Publisher's Synopsis
Lee Foster writes about and recommends the best nature/outdoors attractions and the best cultural travel experiences in Northern California. What are the best travel options to explore when contemplating Northern California? Lee Foster has spent 40 years refining the answers. Lee's 30 chapters in this book guide consumers to use wisely their most precious commodity-their time. See all of Lee's travel journalism at http: //www.fostertravel.com, including his travel books, apps, photos, and 200 global articles. Northern California is his favorite worldwide place. The goal of this book is to provide an enjoyable and insightful read for the armchair traveler and a practical plan for an actual trip. Lee has personally visited the places and lived out the experiences that he recommends. He becomes your "personal travel concierge" with a distilled essence of the destination.
Here is the Table of Contents for the book, showing its layout in the first 20 (of 30) chapters:
Introduction
San Francisco Bay Area
1. San Francisco's Main Tourist Attractions
2. San Francisco Through the Lens: Tips on Viewing/Photographing the City
3. San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge Beyond 75 Years
4. San Francisco's Neighbor: The Oakland-Berkeley East Bay
5. Five Good Day Trips from San Francisco
6. Five Good Overnight Trips from San Francisco
7. California's Best Beaches North of San Francisco
8. California's Best Beaches South of San Francisco
9. California's San Mateo Coast, South of San Francisco
10. Spring Wildflowers in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area
11. California's Stanford University: A World-Class Legacy
South from San Francisco
12. California's Santa Cruz, Epitome of Beach Culture
13. California's Monterey-Carmel-Big Sur
14. California's Big Sur Coast: A Scenic Drive
North from San Francisco
15. California's Napa Wine Country
16. California's Sonoma Wine Country
17. California's Sonoma-Mendocino Coast
18. California's Redwood Country
19. Redding and the Shasta Cascade Area of Northern California
20. California's Lassen National Park
