California Gold Country is covered with rolling hills and green oak trees, but under the ground are natural caverns, filled with sparkling stalactites and stalagmites. Take a tour of three different caverns or explore a gold mine – it’s the perfect thing to do on a hot day.
Read more…Explore San Francisco Chinatown
On a family vacation in San Francisco, plan to spend a fun morning in Chinatown.
Wander through side streets looking for dragon and lion murals on store walls, watch fortune cookies being made, visit one of oldest Chinese temples in United States, take out lunch, then eat outdoors at four parks with kids’ play areas.
Read more…Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
The Boston Tea Party is a famous event of the American Revolution. At Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, kids step aboard a replica ship, toss tea chests into the water, see enactments by live actors and an original tea chest, over 200 years old.
Read more…Saber-toothed cats in Los Angeles
La Brea Tar Pits, one of world’s largest Ice Age fossils sites, is located right in downtown Los Angeles. The Page Museum is a treasure trove of extinct prehistoric animals, life-size animatronic animals, hands on-exhibits, and Ice Age Encounter, with a costumed saber-toothed cat.
Read more…It’s Apple Season in Sebastopol!
This weekend we took a trip to Sonoma County– it’s the beginning of apple season, starting in August with Gravenstein apples. At Luther Burbank Experiment Farm kids can watch apples made into juice, then taste apple juice “fresh off the press.”
Read more…Hidden gem in San Francisco: Angel Island
Take a scenic ferry ride to Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy at Ayala Cove, then hike around the island for panoramic views of Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco skyline. Also, read story of a lady lighthouse keeper on the island.
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