Ask me where I was standing when I took this photo. No, seriously. Ask me. Oh, I just happened to be standing outside the back door of the rental house in Sea Ranch where we spent the last four days and every day we were there was just as beautiful… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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Because I’ve been up since 1:00 a.m. last night after a whopping 2 hours of sleep… Because Dana and I spent the morning in San Francisco at the deYoung Museum drooling over original paintings by Monet, Renoir,  Cėzanne, and Vincent van… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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The plan all week was to head over to John Muir National Forest for a hike through the woods on Saturday morning, but when Saturday morning arrived, a lazy car trip and lunch at a small coastal town sounded even better. And it was. Get the flash… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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We’ve been going to Mendocino for Spring holiday for the past ten years and stay at the Joshua Grindle Inn every time. I can’t say enough about the town, the inn, or the innkeepers without sounding like a car salesman but suffice it to say, we love… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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This summer D and I caught a bad case of the hiking bug. The only cure we found was to take our credit card to the nearest REI, get a pair of hiking boots, pants with a ridiculous number of pockets, a graphite jack-knife for bear slaying and apple… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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D and I headed out early this morning for a challenging (as in ascend ascend ascend!) and gorgeous hike through the redwoods in Muir Woods at the base of Mt. Tamalpais. For those who know the area from the main trail we climbed up Bootjack Trail… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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