GETTING OUT: Virginia Lakes offer pleasant high-mountain setting
Highway 395 traces the grand eastern escarpment of the Sierra
Holiday golden rule and a daughter who’s made her family very proud
Violated a holiday golden rule once this week – I hurried out of Nob Hill after having a great deli sandwich lunch with my wife and daughter without putting a penny in the Salvation Army kettle. I’ll double up next time, but it’s a good rule. Don’t pass the kettle and the bell ringer without making a gift.
Getting Out: Wilder Ranch has something for everything
Wilder Ranch State Park is two state parks in one. Just north of Santa Cruz, Highway One divides this state park into two distinctly different landscapes. Coastside, the Ohlone Bluff Trail traces a twisting path along the crest of seaside cliffs. A fog free sunset here would surely send poets into a creative frenzy guaranteed to empty their inkwells.
