Seventy-five miles in the center of the Saline Valley we spotted mine up on the mountain. We drove three miles … More
Category: US Travel
1681-Hot Springs – CA
My friend Jimmy and I have been to Death Valley many times, but this time we chose to drive then … More
1680-Eureka Dunes – CA
My friend Jimmy and I made another run to Death Valley. One of the nights we stayed at Eureka Dunes. … More
1619-Dana Point Sunsets
We live in Dana Point and walk down to this beach on a regular basis. These two nights were some … More
1610-Golden Gate Bridge
If you cross the Golden Gate Bridge and pull into the tourist parking lot on the North side, you can … More
1616-New Orleans
Since I have not updated the blog for a while, this is a combination of two trips the NOLA. Jazz … More
1615-Hawaii
Hawaii is always one of our favorite places so we made a trip before all of the COVID stuff and … More
1614-Chicago
I used to hate Chicago until I was shown by a former local (Janine – who was raised near there) … More
1613-Mermaid Bar
The Mermaid Bar in downtown Sacramento is one of the most fun bars I have had the pleasure of stumbling … More
1612-Yucca Valley
We love going to Joshua Tree National Park and rummaging through the Sky Market in Yucca Valley. During the months … More
1611-Mono Lake
Mono Lake is up Highway 395 on the Eastern side of the Sierras on the way to Lake Tahoe. It … More
1610-Nike Missile Base
SF-88 is a former Nike Missile launch site at Fort Barry, in the Marin Headlands to the north of San Francisco, California, United States. Opened in 1954, … More
1609-Marin-Headlands
The Marin Headlands is a hilly peninsula at the southernmost end of Marin County, California, United States, located just north of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge, … More
1608-China Town
The Chinatown centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, CA is the oldest Chinatown in North America and the largest Chinese enclave outside Asia. It is also the oldest and largest of the four … More
San Diego Zoo
The San Diego Zoo is a zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, housing more than 3,500 animals of more than 800 species and subspecies. It’s parent organization, … More
Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. Click on … More
California Auto Museum
California Automobile Museum is an automobile museum located in Sacramento, California. It has a collection of over 150 classic cars, race cars, muscle cars and early models displayed throughout 72,000 square … More
Colors of New Orleans
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Phoenix Botanical Garden
Desert Botanical Garden is a 140-acre botanical garden located in Phoenix, central Arizona. Founded by the Arizona Cactus and Native Flora Society in 1937 … More
Petersen Car Museum
The Petersen Automotive Museum is located on along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. One of the world’s largest automotive museums, the Petersen … More
1499-Salvation Mountain – Salton Sea, CA
Salvation Mountain is located in the lower desert of Southern California in Imperial County just east of the Salton Sea … More
1498-East Jesus – Salton Sea, CA
East Jesus is an experimental, habitable, extensible artwork in progress since 2006 begun by the late Charles Stephen Russell in … More
1497-Sculptures – Borrego Springs, CA
Elephants, a herd of wild stallions, dragons, sloths, and a huge eagle sitting in the middle of the desert? If … More
1496-Roller Derby – Mission Viejo, CA
Who knew it, but I guess I’m into women’s flat track roller derby. When I was living in Alaska, several … More
1495-Area 51 – Las Vegas, NV
I‘ve always had interest in aliens, extraterrestrials, and the secret space program operated by the Air Force out at Groom … More
1494-Alien Spacecraft? – Area 51, NV
In recent history there are secret airplanes the military has developed and tested at Groom Lake or Area 51. The … More
1493-Groom Lake – Las Vegas, NV
Area 51 or Groom Lake is located in central Nevada surrounded by an Air Force base and the old Nevada … More
1492-Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas is a disgusting representation of life made to provide “bread and circus” to the proletariat. I hate going … More
1491-Moorten’s Desert Gardens – Palm Springs, CA
Janine and I visited Moorten’s cactus garden in Palm Springs, CA. I heard about the garden on a television show … More
1489-Moto Camping
Went to a weekend off-road motorcycle training class. Did a little camping with the boys and learned a lot about … More