http://beta.quiet.ly/list/share/12631-what-you-can-do-with-5-hours-in-san-francisco?width=800&height=0&showGradient=true&showMapView=true&showAuthor=false&showLogo=true&showListTitle=true&showListDescription=true&showTitles=true&showDescriptions=true&showWeblinks=true&makeClickable=true&sharePage=true&showIcons=true&embedTheme=dark&titleSize=18&titleType=quietly&descriptionSize=14&descriptionType=quietly&useOriginalImages=false&lastSlide=recommended&lastSlideMsg=&lastSlideUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.com%2Fturtlestravel Visiting San Fancisco, but short on time? That’s the situation we found ourselves in recently. It had been a few years since we’d been to San Francisco, and even longer since…

Since our work involves constant travel, we have had the unique opportunity to spend extended periods of time in different parts of the United States. Since that same work involves…

Route 6: from the Sierra Nevadas to Cape Cod? The Sierra Nevada mountains cover 400 miles along the border of California and Nevada. We crossed the Sierras and into Inyo County…

When we’re working, we usually end up at least once each year in Southern California. When we do, our go-to hotel is the Marriott TownePlace Suites in Hawthorne. It’s reasonably…

Been here before?  Well, yes.  Worth another visit?  Most definitely!!! We always look back fondly on our first visit to Joshua Tree National Park, so we took advantage of a…

Who could resist an entry on the Sportsmen’s Lodge?  This Studio City hotel is a Hollywood Legend that was originally a restaurant and trout-fishing lake (Hollywood Trout Farms), where people…

What’s this?  Another day off?  No, we aren’t dreaming.  Since we’ve spent a lot of time in the SF Bay area this year, and years past, we decided to take…

The Highlands Entrance to Yosemite Just south of the Mono Lake, there is an approach into Yosemite National Park‘s highlands from the Eastern Sierras via Tioga Road (originally used by…

Vasquez Rocks History As you drive the Antelope Valley Freeway from Santa Clarita Valley, north of LA the other-worldly Vasquez Rocks loom suddenly out of the landscape. The angles at…

Arriving from the ding-ding-dinging of Reno to the quiet, sleepy Quincy was a great change of pace.  We checked into The Sporting Inn located on Main Street. The B&B is…