Anza Borrego State Park is named after the Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza and ‘borrego‘, the Spanish name for bighorn sheep. Although I have seen bighorn sheep on this trail, and they were spotted here yesterday, the only evidence of bighorn sheep today was their scat. This nature trail is numbered and the printed …
Culp Valley Overlook Trail located inside Culp Valley Primitive Campground offers incredible views of Borrego Valley and perspective on the magnitude of the state’s largest state park, Anza Borrego. Anza Borrego State Park is 935 square miles, roughly one fifth the size of San Diego County. Anza Borrego State Park is bigger than 44 of …
Every Thursday before Halloween Oceanside’s weekly Sunset Market is transformed into Haunted Market. People of all ages dress up and go trick-or-treating at vendor’s booths. It seems even more vendors participated this year than in years past. Haunted Market is the best way to kick off All Hallows’ Eve, our pre-tradition tradition.
Rhino Savannah is a four-acre addition to the Living Desert Zoo in Palm Desert; their last one to be constructed. It houses twelve different species, including two critically endangered black rhinos. The walls of the cave entrance to Rhino Savannah is filled with naked mole-rats, burrowing rodents native to the Horn of Africa. Rhino Savannah …
This year was Oceanside’s 21st annual Día de los Muertos Festival. Although the location has changed from downtown to the mission and back to downtown again (as of last year), the culture and diversity that this festival brings has remained the same. There are meticulously decorated altars (many in vintage cars), dancing, art, food and …
My favorite winery, Rancho Guejito, is trying something new. This Friday they opened their vineyard to popcorn eating, wine drinking movie goers, showing Hocus Pocus on an inflatable big screen. Typically Rancho Guejito is only opened to the public on Saturday and Sunday, their winery being a small portion of their 23,000 acre rancho which …
Rancho Guejito Winery in Escondido is a magical place. Located on the outskirts of their 23,000 acres, it feels like you are out in the country. Each Sunday they offer food services, which use their organic, grass fed beef in their recipes. Almost every weekend they are open they have live music and a jumper …
Mellano Farm Stand is a 300 acre organic flower farm along the San Luis Rey River located in a rural agricultural area of Oceanside, where Oceanside meets Bonsall. The small farm stand sells some vegetables and semi-local eggs along with tickets for the tractor ride and corn maze. The corn maze is super small, the …
Temecula Valley has about fifty wineries to choose from, all of which vary in cost, comfort, amenities, popularity, flashiness, exclusivity, and wine quality. Today we wanted to go to wineries that we haven’t been to before. Even though we are from the area, we haven’t visited many of the local wineries since there are so …
The Temecula Greek Festival attracts thousands of visitors every year (except the last two) who want to celebrate and learn about Greece culture. This tradition has been taking place for the past two decades, although this is our first time attending. Luckily for us, a huge part of culture is food and drink. Feta fries, …
San Diego SEAL tour is a two-hour narrated tour which takes you from land at Seaport Village into the water at Shelter Island. This was a first for all of us, on this tour and in an amphibious vehicle (which really feels more like a bus on water than a boat). Based on the tour …
In 1888, the Encinitas Santa Fe Railroad Station aided travelers move up and down the Californian coastline. After WWII, when car ownership was more common and train travel less popular, the train station facilitated freights. The station closed completely in 1969, and a few years later it was moved to its current location on Highway …
Waterwise Botanicals is an impeccable 20 acre nursery that sits on a hilltop off of Old 395 in Bonsall. This is our first time here, and three hours flew by like thirty minutes. We timed our visit for Free Succulent Saturday, when Waterwise hosts an event on the first Saturday of every month. They give …