Marc Ricketts
Marc Ricketts is a writer/photographer who has not yet outgrown roller coasters, and provides news and information about San Francisco Bay Area destinations. Mark's columns can frequently be found on MiceChat in our Weekend Updates.
Sequoia National Park
By Marc Ricketts
Sometimes, a person just needs a long walk in the woods. Fortunately for those in the Golden State, there is...
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Debuts New Ride and Show
By Marc Ricketts
While many of us were spending all or some of a 24 hour day...
Planet Snoopy Expansion at California's Great America
By Marc Ricketts
California’s Great America enters its 40th Season in 2015 with an expansion of Camp Snoopy and...
Sailing Into San Francisco’s Past
By Marc Ricketts
For years the best free thing to do in San Francisco was the Hyde Street Pier with its...
Visiting John Muir's Home
By Marc Ricketts
Alert readers may have noticed by now that since the Bay Area theme parks don’t have as much news...
The Pinnacles of Our National Parks
By Marc Ricketts
It was early and dark, of that there can be no doubt. I had just left the...
Chowder is the Soup Santa Cruz Loves the Best
2015 Clam Chowder Cook-off
By Marc Ricketts
A blue sky waited in Santa Cruz that day,
The clouds later...
Beyond the Coast on California’s Channel Islands
By Marc Ricketts
As the cold of winter starts seeping into one’s very bones, the mind can’t help but...
Here's Marc Ricketts' last photo report of the year. I want to personally thank him for treating us this year to some great articles...
I was surprised to learn that the charming little park know as Gilroy Gardens is open during the winter season. Marc Ricketts reports on...
Today Marc Ricketts presents a stunning photographic essay on California's Death Valley, the lowest, hottest and driest area in North America. Marc posits that...
A Day By Near The Bay Lake
Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Kennywood Park
by Marc Ricketts
Recently I took the family to a part of...
A Day by the Bay Lake
Coasting above Lake Erie at Cedar Point
by Marc Ricketts
When I’m writing about destinations near the San Francisco...
Just in time for the Halloween season, a new attraction has opened at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. Marc Ricketts takes us on a tour...
Here's Part Two of Marc Ricketts photo essay on the enigmatic Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Park in Vallejo, California. You can get caught up...
Continuing his series on San Francisco Bay area parks, Marc Ricketts brings us a two-part photo essay on Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. This park...
Here's part two of Marc Rickett's visit to Gilroy Gardens including some photos of the world famous Circus Trees. If you didn't catch part...
Marc Ricketts has been traveling around the Bay Area and again shares one of his awesome photo essays. Join us as we visit Gilroy...
Marc Ricketts continues his visit to California's Great America. You can read part one . ~~Rick
California's Great America
by Marc Ricketts
Water and boats are...
Weekend Update contributor Marc Ricketts takes us to California's Great America amusement park located in Santa Clara, California. A product of the Marriott Company's...