Category: Transit & Street
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🌆 The Great Escape We needed an escape. With a daughter moving out and our dog recently crossing the rainbow bridge, we needed a distraction from the changes at home. Since we did a day tour of New York City with my Uncle Roy in 2022 (he and my Aunt Jane live in Newtown, CT),…
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As I mentioned in our San Francisco to Yosemite road trip post: “Right as you need a break from the switchbacks, you hit Groveland. We pulled into Mountain Sage Coffee to stretch our legs and get properly caffeinated. It’s an earthy, eclectic spot (some might say a bit weird but we like weird) that perfectly…
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If you are driving from the San Francisco Bay Area toward the towering granite of Yosemite, Highway 120 is your primary artery. And right when you hit Manteca, at the intersection of Highway 120 and Jack Tone Road, you’ll find a mandatory pitstop: Ramos Country Corner. It is one of my absolutely favorite finds in…
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How can you not love a good road trip? From San Francisco to Yosemite Valley, I’m convinced there is no journey in which you experience so much beauty compacted into so little time. Yes, it is about 4 hours from San Francisco to Yosemite, and your arrival will be every bit as stunning as you expect,…
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San Francisco is the ideal city to practice patience and inefficiency. It is filled with hills and hills and more hills. There is also fog. You will notice this theme throughout my photos of San Francisco. The city itself is majestic. And that fog becomes glory at sunset. Want to practice inefficiency? Ride a cable…
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Primer Journeys by nature are not efficient. And yet I spend so much of my day-to-day striving for efficiency. Maybe that’s why I love travel. It is a true respite from my daily routine. When I plan a trip – and I even plan free time – I like to allow of inefficiency. Road trips…