by Tara | Aug 9, 2025 | California 2025, Travel
We woke up this morning and packed everything up for the drive back to San Francisco. It was supposed to be around three hours or so, but ended up being much longer due to traffic. It was amazing that we were able to get all of our bags of jackets, snacks, and extras...
by Tara | Aug 8, 2025 | California 2025, Travel
Our last day in the Shasta/Lassen area, and it was a big one! We started the day bright and early with the car packed with every possible clothing and food item we could need. Our first stop was McCloud Falls — a three tiered waterfall fed by melting snow. We saw the...
by Tara | Aug 7, 2025 | California 2025, Travel
Today was our Trinity Alps day. We were super excited about it because all of the photos online looked amazing — white capped granite mountains towering over beautiful lakes. Articles called it a “little slice of Yosemite.” But…. Researching the area and deciding on a...
by Tara | Aug 6, 2025 | California 2025, Travel
Today was a HUGE day! We set our alarms for 5:15am and were on the road by 5:45 to head to Lassen Volcanic National Park. The drive started off slow and very, very curvy. Then we drove past really cute lake towns. And lastly we drove for hours through rolling yellow...
by Tara | Aug 5, 2025 | California 2025, Travel
Today we woke up and headed up to the Russian Gulch State Park, which was about an hour north near Mendicino. It was a really pretty park, but we immediately noticed that there was no signage inside — which was pretty odd because there were some pretty impressive...
by Tara | Aug 4, 2025 | California 2025, Travel
This morning our main goal was to get gas and to our kayak tour by 11am. The tour was in Mendicino — which sounds like a familiar town and therefore must have gas, right? Nope! There was one gas station that had $9.59-per-gallon pricing!!! We were literally on fumes...
