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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
JULY 8, FRIDAY
REDWOODS STATE PARK I thought that the giant redwood trees were in Northern California in a National Park. And here was a grove of protected ancient redwoods right outside of Santa Cruz in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. Ruth and
JULY 8, FRIDAY
REDWOODS STATE PARK I thought that the giant redwood trees were in Northern California in a National Park. And here was a grove of protected ancient redwoods right outside of Santa Cruz in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. Ruth and
JULY 7, THURSDAY
IMPRESSIONS OF SAN FRANCISCO I leave San Francisco with two impressions. The first came from riding for 6 hours on the $59 Big Bus tour of San Francisco, a tourist attraction that was eye opening and exhilerating. It convinced me
JULY 7, THURSDAY
IMPRESSIONS OF SAN FRANCISCO I leave San Francisco with two impressions. The first came from riding for 6 hours on the $59 Big Bus tour of San Francisco, a tourist attraction that was eye opening and exhilerating. It convinced me
JULY 6, WEDNESDAY
CHINATOWN I arrived in San Francisco with no idea what I was going to do now that I was here. I first bought a bus ticket to Santa Cruz on Greyhound for Saturday and then signed up for Veloe luggage
JULY 6, WEDNESDAY
CHINATOWN I arrived in San Francisco with no idea what I was going to do now that I was here. I first bought a bus ticket to Santa Cruz on Greyhound for Saturday and then signed up for Veloe luggage
JULY 4, MONDAY
LOPEZ ISLAND 4TH OF JULY PARADE The parade started at 11 or so. We had a good breakfast and got in the car but were unable to get to Lopez village because the parade was blocking the road. So I
JULY 4, MONDAY
LOPEZ ISLAND 4TH OF JULY PARADE The parade started at 11 or so. We had a good breakfast and got in the car but were unable to get to Lopez village because the parade was blocking the road. So I
JULY 3, SUNDAY
LOPEZ ISLAND There are hundreds of small, low dark green islands in the Puget Sound off the coast of northern Washington and yesterday I saw a number of them. They were carved out when glaciers, eons ago, sometimes three miles
JULY 3, SUNDAY
LOPEZ ISLAND There are hundreds of small, low dark green islands in the Puget Sound off the coast of northern Washington and yesterday I saw a number of them. They were carved out when glaciers, eons ago, sometimes three miles
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 