This is our weekly guest-blog post from the moms behind Red Tricycle, a site that focuses on the "lighter side" of parenting. Every week, they'll be bringing us their picks of stuff to do around the Bay Area with kids.

Forty miles north of San Francisco lies Pt. Reyes Station, a coastal hamlet that warmly welcomes visitors on their way to the beaches and trails of Pt. Reyes National Seashore. The pastoral, dreamy landscape that surrounds this town is enough to make you never want to leave, but for day trippers it’s the ultimate get-away.

Click here for an awesome itinerary for a day in Point Reyes!