Do you know the difference between a Victory ship and a Liberty ship? I didn’t, even though I’ve actually visited a Liberty ship — the SS Jeremiah O’Brien, currently docked at Pier 35 in San Francisco. Victory ships were larger than their Liberty ship predecessors and were powered by steam turbines for faster speed, as opposed to the earlier steam […]
I was having a tough time choosing which of Huell Howser’s many episodes to feature today when I suddenly realized that March 8 is International Women’s Day. So I decided to observe the occasion by doing something a bit different for my post today: instead of just one, I’m highlighting a handful of episodes of Visiting which all celebrate some […]
Just a few of the photos from my wanderings around Mendocino village last week. Zooming in closely on my computer, I realized the man in the photo above was carrying an American flag. Now I kind of wish I’d stayed to see what he was doing. I wasn’t aware of the significance of the two signs shown below until I […]
I was so happy about the photos I shot last Saturday as we drove through a coast range snowstorm I nearly forgot it was actually time for Memory Monday! So instead I went through the “Korea albums” and found some images of family time in the snow to share today. These pictures provide a very good example of the nostalgic […]
Wasco is one of those tiny towns that sit just far enough off the main highway you may never even notice it as you speed past. But like many small towns, it’s home to a vital community of people who are proud of their town’s history and are always looking forward to its future. This hour-long episode of California’s Gold […]
I’m probably sounding like a broken record at this point, but again, I can’t be sure where these photos were shot. I do feel comfortable in guessing that it was somewhere in California’s Sierra Nevada, and some of these locations look somewhat familiar to me. One image actually includes a highway marker identifying Alpine County; that area is traversed by […]
The area around Santa Cruz has seen plenty of changes over the decades, and the latest bit of change means saying goodbye to the beloved pier at Seacliff State Beach (seen in the photo above). It’s due to be demolished any day now because of heavy storm damage that occurred earlier this year. Although it appears only briefly in this […]
I can’t be sure when this week’s photos were shot, but my guess is sometime in the early 1980s. As for the location, I’m fairly confident they all — with one excepton — show the peaks of the beautiful Sandia Mountains, just outside Albuquerque, New Mexico. I actually drove through Albuquerque with the Big Guy last July and got a […]
This is another one of those episodes of California’s Gold that I could have sworn I’ve already featured. Mono Lake is certainly a fascinating, beautiful, and unique feature, one that I can’t say I’ve ever visited, but it’s definitely been in the news at various points throughout my lifetime, given the delicate nature of its ecosystem and the importance of […]