question: fly to where? We checked Portland and Seattle. Seattle would not have made it a round [View Full Entry]

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A 2005 Memorablog! When: Memorial weekend 2005 Where: Utah, Colorado & the Four Corners National Monument What: Covering all the most popular national parks This was our first long trip as a couple. Utah inspired me the first time I even set foot there . And since we had around 9-10 days, we wanted to cover Ganesh's favourite, The Rocky Mountains too! Itinerary Day 1: Delta flight to Salt Lake City, UT. Drive down to Cedar city, UT Day 2: Zion National Park Day 3: Bryce Canyon National Park Day 4: Ar [View Full Entry]

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This is a memorablog- trip that were done long before I maintained a travelblog. Time & bad memory do contribute. So, would be unable to write as much as I would love to. Ok! there goes racking of my brain; Memorial day vacation May 28th 2004 - June 6th-2004 The initial plan was just me & my hubby, but later we had another couple join us. It was a very exciting moment for me as it was my first long vacation outside CA., ie if you do not consider a Vegas honeymoon as a vacation The first time we planned for [View Full Entry]

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