Monthly Archives: July 2022
JULY 19, TUESDAY
LOS ANGELES TO NEW ORLEANS This was my longest leg of my Amtrak circling of the United States, 48 hours plus the four hours we were late, 52 hours, with two nights sleeping in a reclining seat. And I have
JULY 19, TUESDAY
LOS ANGELES TO NEW ORLEANS This was my longest leg of my Amtrak circling of the United States, 48 hours plus the four hours we were late, 52 hours, with two nights sleeping in a reclining seat. And I have
JULY 18, MONDAY
LOS ANGELES Julie and Ed took me to the Union Train Station in Los Angeles and showed me Los Angeles along the way. After seeing Paris, London and San Francisco in the past few months Los Angeles was a blank
JULY 18, MONDAY
LOS ANGELES Julie and Ed took me to the Union Train Station in Los Angeles and showed me Los Angeles along the way. After seeing Paris, London and San Francisco in the past few months Los Angeles was a blank
JULY 16, SATURDAY
LONG BEACH FARMER‘S MARKET Long Beach is right next to Huntington Beach with a weekly farmer‘s market on a bright and windy day with farms from all over represented. There was a band and but almost all the booths sold
JULY 16, SATURDAY
LONG BEACH FARMER‘S MARKET Long Beach is right next to Huntington Beach with a weekly farmer‘s market on a bright and windy day with farms from all over represented. There was a band and but almost all the booths sold
JULY 15, FRIDAY
HUNTINGTON BEACH Huntington Beach is an upscale ocean side community that looks on the map as if it is part of Los Angeles but is actually 30 miles away on a five lane each way freeway. Many of the houses
JULY 15, FRIDAY
HUNTINGTON BEACH Huntington Beach is an upscale ocean side community that looks on the map as if it is part of Los Angeles but is actually 30 miles away on a five lane each way freeway. Many of the houses
JULY 14, THURSDAY
AMTRAK SAN JOSE TO LOS ANGELES I took the Thruway bus from Santa Cruz through the forested hills to San José, a beautiful ride. Then the guy at the Amtrak counter said the train would be an hour late and
JULY 14, THURSDAY
AMTRAK SAN JOSE TO LOS ANGELES I took the Thruway bus from Santa Cruz through the forested hills to San José, a beautiful ride. Then the guy at the Amtrak counter said the train would be an hour late and
JULY 13, WEDNESDAY
MONTEREY AND BIG SUR Ruth and Nick arranged for their son David to drive us from Monterey, where he lives, to Big Sur a beautiful drive along high bluffs with the ocean below us on the right and forested hills
JULY 13, WEDNESDAY
MONTEREY AND BIG SUR Ruth and Nick arranged for their son David to drive us from Monterey, where he lives, to Big Sur a beautiful drive along high bluffs with the ocean below us on the right and forested hills
JULY 12, TUESDAY
SURFING IN SANTA CRUZ This post is dedicated to Dusty Benedict, my Friday old man‘s group friend, who is is still surfing, for life, when not rowing to Hawaii on his rowing machine, with his son and his grandson, with
JULY 12, TUESDAY
SURFING IN SANTA CRUZ This post is dedicated to Dusty Benedict, my Friday old man‘s group friend, who is is still surfing, for life, when not rowing to Hawaii on his rowing machine, with his son and his grandson, with
JULY 11, MONDAY
HAIGHT ASHBERRY The stores in the Haight Ashberry section of San Francisco are playing up their hippie, summer of love, counter culture past as much as they can, turning it into a nostalgic tourist destination. This is what some of
JULY 11, MONDAY
HAIGHT ASHBERRY The stores in the Haight Ashberry section of San Francisco are playing up their hippie, summer of love, counter culture past as much as they can, turning it into a nostalgic tourist destination. This is what some of
JULY 10, SUNDAY
PAINTED LADIES OF SAN FRANCISCO Many of the elegant Victorian homes of San Francisco, now called the painted ladies, escaped the earthquake and fire of 1906 that destroyed much of San Francisco and many of the homes that have been
JULY 10, SUNDAY
PAINTED LADIES OF SAN FRANCISCO Many of the elegant Victorian homes of San Francisco, now called the painted ladies, escaped the earthquake and fire of 1906 that destroyed much of San Francisco and many of the homes that have been
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 