{"id":2162,"date":"2011-10-17T00:10:41","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T07:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/?p=2162"},"modified":"2019-03-03T10:09:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T17:09:58","slug":"house-sitting-hiking-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/17\/house-sitting-hiking-bay-area\/","title":{"rendered":"House-Sitting and Hiking in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m mostly a country boy, but when I want culture and city life, I head to San Francisco. I love the people, the sounds, the great parks, the delicious food. And I mostly walk around the city, even if I have to go several miles; it’s a form of urban hiking. San Francisco is great for hikers!<\/a><\/p>\n

Our San Francisco Bay Area House-Sitters Site<\/h3>\n

As many of you know, Stephanie and I house-sit in and around the San Francisco Bay Area<\/a> during the colder months. I created a one-page site to help us find good situations about a year ago, and now it’s paying off:\u00a0 we just spent a couple of weeks house-sitting in SF and the people found us through a Google search. We took care of two great dogs and we walked, and walked, and walked.<\/p>\n

And Now We Have a Blog<\/h3>\n

We just added a blog to the site and wrote our first post about our recent experience as house-sitters in San Francisco’s Cole Valley<\/a>. Please click the link and read about our adventures and how we took care of the two boxers and the beautiful home.<\/p>\n

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And if you’re so inclined, you can subscribe to the blog. (See the instructions on the site.) We’ll post 1-2 times a month with a mix of our personal experiences and advice about how to best take care of people’s pets and homes.<\/p>\n

And We’re Looking for Opportunities Now…<\/h3>\n

The site<\/a> has all the details, but it in a nutshell:<\/p>\n