by burtkauf | Oct 7, 2015 | Bancroft Gardens, Ruth Bancroft
Ruth Bancroft, Founder of Drought-Tolerant Ruth Bancroft Gardens, Turns 107 Nice to be able to honor great folks while they’re still alive… Wish we could say ‘Ruth Bancroft Celebrates’ but just to...
by burtkauf | Sep 8, 2015 | Fairfield, Rockville Hills
ROCKVILLE HILLS PARK, FAIRFIELD Yes, that seemingly desolate hot spot off #80 on the way to Sacramento has some mighty fine scenery including a pastoral lake with sealife and some historical rock formations, thus the name Rockville Hills. The park...
by burtkauf | Jul 31, 2015 | Scenic, Tom Stienstra, Top 10
Top Ten Scenic Bay Area Backroads from Tom StienstraTop 5s & 10s From California CampingClick here for the current Week’s Pick!TOP TEN SCENIC BAY AREA BACKROADS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA1) Petaluma to Bodega...
by burtkauf | Jul 19, 2015 | Bike Trails, Bikes, City LIghts, Embarcadero, Ferlinghetti, Fisherman's Wharf, Food Truck, Hungry I, Millenials, North Beach, San Francisco, Street Food, Time Travel, tourism, travel, Truck food, Vegan Truck food
Chinatown last bastion of original San Francisco, still unaffected by gentrification like rest of the city SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For a century and a half, San Francisco’s Chinatown, the nation’s oldest, has sheltered waves of immigrants...
by burtkauf | Jul 6, 2015 | COAST, Half Moon Bay, PACIFIC COAST, PURISIMA-COWELL TRAIL
Click here to subscribe to mailing listPURISIMA-COWELL TRAIL – New Spectacular Coastal Trail near Half Moon Bay, CA One would not expect such a varied, inspiring trail along the ocean – the only one of it’s kind we’ve...
by burtkauf | Jun 28, 2015 | Amusement Park, Boardwalk, CA, Ideal Bar and Grill, Santa Cruz, Stagnola's Restaurant, Woodies, Woodies on the Wharf
Click here to subscribe to mailing list WOODIES ON THE WHARF 21ST ANNUAL, SANTA CRUZ, CA – WORLD’S TOP CLASSIC WOODIES CAR FESTIVAL & PARADE 6-27-15Not far from the World’s largest Woodie Gathering is the Worldes Oldest Wooden Roller coaster, the...
by burtkauf | Jun 13, 2015 | Bike Trail, biking, Napa, Napa Wine Trail, Oakville, Picnic, Rutherford, Wildflowers, Wine Trail, Wineries, Yountville
NAPA VALLEY ULTIMATE WINE TRAIL ADVENTURE by Bike or Car (?) We’ve always thought Napa a very beautiful place but not necessarily for bike trails. It seems flat and full of, well, beautiful vineyards and wineries- and...
by burtkauf | May 20, 2015 | American Graffiti, Caves, Gardens, Green Valley Trail, Mt. Diablo, Petaluma, Pleasant hill, Sunset
Bay Area Backroads in God’s Country – May Highlights MT. DIABLO via Diablo’s Green Valley Scenic Trail, near summithistoric little known caves(above), sunset view of Bay (below) Bay Area Backroads May Highlights – Mt.Diablo Green...
by burtkauf | Apr 24, 2015 | Butterflies, Butterfly Bush, Garden, Hummingbirds, Milkweed, Monarchs
How to Attract Butterflies and Hummingbirds to Your Gardencourtesy Fix.com and CARE2Deviating a bit from our usual Backroads fare, we thought you might enjoy something aboutenjoying your own backroads backyard…. and attracting lots of...
by burtkauf | Apr 19, 2015 | CA, Concord, drive in movie, drive-in, Solano drive in, West Wind
Twice a year the East Bay’s last Drive-in Movie Theater holds it’s FREE Movie night. Latest was April 16, day after tax day, and folks poured into the outdoor movie palace in droves this warm evening. Movie was the recent and perhaps last film...
