My next set of images from the Korea albums all relate to men, machinery, and a whole lot of mud. I shared a handful of similar photos back in late May 2022, when I first began digging into this stack of photo albums, but there are enough of them to take up the next couple of weeks. It’s impossible for […]
This Classic episode of California’s Gold inevitably brings back memories from my childhood of traveling south along Highway 99/Interstate 5 toward the Tehachapi Mountains and seeing acres and acres of pumps working away in the fields on both sides of the road. As the years passed, the number of pumps visible from the highway grew ever smaller. And indeed, oil […]
This week I have a few miscellaneous shots of what I’m guessing is the motor pool service in South Korea. Although I would love the backstory on one set of images in particular, the only information I have is a date stamped on the back of one photo. I’ve also included a couple of images showing some impressive teamwork.
I’ve driven past Berryessa’s Monticello Dam quite a few times on the way to other destinations and often wished I could take the time to stop. Finally, driving home from Clear Lake and on my own, I pulled over and took a look around. It was a beautiful but breezy Friday afternoon. While I still intend to go back some […]
When I chose to feature this hour-long episode of Visiting (original air date April 1998) I had no idea that, in addition to the two segments described below, it actually contained a surprise at the end — a couple of extra hidden gems from Huell’s 1998 Videolog series. I especially enjoyed seeing the hike into the San Gabriel Mountains near […]
This week Huell presents a somewhat bittersweet tale of two fireboats — old Fireboat #2, also known as the Ralph J. Scott, serving with pride for 78 years; and her replacement, the shiny new Warner Lawrence, which took over the job in 2003. The episode combines two half-hour segments of Visiting; the first aired in June 1996, and the update […]
Starting today, I’ll be looking at photos of Kenneth W.’s time as a USAF airman as depicted in the Korea albums. Though I can only imagine the stories behind the images, it did seem like he worked hard, enjoyed his job, and still found time to relax and hang out with coworkers. In going through these photos I was suddenly […]
I have fond memories of Clear Lake going back to my childhood, when family car trips to Fort Bragg on the Mendocino coast meant traveling along the lake’s eastern shoreline (and occasionally stopping at the Foster’s Freeze in Lucerne, which is still there). Of course, Clear Lake, a very large natural lake, has many, many facets and even now I’ve […]