Golden Gate

Bay seniors who need reminding that they live in heaven on earth might consider taking a Golden Gate Seaplane Tour from Sausalito that swoops over the City, the Bay, the Bridges, even Muir Woods. All in 30 minutes. Everyone on board the six passenger plane gets a seat with a glorious view. $179.

Bay seniors looking for leading edge art will find it on the north coast of the Golden Gate hiding in plain sight at the former Fort Barry military installation now renamed the Headlands Center for the Arts. Perched above Rodeo Beach it offers an ongoing program of experimental creativity in art, music, artist guided walks and performances. […]

Bay seniors with an itch to get out of their cars and see life slower and up close and real might want to consider a biking and camping 2-day tour from Pedal Inn. Ride through the City across the Golden Gate Bridge, taking backroads out through Marin with a midday meal of grilled lemongrass pork bahn mi. […]

Bay seniors don’t have to fight the traffic and the clock to get to coastal trails. 20 minutes north of the City, the 1.7 mile Tennessee Valley Trail is broad and flat and with each step you amble closer to the broad black beach cupped in the Marin Headlands and its postcard-ready view of the […]

Bay seniors smart enough to avoid all and every choked freeway this Memorial Day weekend are encouraged to stay around here for a dazzling, gilded (fog permitting) hour long cruise on sport fishing boats from Fisherman’s Wharf out to the Golden Gate and back. Best time to go is at gold dusted dusk around 8:40. $15. […]

Bay seniors with grandchildren fixated on fire engines, can give the little ones a serious thrill by taking them for a ride on a San Francisco Fire Engine Tour from Fisherman’s Wharf to Crissy Field across the Golden Gate to Sausalito and back. The trip lasts 75 minutes and while it’s pricey ($50 for adults, […]

Bay Area seniors have low expectations when it comes to beaches here. No one seriously expects to dive into the arctic surf. But we are compensated by postcard-ready views few of which are more staggering than the one from Kirby Cove in Marin just west of the Golden Gate Bridge. The trail from the parking […]