Sonoma

Bay seniors fleeing the summer fog will find a garden of delights south of Sonoma on 121. Slow down when you see a white picket fence rippling in waves and a 30-foot high Adirondack chair. Cornerstone is set amid Carneros vineyards. Edgy landscape architects from around the world have created a series of outdoor “rooms” […]

Bay Area seniors know that this wet, wearying winter means a glorious spring flower show. It’s hard to find a wildflower pageant more dazzling than the one at Bouverie Preserve, just north of Sonoma on Highway 12. Its 535 acres are bedecked with over 350 flowering plants. Bouverie is run by the estimable Audobon Canyon […]

Bay Area seniors with no fear of heights can now strap themselves in for a treetop tour of California redwoods. Sonoma Canopy Tours near the coastal town of Occidental offers 2 ½ hour adventures ziplining above the forest cover on sky bridges, staircases and rappelling back to earth. Beginners more than welcome. $59 for anyone […]

This outdoor activity is kind of like a flying La-Z-Boy recliner, a motorized hang glider soars 1500 feet above the Sonoma countryside, swooping through the air like a hawk. The latest step in human efforts to defy gravity, it’s called trike gliding. You’ll take off with your pilot from the Petaluma Airport for a 30 […]