http://www.caradow.com/travel Fri, 25 May 2007 17:17:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Location: 13 miles past Page Mill on Skyline (right side), takes about 45 minutes to get there. Beautiful 5 mile round trip up to the campground, slight hills. Would be a nice place to backpack. Fresh water at campground. http://www.caradow.com/travel/2006/07/05/castle-rock-hike/ Location: Turn left on Page Mill from Skyline, go 1.7 miles. Takes about 35 minutes to get there. 6 mile round trip hike starting on the east side of the mountain to the campground and rock outcroppings at the top. Beautiful chapparal and oak forests in May with a ... http://www.caradow.com/travel/2006/05/27/black-mountain-hike/ Dates: 12/31/05 through 1/9/06 Travel Agent: Value Vacation Hotels: Ocean View Room at the Radisson on Tahiti 1 night Premium Beach Bungalow at the Maitai Deam on Fakarava 4 nights all-inclusive Over Water Bunglaow at the Maitai Polynesia on Bora Bora 3 nights Highlights: New Years Eve in Tahiti FAKARAVA! Tiny, remote island. Maitai Dream is ... http://www.caradow.com/travel/2006/01/01/tahiti/ We spent this Thanksgiving in Oregon. Sam went on his first tree hunting experience and hated it. From hiking in the snow to cutting down poor defenseless trees, he was not very impressed. Maybe it will grow on him next time. http://www.caradow.com/travel/2005/11/27/thanksgiving/ Drove to Montana for Katie’s wedding. We took 80 to Salt Lake City, then took 89 North to 15 North to 90 East. On the way back we took the long route through Yellowstone. After leaving Billings, we went backpacking for two nights just west of ... http://www.caradow.com/travel/2005/08/18/montana-trip/ For Sam’s birthday we went deep sea fishing on the Butchie B out of Fisherman’s Wharf. Michael, Shannon, James, Karen, Lisa, Matt and some Danes came along too. We had beautiful weather with sunny skies and calm seas. Despite the calm seas the trip didn’t agree with ... http://www.caradow.com/travel/2005/07/21/deep-sea-fishing/ For the 4th of July Michael, Shannon, Sam and I took a road trip down to Kenall’s new condo in Huntington Beach. We drove down in Shannon’s brand new convertible. Sweet! We took the I-5 route on the way there, which was VERY hot. We decided ... http://www.caradow.com/travel/2005/07/04/huntington-beach/ Reservation: Crane Flat Campground Group: Michael, Shannon, Thad, Sara (and Jack, in the tummy) Crane Flat was still closed because of snow so we found a spot at Sweetwater, a few miles west of Yosemite on 120. Great alternative campground, although the drive into the valley was long. We hiked Half Dome ... http://www.caradow.com/travel/2005/06/18/yosemite-engagement-trip/ The family came down to Tahoe for their first California ski trip over Spring Break. We stayed in the Koffel Cabin (Alpine Rental Group). The cabin was great: it has lots of windows looking out onto the field behind the house; it’s off of Alpine Road, so it’s ... http://www.caradow.com/travel/2005/03/20/spring-break-ski-weekend/ We left the house at 8:30 and got to the trail head at 10:30. That included about 30 minutes of being lost. Some important notes on getting to the Palomarin Trailhead: first of all, Sir Francis Drake is in Larkspur and is only 8 miles after the end of the ... http://www.caradow.com/travel/2005/03/13/point-reyes-3132005/