Shopping in California

The Complete Travel Guide to San Diego

San Diego is one of my favorite cities for several reasons. 1) The weather is perfect pretty much all the time. 2) The sunsets are incredible. 3) The food. 4) Top Gun, was filmed there. I mean I...

Things to Do On New Years Eve in San Francisco 2023

What is there to do in San Francisco for New years eve? Well, let me tell you. The Hibernia The most exciting part of this annual New Year's Eve ball is the rare chance to party among the...

The #1 Best Ever Trip to the USA

The American West covers about 1,000,000 square miles (2,600,000 sq km). That's a lot to see, and there is a lot to see there. We started traveling in the American West in 1965. Although we never did...

San Francisco, CA: Favorite Sights

1] The California Line Cable Car ride. 2] The ferry boat ride from the Ferry Terminal at the end of Market St. to Sausalito and back 3] The Victorian houses 4] San Francisco from on high San...

Surprising Los Angeles, CA, USA

First off, Los Angeles is big-- Los Angeles County, USA, covers 4,753 sq miles and has a population of more than 10,000,000 people. 4,000,000 people live in Los Angeles City, the largest city in...

The Trees of California

The CA Coastal Redwood tree is the tallest tree in the world. It is also remarkably straight and very desirable for constructing out door decks because 1] it rarely warps, 2] it is a very pretty wood...