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Hearts in San Francisco

What better image is there for a tour guide than a “Heart”?  A tour guide shares what he “loves” about his city or site with others, and they, in turn, gain some love for the...
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I visited Hewlett-Packard and saw the offices of David Packard and Bill Hewlett

What a pleasure to visit Building 3 of Hewlett Packard in Palo Alto. There I was able to view many of the newest products offered by the company but also a special treat–preserved offices of...
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Supplementary material for my San Francisco Highlights tour

Before Covid, I carried many supplementary visuals on my tours. I showed pictures of San Francisco in the past, maps of San Francisco landscapes, and pictures of people who were important in the city’s history....
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Vlogging the Bay Area

Lately I’ve been staying at home, like  most of us. Travel is restricted and visitors aren’t taking as many tours as in the past. But I’ve found a new hobby—creating videos of the  locations I ...
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TRAEGER TOURS MENTIONED IN FORBES

Traeger Tours is pleased to be mentioned in the March 12, 2018 article “10 Best Reasons to Go to San Jose”. Last fall I escorted Laura Manske, the author, around Silicon Valley. We visited the...
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3 Perfect Days in San Francisco

The October, 2017 Hemispheres Magazine showcases “3 Perfect Days in San Francisco”. Thank you, Justin Goldman, for letting me show you some of the best of San Francisco’s Chinatown and to accompany you to the...
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Another Mention for Traeger Tours: this time, The Washington Post

Traeger Tours is happy to be mentioned in Renee Sklarew’s recent article about Silicon Valley in the Washington Post. We escorted Renee and her husband around our area in January 2017.  The article gives a...
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Weekend in Napa

This past weekend I visited Napa Valley.  I had signed up for a Stanford Continuing Education Course,  “The Geology of Napa Valley”.  Here was my opportunity to learn about the underlying terroir in Napa, and...
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New Services

I recently became licensed by the California Public Utilities Commission. This will allow me to drive my visitors around the Bay area in my car. (My SUV can comfortably seat 5 persons.) In  San Francisco,...
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ALMADEN QUICKSILVER PARK

“The traveller in San Francisco, asking the question Englishmen invariably ask, What’s to be seen? would be thus answered. The Big Trees, Eusamity Valley, Napa and the Quicksilver Mines.” —    Charles Dickens, All the...
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Touring the Hearst Memorial Mining Building at UC Berkeley

The Hearst Memorial Mining building (HMM) on the UC Berkeley campus is a memorial to George Hearst, former California miner, Senator, and husband of Phoebe Apperson Hearst In 1899 Berkeley was still a young university...
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