Summer is around the corner and I’m sure many of you have made plans or are busy making plans for the summer. Between my family’s prescheduled plans there are a number of weekends we hope to use for day trips or short overnight trips. I like keeping a list of ideas to get the ball … More Kayak Sailing in Lake Tahoe
Memorial Day is coming up this weekend and many of you will be hosting or attending Memorial Day BBQs and get-togethers. I wanted to throw this dessert recipe into the mix in case anyone still needed an easy, crowd pleasing dessert. Whenever I serve this dessert or bring to get-togethers I usually get a lot of … More Crowd Pleaser Pavlova Dessert
Where to see the elephant seals: Año Nuevo state park and Piedras Blancas rookery, California Directions: Año Nuevo is located about an hour south of San Francisco on Hwy 1. Piedras Blancas rookery is off of Hwy 1 about 50 miles north of San Luis Obispo in the town of San Simeon (5 minutes north … More Elephant Seals of California
I am not an expert on travel or national parks by any means, but having traveled around the holidays for the last 4 years, I wanted to share an observation that we made. That is, the days before the major holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas, the parks are very sparse. Like ‘everyone is busy getting ready for the holidays so no one … More How to Navigate a National Park Visit During the Holidays
My family loves seafood in general, but it seemed especially fitting to have crab cakes on our Doran Beach camping trip because the jetty at Doran Beach seems to be a very popular place for crabbing. I, however, “caught” my crab at my local Costco. Fresh, already shelled lump crab meat. Open the container and … More Camping Trip Crab Cakes
Last week Weekend Campervanning was nominated for the Liebster Award. This is an award given by the blogging community to help new bloggers get recognized/discovered. How nice and thank you! Thank you to The Adventures of a Day Hiker who kindly nominated me. The Adventures of a Day Hiker is a beautifully written hiking, photography and outdoors … More The Liebster Award
Location: Doran Regional Park, 201 Doran Beach Rd, Bodega Bay, California Campground: Doran Regional Park campground, 120 sites, $35/night Reservations: sonomacountycamping.org, reservations can be made 1 year in advance Date of trip: May 2016 We left our home on Saturday excited about the gorgeous weather, convinced that the weather report was wrong for the Bodega … More Sonoma Coast camping
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California. Off of Canyon Road/Fortynine Palms Canyon Road via Hwy 62 Hike: Fortynine Palms Oasis hike, a hike to an oasis surrounded by palms (and back) Length: 3 miles, round trip Time: 2-3 hours Level: Moderate, no shade on trail (shade at oasis) Elevation change: 300 ft (300 ft climb … More Fortynine Palms Oasis Hike in Joshua Tree National Park
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California Campground: Indian Cove, at the end of Indian Cove Road off of Hwy 62 Campground ammenities: Pit toilets, water available at Indian Cove Ranger station 2 miles from campground Campsite: # 73 Reservations: recreation.gov, 6 months in advance (Oct-May). No reservations during summer months (first come, first serve) Campsite … More Joshua Tree National Park
I never know what kind of food to bring on a beach day. I always have big plans to make something more than my typical sandwich, but I never get around to figuring it out. I was determined to bring lighter fare to the beach last weekend (because, you know, beach attire + big lunch= exhausted … More Beach Day Taco Salad
Location: San Francisco Bay Trail in Foster City, California Length: 3 miles round trip walk Time: about 1 hour Date: April when the flowers are in bloom Foster City’s portion of the Bay Trail is beautiful during the spring when the ice plant flowers are in full bloom and adding a bright burst of pink and yellow to … More San Francisco Bay Trail in Foster City
Location: Sunset State Beach, California Directions: 16 miles south of Santa Cruz (from Hwy 1, take Andreas Rd exit to Sunset Beach Rd) Day-use fee: $10 Parking: end of Shell Road Date: April 2016 We have been coming to Sunset State Beach for years now. We discovered it one day when we were checking out beaches south … More Sunset State Beach
