Family Outing Ideas

Spring Family Fun Guide 2023

Watching the breathtaking waterfall on the Hidden Falls Trail hike.  Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn. – Lewis Grizzard The anticipation of spring is more intense this year. With the overabundance of rain we’ve had in Sacramento, I think it is safe to say we are all excited for …

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Black Chasm Cavern Day Trip

For this ADVENTUROUS DAY TRIP we hit these 3 spots: Indian Grinding Rock State Park, Black Chasm Cavern, and Zen Garden Trail Are you up for a new adventure?  I am so excited to share this awesome day trip we recently took!  This is one that the ENTIRE family will enjoy.  Three unique outdoor experiences in …

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Story Trail and Tot Land at the Crocker

Join Rainbow Kid and Birdy on a journey throughart, time and history that leads to a magical place. Imagine your kids enthusiastically leading YOU through an art museum.  Hard to picture?  Well, this is the experience that the Crocker Art Museum has so creatively planned for our little ones with STORY TRAIL. I am impressed!  …

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California Automobile Museum

My parents came to visit recently and I wanted to take them on an outing that I thought they might enjoy as well as the kids.  My dad loves cars and so the California Automobile Museum came to mind.  We hadn’t been there yet but I was pretty confident that he and my boys would …

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The Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary

What a beautiful little zoo!  The kids and I ventured there with some good friends for the first time this summer and had a great time!   The Folsom Zoo is not a “mainstream” zoo.  This unique zoo provides sanctuary to some very special animals.  Many were raised and rejected as wild pets.  Others were …

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