The drive up to the trailhead was pretty scenic. After passing through cool and foggy Half Moon Bay and turning onto Purisma Creek Canyon Road, the fog disappeared and the sun shone intensely as I passed a lot of grassy hillsides dotted by cows and the occasional house. For much of Purisma Creek Redwood Trail,…
Pinnacles National Park recently transitioned to National Park status a couple years ago, and the park is so close to home for me! It’s a great day trip from the Bay Area in the North, San Luis Obispo in the South, or Fresno in the east. Interestingly, Pinnacles used to be part of a volcano…
Manhattan has all things that people want to visit when in New York: shopping at 5th Avenue, Central Park, Wall Street, the Met, MOMA, Guggenheim, Times Square, Empire State Building, SoHo, Statue of Liberty, and so on. I visited most of the places on my first visit to New York several years ago, so for…