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This time, we ventured to Palm Springs/Desert to visit Joshua Tree National Park. The drive took us a bit longer than expected, around 11 hours, including a few breaks, one of which was at Harris Ranch. The busy Christmas season added to our travel time. We stayed at the
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Since I moved to the US, having a week-long road trip on Thanksgiving holidays became my family ritual: 2021 was in the Grand Canyon, and 2022 was on the great Canyon Loops. This year, we wanted to have a more "American" Thanksgiving. My wife had her 8th grade
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We punched another National Park during the last Labor Day long weekend: Redwood National and States Parks. I hadn't been up to it because it was a little far (more than 6 6-hour drive), and I was not sure what the difference would be to other good California
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My team recently accomplished a great feat, and we could be fortunate enough to enjoy the achievement: a summit at Los Cabos. The only trivial problem of mine was that it was right after my Tokyo visit. I planned my Seoul visit, which included a short 4-day trip to Tokyo)
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Yoyogi Park Walking in Yoyogi Park in the morning is one of my rituals in Tokyo. Not only in the park, I love walking along the trail that leads from the park to Shibuya. The passage provides me with a sense of tranquil mystery, which brings me comfort and peace.
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As I mentioned in the previous post, I visited Tokyo last week for the first time in three years. When I lived in Korea, my trips to Tokyo were almost a monthly routine thanks to the convenient 2-hour flight from Seoul to Tokyo. But not only the geographical separation between
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Last week, I visited the new Seattle office for the first time. My last visit was exactly one year ago. At the time, we were in WeWork Seattle downtown. It was already a decent tech company office, but the new office was at the tallest building in Seattle: Colombia Center.
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We've been to Yosemite National Park during the Memorial Day holidays two years in a row. Yosemite discloses different appearances throughout the year, but May is often regarded as the best time due to its abundant water. That's why we visited on Memorial Day last year
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Every Bay Area news station (probably all California's also did) seemed to say about this year's super bloom in California. Although we saw a glimpse of it in Pinnacles, we thought that it could be a big reward for having the unusual atmospheric river of this
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Pinnacles National Park is the smallest National Park in California (5th smallest in the US). We were there last year and had a great time, and this year, we visited there again as the Spring came to the Bay Area. We learned a lot about the Park on our last
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We've been to Hog Island Oyster Co. restaurant in Napa. It was the best oyster in my life. We were pretty surprised when we had raw oysters because it was so fresh - no fishy taste. So, when I learned its HQ is at Tomales Bay, within two
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Atmospheric rivers are still torturing the Bay Area these days. I heard from many that California's high tax rate was the price for perfect weather. While preparing the 2022 tax return, I'm wondering if I could ask the IRS for a tax refund for bad weather,
