Deep within Squaw Valley, half way between Truckee and Lake Tahoe is the most beautiful waterfall hike around the Tahoe Basin. The Shirley Canyon Trail is best in early summer as the falls begin to surge water from the melting snow off the 9,000ft peaks surrounding the valley. If you are looking for a family […]
Dear friends of ours introduced us to Martha’s Vineyard a few years ago. As a west coaster, the island always sounded something like a fantasy. Where one would hob knob with the likes of presidential families vacationing in large compounds most of us would never experience. What we discovered was a bucolic island of country roads, […]
Happy Summer! We’ve been playing in the Sierra Nevada Mountains the past two weeks both in the Lake Tahoe Basin and in the Eastern Sierra Mountains near Mammoth. It has me feeling so grateful for this beautiful state of California we call home. I’ve been thinking back to all the hikes we’ve shared through the […]
Lake Tahoe Guide | Summer Edition I was honored to be asked by Ashley, of Hither & Thither to write a piece for her 5 Things Series on Lake Tahoe last winter. And couldn’t be more excited to be back with a complete Summer Guide too! Summer is what first made me fall in love with the Lake Tahoe. […]
U-Pick Berry Farm – One of our favorite summer traditions opened this week. It’s the much anticipated arrival in our family for opening day of berry picking season. Our local U-pick announced the opening day at their farms this week. I can’t wait to head out their for a fun morning pick and sampling berries […]
This year I’ve been working on a little personal experiment I like to call “Heck Ya!” I have been trying to be more self-aware of when opportunities present themselves, where I would have formerly thought them over, decided how they could or could’t fit into my schedule and generally over-thought all the options. I’m trying […]
One of the things I love to do when staying in hotel while traveling is taking advantage of the classes or activities they may have on site. When we were in Costa Rica, we stayed at Arenas del Mar on the Pacific Coast. The hotel offered tons of on-site activities to choose from. We opted […]