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What’s on this Weekend?

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All Weekend

It’s the annual harvest festival at Roaring Camp Railroads, Felton. Here’s the info.

It’s the Ardenwood Farm Harvest Celebration this weekend. This is lots of fun but gets super busy. I strongly recommend getting there first thing. Here’s the flyer.

You can enjoy the annual Cupertino Carnival this weekend. Find the event details here.

Saturday 13th October

There are pumpkins in the park in San Jose. More details here.

Check out the free science and aviation day this weekend, also in San Jose. You can find the website here.

For all those horse-mad kids, it’s the Day of the Horse Event up in Woodside this weekend. See here for details.

Want a break from all things Halloween? Go bird watching in the morning at Bedwell Bayfront Park, 10.30am-12.30pm. See here for more information.

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A new weekend, a new beach

Posted in Beaches, local outdoors outings, Short Hikes, Uncategorized, tagged , , on October 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »

October is always so beautiful at the shore here that we decided to make the most of the glorious weather and to head out on a coastal walk.  We picked the Old Cove Landing Trail at Wilder Ranch State Park as we’d heard it was spectacular when the skies are clear. Well, it was spectacular and we enjoyed amazing views of the rugged cliffs, sea caves and sealife. It was also spectacularly easy: just under 3 miles and entirely flat. But best of all, we were able to clamber down to the sand at Old Landing Cove itself and to enjoy an entirely secluded and empty (well, apart from the seals) beach.  A perfect hike for preschoolers.

walking the coast

can you spot the seal colony?

a beach of our own

cave exploration

 

 

 

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Public Health Warning: Lemos Farm

Posted in local outdoors outings, tagged , on October 7, 2012| 2 Comments »

Usually we go to Lemos Farm for our annual Halloween visit on a weekday in September.  We completely failed to organise our September trip this year and decided to risk a weekend visit in October figuring it wouldn’t be too busy this early in the month.  We were wrong.  It was awful: huge crowds, long lines, and nothing ‘free’ on offer to keep the kids amused while we waited for train/pony/hay rides.  By the time we left around lunch the wait for the three-minute train ride was an hour. Seriously.  My advice is to give Lemos Farm a miss in October unless you can get there first thing on a weekday morning…….

The kids did look cute checking out the pumpkins though.

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