Arcata We made Arcata our home base for a larger exploration of the area, heading north during the days for redwood trees and water. Arcata is home to Cal State Humboldt, a polytechnic in the CSU system with around 10K students. Note that hotel rooms may fill quickly if you are attempting to visit at the start or end of a school year. Downtown Arcata has a prominent main square of park, surrounded by shops and restaurants. This is still a small town place; we noted that one o

Gulf Shores, AL delivered just the beach vacation we wanted. We were there on Memorial Weekend and still had plenty of space on the beach...

If you are headed to Pensacola, odds are you have business with someone on the military base there, Naval Air Station + Corey Station. In...

Sonoma, CA As COVID sheltering eased up, a romantic trip to Sonoma was just what we needed. This was our first time back to indoor dining, and Kenzo was perfect. The dishes were all very well balanced in flavor and, of course, beautifully presented. Downtown Sonoma features a central park with plenty of walk/shop/dine opportunities surrounding the park on 4 sides. It’s enough for a day or 2. We stayed at the very lovely Cottage Inn, which was one block off the main area. T