It would require the writing skill of a Shakespeare or Thomas Hardy to describe the diversity of Northern California. For, Northern California offers a whole variety of entertain, visual delights, cuisine, and so much of history.

The beauty of Northern California lies in its silvery beaches, diverse marine, the awe inspiring forests of tall sequoia and redwood trees, the towns, now forlorn, which at one teemed with prospectors of goal and silver.

California is easily accessible. If you are planning a trip to Northern California, and wish to avoid the routine and often mundane tours, and wish to plan your own trip, with no specific agenda, then RV camping is ideal for you. Be warned however that during the summer months Northern California gets heavily booked, and woe betide you, if you don’t book in advance.

Be sure to book well in advance at the right place. Find out which places in North California have good, well maintained RV camps, and you can book a place for your RV, what facilities are offered and so on. Please go into detail, because if you land up in the wrong place, instead of having a holiday, you would be spending a nightmarish experience. The best place for taking an RV is generally in the Sequoia National Park and the Redwood National Park. They have good hook up facilities and ease of access. Make sure that the dimensions of your RV are such you can get in and out without having to content with outsized RVs! It has happened to many, and sure, you would want to avoid it.

You can even think of camping your RV on the beaches of California. There are some very good beaches where you can park your RV, but again, you need to call in first and book yourself a good camping place with all the attendant facilities that you need. You can think of Fort Braggs Beach and the Half Moon Bay. These are the more popular ones, but you can discover more suitable for yourself.

We mentioned earlier that another great attraction of Northern California is its ghost towns, that were once a hotbed of activity with prospectors for gold. Some people like to camp out here in the old ghost towns. Bodie is one such town.

Sacramento, the historical capital also attracts visitors in very large number of months. You can of course choose to stay in one of the large many hotels of the town, but if you think it cramps your style, you can use your RV in one the camps that are available just outside the city.

Before beginning your trip, make sure your RV is in good condition, and that the air conditioning is working perfectly. Northern California can become very hot and humid so checking your air conditioner is a must.

Again it bears repetition that if you are planning a trip to North California you need to make firm bookings whether it is for an RV or even an hotel room. And if you are taking your family with you, do make sure very much that all your travel plans are in good shape and everything is finalised and you are holding confirmed bookings.

The capital of California is Sacramento and there are several great places to live in outside of the Sacramento area. Roseville and Rancho Cordova are two of the cities which should be considered if living in Northern California region. This article will look into the different things that these two cities have to offer and why they are nice places to live, other than being located in beautiful northern California. An owner of a Rancho Cordova corporate catering company that serves up some of the best Roseville BBQ catering in the area says he would live in no other community than Roseville or Ranch Cordova for many different reasons.

The first city, Roseville has a population of a little over 100,000 residents but is growing steadily expecting it to be closer to almost 134,000 by the year 2015. The area of Roseville is over 30 square miles big and has several beautiful streams that go through the city named Dry Creek, Linda Creek, Secret Ravine and Cirby Creek. This city has beautiful and lush vegetation that is so common in Northern California with the cooler climate and additional rainfall that it gets. Most of the rain falls during the cooler winters and the summer are typically hot and dry in Roseville. CNN’s Money ranked Roseville as one of the Best Places to live in 2006. Another ranking showed this city to be the skinniest city in the country with a body mass index of only 24.5. This may explain why there are a number of professional and Olympic athletes that hail from Roseville.

Roseville has a strong economy in it with a lot of retail businesses in it. It is the spot of one of the largest Auto malls in the nation that helps the local community as well as being known for a great deal of shopping options. This city ranked as having the 11th highest retail sales in the entire state of California last year with its wide variety of shopping options. It is known as a regional shopping destination with people traveling there to go shopping. The largest destination is the Westfield Galleria which is continuing to expand and across the street from that is another retail location called the Fountains. They are hoping once the economy improves, so will things in this great city of Roseville.

There are several other large employers in Roseville like Hewlett-Packard, Kaiser Permanente, Union Pacific Railroad, and Sutter Roseville Medical Center is considered as some of the larger companies. In 1988 Roseville decided to undergo a revitalization of the downtown area improving many of the historic buildings that were falling apart.

Rancho Cordova is a new community that was incorporated in 2003 and already has a population of 60,000 residents. It was named after the Cordova Vineyards that were located there. It is a diverse mixture of residents and many famous professional baseball players also hailed from Rancho Cordova such as Chris Bosio and Max Venable. Another notable resident is Lester Holt from the Today Show.