Chronicles of a Suburban Nature Mom

The season of beautiful sunrises is beginning. I so love this time of year.

https://hikewanderwonder.com/2021/10/07/october-sunrise/

Another summer highlight…. and when did my boy grow taller than me??? Mavericks Beach, located near Half Moon Bay, is famous for the annual big wave surfing competition, Maverick’s, which is ...

https://hikewanderwonder.com/2021/10/02/mavericks-beach-half-moon-bay-california/

Things have been extremely dry here in California this year, so I was excited on Monday to wake up to a wet city and the beautiful scent of fresh rain. Here’s my photo, an attempt to capture th...

https://hikewanderwonder.com/2021/10/01/friendly-friday-up-close-and-macro/

As part of our homeschool studies last year, we did a unit on Alfred Hitchcock movies. One of our favorite Hitchcock films was The Birds. Of course, while in Bodega Bay, we had to check out some ...

https://hikewanderwonder.com/2021/09/28/bodega-bay-california/

The scent of the redwoods…. one of my favorite things. This is my happy place…

https://hikewanderwonder.com/2021/09/27/finding-calm-redwood-regional-park-oakland/

I just realized I haven't posted here in ages. To get back into it, I'll begin by sharing posts this week from a few places we've visited this past year.

https://hikewanderwonder.com/2021/09/26/spring-in-yosemite/

One of my favorite things from this holiday season? My daily hikes and walks with my son. These are from our New Year’s Day hike. Happy New Year!

https://hikewanderwonder.com/2021/01/03/holiday-highlights/

Do to the events of 2020, we haven’t taken many trips this year, making our time in Yosemite last week feel extra special. Feeling thankful…

https://hikewanderwonder.com/2020/10/23/yosemite-retreat/

As with everyone else these days, I’ve been feeling stressed. The months of pandemic, the wildfire smoke here in California, adjusting to online teaching, political strife, healing from an inju...

https://hikewanderwonder.com/2020/10/14/unwinding/

Keeping healthy and sane with local daily hikes and neighborhood walks during this period of social distancing….

https://hikewanderwonder.com/2020/03/28/focusing-on-the-beauty/