The last half of slide wheel number 6 took me back in time, from the mid 1970s straight to 1962, when I went camping with my family at Patrick’s Point State Park, on California’s far north coast. I was only about a year old on this trip; we did return there when I was a bit older, and I have […]
I was just now looking back through my previous post and noticed something I hadn’t seen before in the background of one of the photos: That’s some heavy duty manicure!
I must be watching too many episodes of American Pickers — when I spotted this old Chevy sign, the first thing I did was tap on it to make sure it was genuine porcelain!
According to Wikipedia, the city of Grapevine, Texas, has plenty of history behind it, including personages as diverse as General Sam Houston and Henry Methvin, an associate of Bonnie and Clyde. What I actually know about Grapevine is that there’s a Bass Pro Shops store there, and that Willhoite’s on Main Street is a really good place to eat lunch, […]
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A little over a week ago, I posted photos of a few people ignoring the trail closure signs following damage to the bike trail near Negro Bar. I’ve since learned from the great people at Friends of Lakes Folsom and Natoma (FOLFAN) that the slide area isn’t likely to be repaired right away. From their February newsletter: For now park management […]
The theme this week for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge is Crawling or Flying. Flying is pretty obvious anything from a bird, plane, balloon, a ball being thrown, etc. If I think of a baby crawling, they are using their arms and legs. So I would extend this to mean any 4 legged animal. Crawling can even mean slow moving so […]
In the summer of 1978, I took a road trip with my parents from Sacramento to British Columbia, Canada. We passed through Oregon and Washington State, making a few stops along the way to see the sites. Sadly, back then I wasn’t much into photography — but I made up for that shortsightedness (slightly) by taking copious notes and keeping […]