Category California
West Coast Fall 2023, Part Two
October 10 – 19 The next day, Friday, Kristen, Brian, Joanna, and I took off for Muir Woods National Monument. Part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, It protects 554 acres of which 240 acres are old growth coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forests, one of a few such stands remaining in the San Francisco […]
West Coast Fall 2023, Part One
October 10 – 19 October rolled around and we planned a three week road trip that would take us to Oakland to celebrate Jessica’s milestone birthday (I won’t reveal what age that is), Kamp Angst, Bishop, Henderson, Meadview (to visit 90 plus year old Uncle Dick), Flagstaff, Sedona, and Tucson, giving us lots of opportunities […]
The Hip is Fine – Santa Cruz, Part Four
May 19 – 27 Two days later Joanna and I made a long-delayed visit to the Rosie the Riveter / WWII Home Front National Historical Park, located on the waterfront in Richmond. The park preserves and interprets the legacy of the United States home front during World War II, including the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, the […]
The Hip is Fine – Santa Cruz, Part Three
May 19 – 27 After paying the entrance fee, we parked near the Visitor Center and proceeded to spend an hour or so walking around the one-mile Redwood Loop Trail through the 40-acre old growth forest, which was the first coast redwood grove to be saved from logging. It is the largest old-growth grove south […]
The Hip is Fine – Santa Cruz, Part Two
May 19 – 27 The next day would be a full one and we started it off right with a visit to The Buttery, a bakery and café about a half mile up Soquel in the other direction from last night, and we so enjoyed the food there we would return the next morning for […]
The Hip is Fine – Santa Cruz, Part One
May 19 – 27 We returned home from North Carolina and with some time to kill before I met with my hip surgeon to get clearance to reengage with my normal activities, we drove north to Oakland to spend time with Jessica, Kris, and Gemma, one of our usual trips where we spend a long […]
Spring North Carolina 2023, Part One
January 31 – February 2, April 18 – May 2 With my hip replacement scheduled for the middle of February, we decided to get in one last road trip before I would have to begin another three months of convalescence. Taking advantage of a winter promotion in Yosemite where if one purchased two nights of […]
Thanksgiving and Christmas 2022, Part Five
November 16 – December 31 We left Mendocino and drove back to Fort Bragg and with a few moments to kill, parked on the main drag of town (Highway 1) and did some shopping at the excellent outdoor store there (The Outdoor Store) and at Fort Bragg Cyclery as I needed to replace the CO2 […]
Thanksgiving and Christmas 2022, Part Four
November 16 – December 31 One of our goals for dining this time around in Fort Bragg was to enjoy good seafood. Ultimately, we’d not fulfill this desire but still ate well none the less. We checked out options on Trip Advisor that night, but many of our first choices were closed that evening and […]
Thanksgiving and Christmas 2022, Part Three
November 16 – December 31 A week or so after arriving home we participated in a unique cycling event in Los Angeles known as CicLAvia. Started as a grassroots initiative in 2008 by several individuals who recognized that open streets events could address active transportation, urban land use, and public health needs in Los Angeles. […]
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