Wisetrips Travel Blog

For the past 30 years, I have been a big fan of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy ( a swing band), and I thought that Inna and I would enjoy seeing them play their set at Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA. The show was scheduled to start at 19:30, with Puddles Pity Party starting it first.    Puddles Set List Mad World (Demi Lovato) Chand…

Since Inna purchased tickets to the new Cirque du Soleil Corteo show at Chase Center in San Francisco, we decided to spend the whole day there. With a favorable wind forecast at Crissy Field, I brought my wing foiling gear to Crissy Field so I could wing foil if the opportunity presented itself. After loading up my 2008 Toyota Sienna, we drove to San Francisco at 09:40, arriving at Crissy Field around 11:10. We park…

On Friday, August 11, 2023, we started our long drive to Arnold, California, where we planned to spend two nights. We were hoping to enjoy the scenic beauty of the Calaveras Big Trees State Park  and paddleboard on  White Pines Lake . Inna made Airbnb reservations at 2560 Chamonix Dr., Arnold, CA, and we shared the large home with 2 other families. We arrived around 21:00 due to heavy San Francisco Bay area traffic. After…