At the moment it seems like most of the northern hemisphere is experiencing a fairly miserable heat wave — and I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s more than ready for cooler weather. If I could just take off and head to the coast or the mountains, I’d be gone! Today the projected high temperature in my part of […]
I can’t believe this is my very first time watching this episode of California’s Gold! It’s absolutely packed with beautiful scenery as well as history — of the railroad, of the Chinese who helped build it, and even a bit of musical history. The central coast of California has some stunning scenery, and I haven’t seen nearly enough of it. […]
Back in January 1987, The Big Guy decided we should make a list of San Francisco Bay Area fishing piers and hit them all, one by one. That was why, at 8 AM on this particular day, I was sitting in an improvised chair in the back of our 1976 Camaro watching the rain pour down at Ballena Bay in Alameda. […]
I’ve never visited Providence Mountain, the first of the two State Parks Huell visits in this episode of California’s Gold, but I’ve been lucky enough to see the Indian Grinding Rock site. It’s a great day trip in a beautiful part of the Sierra foothills, and every time I watch this episode I want to go back and see it […]
This episode of California’s Gold is among the top ten fan favorites of the entire series. And after watching the episode, I had to add riding a mule into the Yosemite back country to my bucket list! It’s also wonderful to see amazing trees like Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in Inyo County and the giant Sequoia known as the Roosevelt Tree […]
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: May 7, 2017
The theme of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Sky. Your photos can be a brilliant blue sky or a stormy sky. You can have objects in the sky or not. I just want to see plenty of blue skies and skies that are full of clouds and storms. A sky full of ever-changing clouds has been one of […]
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: April 23, 2017 We’ll soon be off to our annual family fishing trip at Clear Lake, so I thought a few odd ball pictures from our 2016 trip might be appropriate.