Bishop Ranch is such a small, out of the way part of the East Bay Regional Park district, that it isn’t often listed in the trail books. And with possible good reason. Almost from the moment you enter the park, you’re faced with the steepest climb ever– I’m talking K2 scaling here– but the views …
Years ago, before we had kids, Ken and I went mountain biking at Rockville. That was the kind of thing we did back then, before we fell hopelessly out of shape and had kids, which made mountain biking a less likely leisure activity of choice. I remember Rockville as an extraordinary park that had an incredible payoff …
Wilder Ranch is a wonderful state park just on the outskirts of Santa Cruz on Highway 1. Offering challenging mountain biking trails on one side of the freeway, and one of the most beautiful coastal paths on the other, Wilder Ranch is a treat. It also has a working historic farm with horses, goats, sheep, …
There are plenty of things to say about Sunol as a great Bay Area hike with kids, but let me sum it up with this: go in the spring. Spring, of course, has the lush green hills and wildflowers gone crazy. In fact, usually in April there is a Wildflower Event. (Check the East Bay …
Inspiration Point is a gorgeous, paved path at the top of the ridge separating San Pablo and Richmond from Orinda and Berkeley, and one of my long-time favorites. There is a wonderful sense of open space on this path, and it goes for as long as you could want it to, which is to say …