Thursday, June 03, 2010

Bay Area Fun

For our Relief Society activity Tuesday night we shared fun local activities for all ages. I thought I'd share and add new activities periodically.
  1. Beach -- take sports equipment, shovels, a kite
  2. Golden Gate Park
  3. Rock City (Mt. Diablo)
  4. Hiking, bring a good lunch
  5. Exploring San Francisco - Mission District
  6. Camping
  7. Berkeley Kite Festival - Cesar Chavez Park (Sat. 7/31/10 @11am, Free, $10 parking)
  8. Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum - $9/adult, $7/student
  9. Museums at Blackhawk - $10/adult, $7/student
  10. Winchester Mystery House
  11. Palace of Legion of Honor
  12. Treasure Island Museum
  13. Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve
  14. Dinosaurs at UC Berkeley
  15. Stanford - Rodin Sculpture Garden
  16. Santa Cruz - summer concert series, watch surfers @ Steamer Lane, bonfire @ Twin Lakes State Beach, Ice cream at Marianne's, Wilder Ranch State Park
  17. Point Reyes National Seashore - bird watching, etc.
  18. Oakland Museum
  19. Filoli - especially pretty when tulips and daffodils are in bloom
  20. Free movies at Vine Cinema in Livermore
  21. Borders Summer Reading program - read 10 books and get one free (ages 12 and under)
  22. East Bay Regional Parks - Tilden Park, Contra Loma, Cull Canyon, Ardenwood, and Don Castro are my favs
  23. Cinemark Summer Movie Clubhouse - $1 per show, Wednesdays at 10am
  24. Museum Free Days -
  • Free 1st Tuesday: Cartoon Art Museum, de Young Museum, Legion of Honor, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • Free 1st Wednesday: Exploratorium, Bay Area Discovery Museum
  • Free 1st Thursday: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Burlingame Pez Museum
  • Free 3rd Wednesday: California Academy of Sciences
25. Fisherman's Wharf/Pier 39
26. Borders Story Time - Tuesdays
27. Amtrak Kids ride free to Sacramento - Old Sacramento Train Museum
28. Bart ride
29. Oakland A's $2 Tickets - Select Wednesdays
30. Silliman Swim Center - Newark
31. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo
32. Great America
33. Gilroy Gardens
34. Monterey Bay Aquarium
35. Carmel Beach and Shops
36. Fitzgerald Marine Wildlife Preserve, Half Moon Bay (eat at Princetons or Barbara's Fish Trap)
37. Fairyland, Oakland
38. Happy Hollow Park & Zoo, San Jose
39. Hawaiian Shave Ice at Banana Crepe, Japantown, San Jose
40. Free concerts/performances at Oakland Temple Interstake Center



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