20264 Broadway,  Hwy 12,  Sonoma www.traintown.com 707-938-3912 Hard to beat an old fashioned train ride, and for that Traintown is the place to go. The train here even stops at a miniature town that you can explore where you’ll find a “petting zoo”. You can feed the animals a handful of food for a quarter, but you are limited in petting whomever gets close to the gate.  In addition to...

We have been trying out our new inflatable tandem kayaks over the last month or so. Feeling the summer closing in on us we thought we would try the ultimate: kayak camping.  My hubby chose a great boat-in camp site and made the reservations for Lake Sonoma. To reach our campsite would be a few hours drive, then another hour or so by kayak, but the lake was stocked and there seemed to be plenty to do. We...