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Outdoor activities in the Bay Area don’t get more eye popping than this. It’s very rare to find waterfalls dropping into an ocean but you can see one in Point Reyes. Alamere Falls splashes down 40 feet into the Pacific, at its most fulsome from December to May. Get there via the spectacular Palomarin Trail. […]

Bay seniors will forgive me for letting the secret out about the Corte Madera Creek Trail which is not in Corte Madera, but off Skyline Boulevard in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Its 2,817 acres includes the lush 6-mile Tafoni Loop Trail which ribbons alongside creeks, redwoods, Douglas firs, madrones, huckleberries, gooseberries and creambushes. The trail […]

Bay seniors hurtling down 280 barely spare a glance at dreamy, bucolic Crystal Springs in San Mateo. It is a wonder but not a natural one, a reservoir (actually two of them) with a 15 mile trail around and above them. Portola camped here in 1795 but the site is now under water. There are […]

Bay seniors who have stopped subscribing to the Chronicle since it takes 4 minutes to read cover to cover, will have missed the gaga report in the Green Section about the #1 hike in the Bay Area. Tom Stienstra’s column is always worth reading and this visit to Berry Creek Falls in the Santa Cruz […]

Bay seniors are both thrilled and alarmed by this winter’s distinctly summer-like weather. More sun means more time outdoors and if you haven’t visited in a while, we suggest a five-minute ferry ride to the wild beauties of Angel Island. There are 2 main hikes – a 5 mile loop on the fire road and a […]

Bay seniors know all about the Lyon Street steps and the ones on Fillbert climbing Telegraph Hill. It’s doubtful that you’re familiar with the stairways to heaven on Upper Market Street that pass through lush private back yards. The Friends of the Urban Forest will be remedying that situation this Sunday November 6 with a […]

 Bay seniors whose ideal hike is one that’s almost totally flat, might want to consider an end-to-end walk through Golden Gate Park. One is scheduled this Sunday, August 28 at 1 o’clock. It runs 5 miles from the park entrance at Haight and Stanyan and ends up  2 hours later at the Beach Chalet Brewery. […]

Bay seniors with an interest in bohemiana will want to check out the very rare visit  to  Druid Heights, a beat era hangout, party pad and spiritual center secluded beyond Muir Woods. It was the site for sleepovers that included Ginsberg, Kerouac, Judy Collins, Alan Watts, Dizzy Gillespie and Margo St.James. Alan Watts wrote his […]