Best of the City 2025:
Best Inclusive Trail Angel
Co-author of Moon Travel Guide’s new Northern California Hiking guidebook, this attorney-turned-writer, and inclusive-hiking champion, is one of the dozens of local people, places and things that have made us balloon with hometown pride this year. Here is just one of our picks for Best of the City 2025.
Photo by Karen Lewis, courtesy of Moon Travel Guides
The Great Outdoors is by rights our shared, universal, ancestral home—so why does it sometimes feel like an exclusive club? When Elk Grove attorney Felicia Leo Kemp started blogging about her multiracial, differently abled family’s passion for hiking, her inclusive approach found an eager audience. Her prodigious talents as a wayfinder also inspired Moon Travel Guides to tap Kemp to co-author its 2024 Northern California Hiking guidebook. For a gentle introduction, Sacramentans can follow this hometown outdoor leader in person, via a family-friendly nature excursion along Effie Yeaw Nature Center’s wheel-friendly trails in Carmichael on Aug. 10. Then on your own—once you’ve learned not to forget the water or the bug spray—Kemp recommends tackling longer loops like those through the shady oaks of Hidden Falls Regional Park in Auburn, where there are benches along the way for rest breaks and the waterfall view makes a rewarding destination. @familytrailtime on Instagram
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