Road Trips, Parks and Places to See, Making a Living Remotely, Van/RV Life, and How Wealth is Built – and Lost
By Rachel Puryear You’ve probably heard of Stonehenge in the English countryside – but have you also heard of the Bay Area’s “Stonehenge by the Bay”? Bedwell Bayfront Park features the Great Spirit Path, also known as Stonehenge by the Bay, where you can get a great hike with amazing views, while also seeing stone…
Read more Bedwell Bayfront Park’s Great Spirit Path in Menlo Park, California
By Rachel Puryear California’s Sonoma County offers a famously diverse array of beautiful landscapes. Within one set of county lines, you can visit beaches, forests, mountains, rivers, lakes, and more. The area also offers plenty of wonderful parks to explore. One lovely such mountainous park is Taylor Mountain. If you’re ever in the area, be…
Read more Taylor Mountain Regional Park in Santa Rosa, California
By Rachel Puryear Urban parks make for very special places within a city, whereby residents can get out and enjoy nature, right in (or near) their own neighborhoods. San Mateo, a small city about halfway between San Francisco and San Jose, boasts its own big urban park. There’s lots to do here for the whole…
By Rachel Puryear As you’ve driven along highways, you’ve probably noticed that each highway is known by a unique number – you can cruise I-5 near the West Coast between the Mexican and Canadian borders, ride I-80 from the San Francisco Bay Area to New Jersey, drive I-95 between northern Maine and southern Florida, and…
By Rachel Puryear If you enjoy taking road trips, you of course appreciate the need to drive carefully and safely. That makes the entire experience much better for you, and others out on the road. Driving safely includes, of course, not driving when you’re too tired and sleepy to pay close attention. You’re excited to…
By Rachel Puryear The southwestern United States region, including Utah; is known for its natural desert scenery that’s as breathtaking and dramatic, as it is otherworldly. Here are the highlights of a recent road trip to Moab, a vibrant town in southeastern Utah, and its surrounding areas: Arches National Park You’ve probably seen iconic images…
By Rachel Puryear When people meet couples who like to travel via RV or van together a lot – like my husband and I like to do – one common response is, “how do you share such a small space without fighting all the time?!” That’s a fair question; and certainly; traveling this way does…
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