We’ve spent the past two Christmas holidays with the Big Guy’s family in Texas. And while our visit in December 2023 was pretty much the epitome of a bad time, this year was much better — so I was surprised to find that I shot roughly the same number of photos both years. Still, the majority of pictures in 2023 […]
I have to admit I know next to nothing about California’s Channel Islands, but Huell visited a number of the islands, and this episode of California’s Gold, originally aired August 1994, features the smallest of the group. Although it may look like just a big rock, Santa Barbara Island has historically offered food and shelter not only to plants and […]
Aquamarine breakers trimmed in whitewater lace. To me, it’s a beautiful sight, seen all too rarely. To the Western gull, it’s just another day.
January 6, 2021, was not a good day for the U.S.; but we knew nothing about the events occurring as we happily hiked from the trailhead at Sterling Pointe on Folsom’s north fork that morning. Parking is free and plentiful, with room for both cars and horse trailers. The trails can be a bit confusing, but in general if you […]
I’m not sure why I keep stumbling upon empty, abandoned houses in the past couple of months. It started on our most recent trip to the Mendocino coast — four such neglected structures caught my attention. Three of those I hope to explore in the future, and the fourth gave off such creepy vibes I chose to give it a […]
The last set of images from our walk along Manchester Beach and back to our rental house on the Mendocino coast, November 2024.
Northern California’s Lake Berryessa has seen many changes over the years since its construction in the 1950s, not all of them positive. While the reservoir provides flood control and drinking water for a number of communities along the west side of the Sacramento Valley, it’s also been a prime location for recreation facilities, administered by the California Bureau of Reclamation […]
We walked from the house where we were staying over to Manchester Beach via an unpaved road cutting through what was once private property but is now part of a State Park Nature Preserve. I’m hoping to get a chance to explore this area further; both times I walked out this way it was late afternoon and I ended up […]