Scenic Sunday
The Adventure Continues… Constitution Day
I haven’t been able to blog on a regular basis lately (although I still hope to get back to a more normal routine at some point), but a few months ago I made a note in my calendar to feature this specific episode of Visiting on September 17. It’s now been 238 years since the U.S. Constitution was signed by […]
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More from Eagle Lake
The remainder of my phone pictures from September 2023, showing the area of Spalding Marina and the view from Dow Butte. The informational sign shown above reads as follows: Eagle Lake sits at about 5,110 feet above sea level in beautiful northeastern California, about 16 miles north of Susanville in Lassen County. It is the second largest natural freshwater lake […]
Lassen County, looking back
Back in early September 2023 I spent a week with the Big Guy next to Eagle Lake, in Lassen County. We were 45 minutes away from Susanville, in an area called Spaulding that was basically a grid of dirt and gravel streets lined with cabins, modular homes, and a few mobile homes — nothing too fancy, but we fell in […]
Remembering Mendocino
Memories and details from visits to Moat Creek and Stornetta Public Lands, near Point Arena, in 2022.
Parker County Courthouse
It was not quite 8 AM when I first caught sight of a towering mansion that seemed to be sitting in the middle of a busy street in Weatherford, Texas. I was caught up in the morning rush hour and wasn’t really sure where I was going; but I knew I wanted a closer look. As I moved closer, I […]
Buc-ee’s Fort Worth, July 2025
I may never in my life see the inside of another Buc-ee’s store — and I certainly never expected to visit the one in Fort Worth, Texas. The company has stores throughout the much of the U.S., from Florida to Virgina, from Wisconsin to Arizona; thus far, there are no locations in the Pacific Northwest or in California. I’ve since […]
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