Bothe Napa State Park
So here it is, 7:52 in the morning at our campsite, and I’m logged on to the Internet. Trying to get this posted before my laptop runs out of juice because we used it to watch Long Way Down last … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Travels
Chinese Cookies and Pincushions
We came down to San Jose for Lori’s pre-op meeting on Friday, which went well except that a computer mixup meant that she missed getting a bunch of needed tests. So we had to go back to Stanford today so … Continue reading →
Mono Lake Sunrise
I’m still sorting through vacation pictures, but if you check back on last month’s page, you’ll see that I’ve updated it with some highlights. I’ll be featuring a few more this week, such as this sunrise over Mono Lake. I … Continue reading →
Logging in Style
The name Pierce Arrow usually makes one think of antique luxury automobiles. So you might be surprised to find out that this antique logging truck was made by Pierce Arrow. For the lumberjack who wanted to cruise the forests in … Continue reading →
Woodland AG Museum
In case you were wondering about the lack of recent updates, I wasn’t being lazy. Lori and I were on a well deserved vacation. Lori sent the final draft of her book off to the publisher, and then we split … Continue reading →
Highway 108
After leaving Bodie we took Highway 108 over to Tuolumne to spend some time with Lori’s sister Paula. It was nice seeing greenery after a week in the desert, and somewhere along the route we came across this amazing patch … Continue reading →
Bodie at long last
Starting with the same Galen Rowell seminar mentioned earlier, I had made three previous trips to Bodie, all unsuccessful due to the weather. You can’t be a photographer and not see pictures of Bodie. And once you’ve seen pictures of … Continue reading →
Going Downhill
We spent the night in the campground at the Bristlecone Forest where they had signs posted that the chipmunks could be carrying the plague. So much for them being cute little furry creatures. Had to remind Lori of the signs … Continue reading →
Ancient Bristlecone Forest
As we made our way north on 395, we came to the Ancient Bristlecone Forest, where some of the trees are over 4000 years old, and some of the wood lying on the ground is over 7000 years old. When … Continue reading →
Goldfield
Lisa Marie told us about a ghost town that we should check out, Goldfield. It’s not a pure ghost town since there are still people living there, but there were several interesting buildings around town. We got in right as … Continue reading →
Sirens of TI
Las Vegas in July. What was the PPA thinking scheduling the conference in Las Vegas in July? 107 degrees during the day, cooling all the way down to 103 degrees at 10:00 pm. We didn’t have much free time so … Continue reading →
Calico
The first of five ghost towns we visited on our vacation was Calico, which is near Barstow. Calico isn’t the most authentic ghost town out there since it was owned by Knotts Berry Farm for awhile, but it was still … Continue reading →
On Vacation
We started our vacation on the 22nd by going down to the Bay Area. Which of course meant that the truck had to act up. Fortunately this time it was only the brake lights, and not the brakes themselves, and … Continue reading →
We’re Back!
Our brave and studdly crew made it through without anybody going AWOL. Our guide, Patrick, was the only guide out of the three rafts in our group to clear it both days. So we were in good hands.
Gone
It was such a relief today to go to the office and be able to have peace and quiet and listen to music we like. Today’s picture cleary defines how this section of the Trinity got the name \”Hell’s Hole\”. … Continue reading →
Going, Going…
Last day of the fair! While the fair gave us great exposure, we are thrilled that we will be getting back to our normal routine. The compliments on my work were great, the daily donuts were yummy, the ice cream … Continue reading →
Rough Water Ahead
Back in June I promised some pictures from our rafting trip on the Trinity River. I finally got them this week, so I’ll be featuring them over the next few days. Here we are starting our approach on the hairiest … Continue reading →
How not to be seen
Before dinner Lori and I walked down by the river where we were camping and came across this little frog, who was taking the art of camouflage rather seriously.
Camping by the Trinity
For our big summer vacation this year, we went on a two day whitewater rafting trip on the Trinity River. Today we drove up to the campground near Helena and met the rest of the group and the guides. The … Continue reading →
Glass Beach
After our trip on the Skunk, Lori and I went over to Glass Beach. It was high tide so we didn’t get to play in the tide pools which is our favorite activity at Glass Beach. We did get to … Continue reading →
Skunk Train
This weekend Lori and I went down to Fort Bragg with some of the members of the Splinter Group. We stayed at the Weller House Inn, and took a ride on the Skunk Train. Lori had been on the Skunk … Continue reading →
Puerto Vallarta Sunset
We only had one really good sunset during the whole week, because mostly it was very cloudy offshore in the evenings. This picture was taken earlier in the week on one night that I sensed it would be a good … Continue reading →
Waving Whale
Today we mostly just sat on the beach or by the pool and enjoyed the wonderful 80 degree weather. So here’s a picture of one of the humpback whales that we saw the day before yesterday.
Waving John
Almost every day we found some time to go boogie boarding. Two days we had really big waves, and even though most of us got beat up in one way or the other (is your toe really supposed to be … Continue reading →
Yo Ho Ho!
For Lori’s birthday, we sailed on a Pirate ship, saw whales, ate several great meals, snorkeled, sat on a beach, and were entertained by a very funny crew. Doesn’t get much better than that. The Marigalante is a replica of … Continue reading →
Speed Racer
Four years ago on our first trip to Puerto Vallarta, John and I had great fun at the Super Go-Kart track, so we had to pay a return visit. This time we convinced Lori and Carol to try them, and … Continue reading →
Pinochle Spy
Our favorite night pasttime was to sit out on the balcony of one of our rooms and play pinochle. It really made me realize how much I miss those warm San Jose nights when you can sit out side in … Continue reading →
Paradise Village
An early morning flight took us down to Puerto Vallarta, to our home for the week, Paradise Village.
In His Dreams
A final picture from Vegas, this is one of the baby lions at the MGM. I think this guy is how Ricky perceives himself. Snow has been forecast for Ferndale! Stay tuned to see if it happens … Continue reading →
New York, New York
Here’s one more shot from Vegas, the New York, New York casino. A lot more colorful than I remember it from pictures I’ve seen. We didn’t get a chance to take the rollercoaster ride.
Flying over the Sierras
Here’s a shot from our flight back to the Bay Area from Las Vegas.