USA – Page 2 – Our travels

By Roger on Lake Tahoe, USA tagged sand point- Leave a comment

Sand Point, Lake Tahoe 2015

To celebrate Lucas’ 1st birthday, we took a trip to Lake Tahoe. This was between seasons, so even though there was snow, it didn’t seem enough for it to be super busy.

But we didn’t go for snowboarding or skiing.

It felt like there weren’t any or many tourists, but it was kinda nice to go to a beach or park and have very few people there!

We stayed the night, but the treasure was the beaches… they were pretty empty or very few people on them!!!

the one we spent time at was Sand Point, which is on the upper right side of Lake Tahoe.

Sand and CLEAR WATER!!!!

19 Apr

By Roger on Bay area, USA tagged Hayward, japanese garden, koi pond- Leave a comment

Hayward Japanese Garden

I didn’t know Hayward had a Japanese Garden. I went to check it out and spent a couple hours there. Very nice spot and they Koi pond was very large and gorgeous.

9 Apr

By Roger on Bay area, USA tagged 16th ave tiled steps, Grandview park- Leave a comment

16th Avenue Tiled Steps and Grandview Park

One of the places I like to take people that visit is this spot. On a clear day, it is gorgeous.

In recent years, it has gotten super busy as now it is on everyone’s radar! Can’t blame them though.

As you can see from the map above, just a few more steps, you get to go to Grandview park. It is windy at times, but it does have a good 360 view of the nearby neighborhoods!

8 Mar

By Roger on Bay area, USA tagged levi's plaza, san francisco- Leave a comment

Levi’s Plaza is, as the name implies, where Levi’s jeans are headquartered. There is somewhat of a small museum and out front in the Plaza is a nice water fountain/structure. It is almost a hidden gem.

This is also the base of the Filbert Steps, which goes to Coit Tower.

7 Mar

By Roger on Bay area, USA tagged berkeley science museum- Leave a comment

Berkeley Science Museum 2015

Took the boys to look at some bugs and stuff! LOL.

The Berkeley Science Museum is pretty cool

7 Mar

By Roger on Bay area, USA tagged golden gate lookout- Leave a comment

Golden Gate Lookout 2015

Like many big tourist cities, San Francisco has many things to offer. Golden Gate is iconic here and to make sure that people get their pictures and enjoy it, there are many places to view the bridge with photo opportunities available.

Just south of the bridge, along the beach, there are tons of trails and parks.

One is Golden Gate Lookout.

8 Mar

By Roger on Bay area, USA tagged davis, halloween, maze, pumpkin patch, tractor ride- Leave a comment

Bobby Dazzler’s Pumpkin patch and Milo Maze, Davis 2017

It’s Halloween again! This time we wanted the boys to have fun, so we found a pumpkin patch and a maze near Sacramento.

You could see a huge Godzilla and pumpkin from the freeway.

This was a cool and fun thing. They had a cow tractor ride, corn sand box and of course bales of hay for kids to climb.

5 Mar

By Roger on Hawaii, USA tagged honolulu, oahu, waikiki beach- Leave a comment

Honolulu Hawaii 2016

I’ve always wanted to go to Hawaii. It is one of those places you always where you hear the natural beauty and culture is amazing. I was given an opportunity to visit Hawaii through my work. I had to go to Honolulu for a week long training. We had bought new machines at my hospital and so Philips (our vendor) offered week long training session, paid hotel with breakfast and lunch vouchers and free paid travel.

This would only cover me (as I brought my family) and the training sessions were from 8am to 4pm… so pretty much all day.

Lodging was offered at the Waikiki Beach Marriot Resort, which was right by the beach!!!

I loved it!

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