Despite living near San Francisco, I don’t know the city very well. My resolution: combine my loves for exploring and donut consumption into a self-guided San Francisco Donut Tour. It’s a fun and cheap way to spend the morning (donuts are fresh in the... 
North Table Mountain, California lies near the towns of Oroville, Paradise, and Chico north of Sacramento and San Francisco, 1.5 and 3 hours by car respectively. It’s easy hiking from one field of flowers to another, as well as one waterfall to another. North Table... 
San Clemente lies half-way between Los Angeles and San Diego. Calm and relaxed, this small city is a perfect stopping point for a few nights of off the beaten path travel for friends and families. Apart from major city festivals and national holidays, the beaches are... 
A Surfer’s Hotel for Off the Beaten Path World Travelers Co-owner of Nomads Hotel, Sean Rowland, and I quickly introduced ourselves and began my hotel tour in the dorm room. Each oversized twin bunkbed has a black privacy curtain surrounding a custom-sized... 
Stretching languidly along the sandy southern California coastline, the surf town of San Clemente is calm and comfortable. Reaching inland into green grassland where thousand-acre cattle ranches once prevailed, hill trails offer beautiful hiking and mountain biking.... 