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I’m a single mom with one 3 yr old boy. My two passions are traveling and raising my son. I love being a mom and there’s no place I’d rather be then with my son. I work full time and love to exercise.
Our Family's Travel Personality
adventurous, curious, quiet, cautious, relaxed, simple, independent, energetic, spontaneous, sophisticated, easy_going, social_butterfly
We Just Got Back From
Maui
Our Favorite Vacation Spot
Manhattan Beach, CA
A Place We'd Love To Visit
Petite St. Vincent
Favorite Vacation Memory
Celebrating my son's 2nd birthday in Maui. It was 9 days of Paradise.
Worst Travel Moment With My Kids:
I’ll never forget flying home from Honolulu in first class with my 1.6 month old son on Delta. The plane did not have any milk for the flight and even though I boarded early not one person thought to inform me that the plane was not stocked with milk. Cash was still drinking from a bottle at this time and freaked out over having to go 5 hours without milk in his bottle. This old cranky lady was loudly complaining behind me the whole flight home about how she was tired of hearing my son cry (as if I wasn’t). I wanted to scream (but did not) at every employee of the airline for not informing me the plane had no milk until we were up in the air.
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Bay Area Spring Break Ideas
Spring break is just around the corner. Here are Trekaroo's Bay Area suggestions for keeping your kids busy and not bored over Spring break.
Angel Island State Park
Tiburon, California
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Spend an unforgettable day on Angel Island. Take a fascinating journey on the TramTours into the Island’s military history and cultural past. You can also enjoy spectacular views from 8 miles of bike paths suitable for beginners and intermediates. The United States Immigration Station is open for individual tours. Check ferry schedule from Angel Island Ferry or Blue & Gold Fleet, and pack a picnic before you go.
34600 Ardenwood Blvd.
Fremont, California
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Some of the park features include the followings:
• Arden Station and Deer Park Station: Board the horse-drawn train here. The ride takes kids more than 100 years back in time on a ride into the park with docents dressed in period costumes.
• Victorian Garden: The garden area looks much like it did near the turn of the 20th century.
• Animal Farms: At Ardenwood, you will see sheep, pigs, turkeys, chickens, rabbits, goats, and cows.
• Blacksmith Shop and Equipment Shed: The blacksmith fires up the forge. Look for vintage equipment, farm animals, and farmcraft demonstrations in the shed.
• Toddler Time – Winter Edition 2012 – Tuesday mornings from 11:00-11:30am. Put on your rain boots and bring the tiny tots out for an exciting, and maybe wet, morning at the farm. Meet and learn all about a new animal friend through stories, chores and fun. (1- 4 yrs.)
557 McReynolds Road
Sausalito, California
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Explore 2.5 acres of outdoor play featuring natural, cultural and built icons of the Bay Area.
1501 Pioneer Volcano Road
Volcano, California
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Black Chasm Cavern, California Cavern, Gold Cliff Mine, Moaning Cavern and Sutter Gold Mine are all located in the beautiful Sierra Nevada foothills of California's historic Gold Country, about 2-3 hours drive from bay area. Pack kids into the car and have an advanture. Check out caverntours.com for more information.
5175 Somersville Road
Antioch, California
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Discover the natural wonders both above and below ground at Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve, the only park in the Bay Area where kids can hike the hills and explore beneath them. Along the 60 miles of trails in the park, visitors can peer into several mine openings and even walk into some of them. Attend a weekend naturalist program to get the full details on the mines and local geology or, from spring through fall, take a tour of the Hazel-Atlas Mine. Every season brings a new wonder for visitors, ranging from spectacular Delta and Sierra panoramas on crisp winter days to the icy cold breezes blowing out of the mines in the heat of summer. For more information on Black Diamond programs, please call (925) 757-2620 or e-mail bdvisit@ebparks.org.
10000 Skyline Boulevard
Oakland, California
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Revealing the workings of the Universe from new perspectives.
The COSMOS 360 series: See the Universe in all directions. Newly updated flights for each season, departing Friday and Saturday nights. With an expert guide and cutting-edge astronomical visuals, the Cosmos 360 series reveals the workings of the Universe from new perspectives. A new live presentation debuts in our digital-dome planetarium every three months.
• Friday & Saturday Evenings (6:30pm & 8:30pm).
NOW SHOWING:
Hunting the Winter Skies -
Lift off for a cosmic adventure exploring the stars and other celestial objects of our winter skies! Cosmos 360 is a live presentation in our digital-dome planetarium. Join in on a quest to find our place in the vastness of time and space as we hunt through cosmic chasms and quasars, peer into the dark heart of a monster galaxy, and swim through a great cloud that is the birthplace of stars.
COMING MARCH 23:
Spring Skies Alive -
On Earth, springtime is a time of life. Lift off for a cosmic adventure exploring the planets and stars of spring! We'll marvel at the season's jewels of the night, and visit celestial spots where scientists think extraterrestrial life could exist.
2301 Hardies Lane
Santa Rosa, California
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Spring 2012 Workshops for Children March 19-23, 2012. Classes are designed for children in grades K to 6. Drop off your child (or stay and join the fun!)
180 Woz Way
San Jose, California
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Visit Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose where you can expect to test, crank, listen, prod and tinker. One of the largest museums of its kind in the nation, CDM's 150 interactive exhibits lead visitors to explore, understand and enjoy the world in which they live.
8000 Patterson Ranch Road
Fremont, California
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Family Nature Hour -
1-2pm, Saturday, March 3 & 17.
Get to know the natural world around you! Stories, games, and activities suitable for all ages communicate fun facts! Each class covers a different topic. Drop in and check us out! 5+years.
• Mar 3 – Bats
• Mar 17 – Squirrels.
For information: (510) 544-3220. View March schedule here <http://www.ebparks.org/files/CH_NNB_Mar-2012.pdf>
Eighth Street and Otis Drive
Alameda, California
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Crab Cove Visitor Center at Crown Memorial State Beach in Alameda features bay creatures in the 800-gallon aquarium system & uses interactive stations for varying age groups to view microscopic animals, build a crab from the inside out, or get a lug worm's view of the mudflats. You'll see amazing depictions of the underwater world of San Francisco Bay. At the Visitor Center you can also plunge into San Francisco Bay without getting wet.
• Every Sunday in March, 11am, come in and meet characters like the Lorax, hermit crabs, and “Swimmy the Fish” through stories. Then share some fun, from live animals to crafts, scavenger hunts to nature videos!
For information, call 510-544-3187.
1651 Coyote Point Drive
San Mateo, California
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Create a vortex, make objects fly, and spin gears and gadgets! Explore exciting hands-on exhibitions and learn how nature’s complex systems work together to create our environment.
2 Marshlands Rd
Fremont, California
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Saturdays - Feb 25, Mar 17 & Apr 28
*Family Bird Walk,
Visitor Center, Fremont from
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Let family walks become a shared time of nature learning. Begin by helping kids create their personal bird watching field guides, and then head out onto the trails to find those birds. Learn about the salt marsh habitat along the way. A limited number of binoculars are available to borrow. Recommended for children ages 5-10. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Call 510-792-0222 ext. 363. Meet at the visitor contact station located by the first parking lot to the right on Marshlands Road. Led by Jessica Beatty.
17017 Bollinger Canyon Road
San Ramon, California
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Flock in for Happy Birds on 2/25/2012 at 1:00 PM. You may have seen them before on "The Tonight" Show with Jay Leno, Animal Planet, or the "Ellen Show", and now you can see them at the library! Families are invited to watch amazing parrots perform tricks like riding a scooter, playing basketball, a high wire bike trick, and much more. • Family Story Time 3/6, 3/27, 4/3, 4/10, 4/17, 4/24 from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM.
Listen to stories, sing some songs and do a simple craft! A great time for your family!
• Movies for Middle Schoolers at 3:15 PM.
Join in for a movie every Thursday. Movies are rate G, PG, or PG-13. Call the library for more information.
• Geronimo Stilton Scavenger Hunt on 3/21/2012 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Inspired by the popular book series, "Geronimo Stilton", this scavenger hunt will have kids ages 7 and up searching for items, performing tasks, and winning prizes.
2215 Broadway Street
Redwood City, California
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Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer Live! Dora's Pirate Adventure on Feb 24th & 25th
• The Ugly Duckling on March 17, 2012
• Nickelodeon’s Rugrats A Live Adventure on Sat & Sun April 28th and 29th.
Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline
900-A Dornan Drive Point Richmond, California
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The Golden State Model Railroad Museum, at Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline has 10,000 square feet of N, HO. and O scale model railroads located in Point Richmond. During the months of April through December, the museum is open and trains are running every Sunday from Noon-5 p.m. The museum is also open Saturdays from Noon-5 p.m., and Wednesdays from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., but there won't be any trains running.
2065 Kittredge Street
Berkeley, California
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Blast off to outer space in this 13 foot rocketship. There are plenty of buttons and dials to push to navigate the ship through space. Telephones connect astronauts to young scientists manning mission control and the important count-down button. Pull on your astronaut suit and space helmet and hop on for the ride
538 9th Street
Oakland, California
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The Wonderful, Colorful World of Cray-Pas 2011.
February 4–March 25th.
Youth artists from across the country submit their inventive pastel.
Japantown (@ Post & Buchanan Streets)
San Francisco, California
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The Street Fair will include a food bazaar, featuring traditional Japanese cuisine and cooking demonstrations, a Japanese traditional arts and crafts fair, and a children's village. Entertainment stages will feature performances by Japanese classical and folk dancers, martial artists, taiko drummers and others.
• Festival: Saturday and Sunday, April 14 & 15, 21 & 22, 2012.
Grand Parade: Sunday, April 22, 2012.
Queen Pageant: Saturday, April 14, 2012.
• Festival: Japantown (@ Post & Buchanan Streets), San Francisco.
Grand Parade: Begins at San Francisco City Hall and ends at Post & Fillmore.
Queen Pageant: Sundance Kabuki 8 Theater, Japantown.
1451 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto, California
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The Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo is a kid's place to think, create and play.
All Junior Museum and Zoo exhibits allow children to become physically involved and immerse themselves in the essence of life, to poke, to prod, to pull, to pick up, and to smell.
The Zoo is home to more than 50 exotic and native animals, of which at least half are brought into classrooms as part of the Junior Museum and Zoo's science outreach program with local schools. Some of the animals include bobcats, raccoons, jungle bats, hedgehogs, ferrets, snakes, and an owl.
Point Reyes National Seashore
79 Bear Valley Road Point Reyes Station, California
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Visit Coast Miwok roundhouse; enjoy a scenic drive over Inverness Ridge and through the pastoral lands to beaches and to the historic Point Reyes lighthouse; watch elephant seals near Chimney Rock, tule elks on Tomales Point, migratory gray whales (January through April). Point Reyes is home to over 1000 species of plants and animals. In spring, it is a great place to see wildflowers.
Cristo Rey Drive
Los Altos, California
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The trail from the parking lot to the Deer Hallow farm is great for scroller, kids on bikes or just walk. Visit the bunnies, sheeps, goats and other farm animals and then have a picnic at the old barn.
1895 Geary Rd.
Sunol, California
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Sunol Regional Wilderness offers several serial nature programs for kids. Outdoor Discoveries for 3 - 5 year olds, Wilderness Trekkers for K - 6th graders, Science for Tykes for 4 - 8 year olds and Eco-Explorers for 3rd - 7th graders. To receive a flier for these programs, you can contact the park at (510)544-3240 or email at svisit@ebparks.org.
Stop by the Green Barn before or after a hike to hear a tale of animal exploits, outdoor wonders, or a traditional Indian story. Ages 3-8. For more info (510)544-3249. Drop-in program, no registration.
201 South Market Street
San Jose, California
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he Tech Museum of Innovation engages people of all ages and backgrounds in exploring and experiencing the technologies affecting their lives, and aims to inspire the innovator in everyone. An expansive variety of interactive exhibits and unique floor programs showcase how technology works, how it affects who we are and how we live.
Tilden Park
Berkeley, California
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The Little Farm, Tilden Nature Area and Environmental Education Center in Tilden Regional Park offer many nature-related programs and activities for adults and children of all ages. At the Little Farm, kids can learn about and help feed farm animals. In the 740-acre Nature Area they can join naturalists for enjoyable nature walks, muck about in ponds with dip nets and magnifiers, and ramble the hills and meadows looking for bugs, beetles, and animal tracks. Inside the Environmental Education Center, kids can make nature crafts and take a fascinating "underground" journey that reveals the story of the Wildcat Creek watershed. A "water discovery room" features interactive displays, and children can see microscopic pond life with easy-to-use microscopes. Information: (510) 544-2233 or tnarea@ebparks.org. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (closed Mondays). Fee: none.
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, California
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It's a day like no other. Spend it in Cal's classrooms, labs, museums and performance halls, libraries and arenas. Take in all that Berkeley has to offer. School age kids will get a kick out of sitting in a college classroom. This is a must see for high school kids. The school actually prepares many events for kids and all campus museums are free this day.
