About 45 minutes south of San Francisco. Portola Valley.
Very nice indeed!
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Close to Filoli?
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about 11 miles south.
I was at Filoli in May!
That is about as far from me as one can get and still be in the SFBA, but we have a bunch of redwoods too. They don’t “prefer” this climate. Mine is more of a valley oak situation.
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Long ago and not far away (Stanford), I was “volunteered” for a work crew at Filoli to help move heavy stuff. At the time, I’d never seen a more magnificent house and estate. But here’s where I moved.
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Beautiful! Where was that picture taken from?
Here’s a picture from the "'burbs"other end of the SFBA
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From the air over the river Thames in Berkshire. There are 6 other formal gardens that I liked better than the “front yard”.
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Sorry. Visalia was where we stayed. Gettin’ old.
A giant Sequoia drinks 500 gallons of water per day. This may have been my favorite national park. I’ve been to many, but those trees blew me away.
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I’ve only been to Disney, Sequoia, Death Valley (sucked) and Joshua Tree NPs. These days we try to find places that are less crowded. Canyonlands really fit that bill. But, in Utah, you can take free hikes that’ll take you to some beautiful spots. It’s an amazing state. BYOB!
Next, try the State and Federal Redwood forests near Eureka, CA.
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We stayed in bakersfield the first night. Hope that’s my last time there. Pretty sure it was Lemon Grove where our hotel was. Parks Inn. By a big reservoir.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I spent two weeks one night in Bakersfield.
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I know what you mean. Had my whole fam there and , when it was time to leave, chirped my tires. First and last time.
Hilarious. Yet sad.
That must be a beautiful drive.
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I can vouch for that. Years ago, I had an all-day meeting in Eureka, and Mrs. ricepad decided to go along with me. We decided to turn it into a mini-vacation with my meeting wedged into the middle of it. We drove our new fun car up the coast, and on the day of the meeting, she dropped me off with the plan to pick me up at the end of the day. Well, the end of the day came, and she was nowhere to be found. I waited nearly 45 minutes, worrying that she’d gotten lost, or worse, wrapped our new fun car around a tree. When she finally arrived, it turns out she and the fun car had discovered some twisty, swoopy roads through the redwoods and had lost track of time.
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That’s the problem with modern technology (GPS, smartphones, etc)–it’s so damned hard to get plausibly lost.
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True dat, but even now she could probably plausibly blame it on poor/no reception.
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