Our good friends Gary and Faye set us up in a beautiful San Francisco luxury high rise for Valentines Day. We went out on the town and even went back to Epic Steakhouse because we had such a great experience when we went to see Phantom of The Opera the year before...

Heather and I decided to have a little New Years stay-cation at a resort in Sacramento. The Villas have been voted multiple times as “Best Bed & Breakfast” by Sacramento magazine readers, Arden Hills offers world-class overnight accommodations in The Villas

I am ah huge fan of Phantom of The Opera and have seen it 11 times. London, San Francisco and Las Vegas showings. Loved the original production from the 1980-2000 circa. Not a huge fan of the over simplified sets and cut scenes of the new version :-(

Heather and I decided it was time to get into the California back-country and started by choosing the Desolation Wilderness right outside of Tahoe. We love going there because most people are too dependent on technology and fire so not many folks venture out there. In the Desolation Wilderness, most tech does not work, and fires are illegal. Perfect for us!

The area surrounding Lassen Peak is still active with boiling mud pots, stinking fumaroles, and churning hot springs. Lassen Volcanic National Park is one of the few areas in the world where all four types of volcano can be found: plug dome, shield, cinder cone, and strato…

This is just a fun collection of random Tahoe adventures we shared in 2015. Hiking, wine tasting, resort crashing, camping, back-country and general out and about...

I am a huge Bryan Adams fan, so Heather supersized we with tickets to his show in San Francisco bay area in 2015. Not only was the concert outstanding, but we stayed in super cute hotel in Palo Alto called Dinah’s Garden Hotel and had quite the fun weekend adventure…

My good friends Jerry and Kay invited Heather and I to come on a Napa wine tasting with them, more specifically, at the world-renowned Nickle & Nickle. The are wine club members there and got us into an amazing release party where we most certainly sampled pretty much everything…

A huge departure from our typical adventure! Heather gifted us tickets to see Metallica at the Rock’in Rio so we decided to explore the Strip and see what Vegas is all about. Turns out, its mostly about excess and vice. We had a blast.

I have been to Yosemite dozens of times over the years but this was the very first time for Heather and we had a blast...as usual. This was a unique trip because it was sunny one day and snowed the next! We were able to get some outstanding photos of from the valley, along the mist trail and to the base of Nevada falls. 

McCarthy has a last recorded population of 28 at the 2010 census, down from 42 in 2000. Copper was discovered between the Kennicott Glacier and McCarthy Creek in 1900. Alcoholic beverages and prostitution were forbidden in Kennecott…

Eagle River nature reserve a short drive out of anchorage and boasts some stunning vistas and fun hikes. Heather and I made several trips out there but this is about the one time we stayed in a Yurt and say the Norther Lights!