I have been contributing to online bulletin boards on travel since the earliest days of computer messaging. Of all the bulletin boards and newsgroups I've contributed to, I've found the Bay Area Backroads Message Board to be one of the best. It's a well-managed board, plus it has the advantage of having the huge Bay Area Backroads story database behind it. I have been writing replies to the message board for years, giving travel advice and listing Internet links to more information. This is just a hobby of mine. I'm not affiliated with Bay Area Backroads in any official way, but I've been watching the KRON-TV (San Francisco) show ever since it first began, some 16 years ago and own books written by the show's hosts. Many of my travels were inspired by Bay Area Backroads stories. After Backroads started their Website a few years ago, I started posting messages to it, answering questions about travel in the Bay Area and California. Since messages posted to the board are deleted after awhile, I started saving them to a file starting in 1999, in case the same questions came up again. These are like Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on travel, so in these pages, I have listed my archived replies, along with the edited or paraphrased questions. I sometimes have had to re-phrase the subject title to make them more descriptive. I have removed the names of the original requestors to respect their privacy. The dates on each reply are the dates of the original questions. Here are the replies by year:

Contents

• 1999
1. Petting Zoos
2. Wedding Locations
3. Best Buy Stores?
4. Maze
5. Fighter Plane Rides?
6. Looking for the ideal camp site
7. Mystery House
• 2000
1. Santa Rosa
2. Bay Area hiking in the woods
3. Owl Rescue
4. Beach/Sunset wedding
5. Waterfalls in the South Bay
6. Stuff in or near San Jose
7. Daffodil hill...where??
8. Wildflower Sightings
9. Covered bridges
10. Ghost Town near Newark
11. Henry Coe State Park
12. Poppy Fields
13. Family reunion/reception but where?
14. Mountain Biking
15. Winchester Mystery House
16. Easter Celebration
17. Poppies
18. Kayaking on Peninsula?
19. Anniversary getaway
20. Anyone know this photographer?
21. Restaurant w/stream thru it
22. Petroglyphs
23. Backroads to Napa
24. Carizzo Plains
25. Banana Farm
26. Old Van Camping
27. Family and Dog
28. Albany Hill Volcano?
29. Santa Cruz
30. Camping on the beach?
31. Mountain Biking in South Bay
32. Big Sur Monastary?
33. Cycling
34. Drawbridge Ghost Town Closure
35. Town of Sonoma celebration
36. What to do in San Francisco
37. Architectural Tours
38. Train ride
39. Fioli Estate
40. Trail Recommendations - Big Sur or North Bay?
41. Hang gliding
42. Wedding in the Redwoods?
43. Local legends, ghosts, treasure?
44. Pulgas Water Temple
45. Bay Area Vacation Ideas
46. Suggestions on Great Campgrounds?
47. Train Museums
48. Coyote Hills and the Alameda Creek Trail
49. Pampanito
50. Phone number for White Sulphur Springs?
51. Redwood Shores
52. Christmas Displays in the Bay Area?
53. Know of a Chrismas Tree Farm in the Bay Area?
54. Tortoise 
55. The 1915 Fair and SF History
56. Scenic drive to LA
57. Fort Ross
58. Oyster Farms
59. Winchester Mansion
• 2001
1. Day trips/parks around San Jose
2. Grandma Goose Bomber Flights over Bay Area
3. Palo Alto Old Maritime Radio Station
4. Roller Blading trails near San Jose
5. Big Sur Websites
6. Pt Lobos
7. Walking Paths in the Bay Area
8. Need birthday suggestions
9. Auburn Day Trip
10. Skyline to Ridge Trail
11. Oyster
12. Water Temple
13. Bike riding on backroads
14. Day Trip Using Public Transportation Only?
15. Flight simulators
16. Picnic spots
17. Scenic drive
18. Edgewood County Park Wildflowers
19. Getaway??
20. Almaden Quicksilver
21. Need ideas quick! Fun, cheap ideas
22. Employee picnic
23. Any good beaches around?
24. Suggestions for wedding pictures
25. Kid Friendly Resorts and other day trips good for kids
26. Haunted hotel
27. Camping for 6/8-6/10?
28. Petrified Forest
29. Caves
30. Lighthouses
31. Samuel P. Taylor State Park
32. Clear Lake
33. Hiking Food

You can also find a lot of travel and other information in my two Websites, Bay Area Back Pages, and Ron' Horii's San Francisco Bay Recreation and Travel Pages, accessible via the buttons at the top of the page. If you have questions, hit the Feedback button above or click on my name below. My specialties are travel, hiking, biking, parks, sightseeing, photography, museums, fishing, and nature. I can also answer technical questions about Web page creation and computers. Don't ask me for personal opinions about restaurants, lodging, nightlife, hunting, dogs, boating, skiing, adventure sports, or off-road vehicles. I'm not into those, but I can search for information for you.