brian hill and dee power camping and travel adventures
Whether you live in a city or a suburb, you listen to the buzz of traffic, hum of air conditioning, and just general manmade noise. Occasionally you hear a bird. I never realized how vocal birds are. At Upper Oso (Santa Barbara, CA) a family (bevy? clutch? clan?) of crows would start calling right before Continue Reading
There are few cities that really stand out and San Francisco is one of them. We came up from the south. I drove through Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, and Menlo Park, where all the venture capitalists used to live. I don’t think there are many VCs left. Finally the bay comes into view, followed by the Continue Reading
Our route took us right through the heart of San Francisco on a beautiful, clear summer day. We must have hit the traffic just right because it was a breeze going through the city, and crossing the Golden Gate Bridge was not nearly as scary a proposition as I thought it might be. Not a Continue Reading
When we broke camp at Upper Oso, we intended to go to the Big Sur country next, but the campgrounds there were filled so we detoured inland to a campground in the wine growing country called Arroyo Seco, basically on the other side of the mountains from where Big Sur is located. Again, we had Continue Reading
On the way to Clearlake and even before Arroya Seco (Greenfield, CA) we passed mile after mile after mile of orchards, vineyards, and farmland with a few cattle ranches thrown in. The contrast between lush growing fields on one side and dead brown grass on the other side which isn’t cultivated is dramatic. Water is Continue Reading