It was just a stroke of luck that I happened to check a map - a real paper map - prior to our departure from Flagstaff for Moab. I say 'real map', because with his handy dandy GPS unit, Ed has become even more map averse than ever. He just plugs in destination addresses and follows the instructions given to him by the sexy female voice. Wish he felt the same when hearing my voice simple … [Read more...]
Sacramento Surprises
I admit that I knew nothing about Sacramento before making a 2-night stop there back in December. Like, who knew it was a deep-water port, with a river that runs all the way down to San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean? OK, maybe you did, but it was a surprise to me. On that basis alone, it finally made sense why Sacramento became California's capital city, despite the flat terrain and … [Read more...]
Salton: The Smelly Sea
I did some homework before heading down to see the Salton Sea and by almost all accounts, we fully expected the smell to be nauseating. From the picture posted here to the right, you can see why. The smell wasn't nearly as bad as we'd been led to believe, however. Don't get me wrong - the odor wasn't pleasant by any stretch of the imagination, but it wasn't so bad as to be sickening. It … [Read more...]
BIG Tree Huggers
Not only do I hug trees, I kind of worship them as well. Our main living area is dubbed the 'tree room' due to the fact that almost all the art and artifacts either represents trees, or is made of beautiful wood. Ergo, when I get the opportunity to hug trees as big as those at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, I wouldn't pass up the chance. :-) Giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron … [Read more...]
Dancing on the Queen Mary
I've never been keen on dancing and Ed would probably rather jump off a cliff than do so, but neither of us could resist a spin around the ballroom on the Queen Mary in Long Beach. Just the possibility that we might be tracing the footsteps of people such as Winston Churchill, Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Spencer Tracy, the Queen Mum, William Randolf Hearst and others was … [Read more...]
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