We couldn’t be within twenty miles of the ocean and not go check it out. The coastline in northern California is unlike that of southern California. Gone are the long, hot, sunny, sandy beaches that stretch for miles in either direction. Up here there are high cliffs, cold winds, sea stacks, and small pocket beaches [...]
It was late Saturday evening and knowing that we had some miles to cover to reach the Sonoma Valley by Sunday we chose the straightest and largest road, I-5. Our thinking was that it would make the trip more direct and faster. Boy, were we wrong; I-5 was wretched! The roadway was full of potholes [...]
It was a cool, gray morning when we left the Santa Maria Valley and headed for another girl-named valley, Santa Ynez. The valley, river, and nearby mountains all get their name from Mission Santa Ines (Spanish for Saint Agnes). The teen-aged, virgin Agnes earned her spot among the saints when she chose death over renouncing [...]
Our journey to the Central Coast of California went quite smoothly. We left the San Diego area rather late at night so that we would drive through El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles Del Río de Porciúncula (Los Angeles) when traffic was light. Or as one friend put it—it would just [...]
When we left off last time we were in search of refreshments after a long day of walking around the San Diego Wild Animal Park. That’s one of the nice things about having friends who live in the area, they know where all the cool stuff is. Brendan led us to Stone Brewery in Escondido [...]
I must preface my story about the San Diego Wild Animal Park by asserting that they could have easily named it the San Diego Wild Africa Park since the majority of the park’s 400 plus species of animals are from the huge continent. In fact the location for the park in the San Pasqual Valley [...]
While much of the country is still buried under blankets of snow or drenched by rain we are enjoying Spring here in Tucson. Located near the heart of the Sonoran Desert, Tucson is experiencing a spectacular wildflower year. We were fortunate this year as the winter rainy season was actually a wet one. The multiple [...]
I would be remiss to focus so much on Tucson without discussing the city’s long aviation history. Sixteen years after the Wright brothers successfully achieved lighter-than-air flight in 1903, land was set aside in Tucson for the creation of a civil airfield. The Tucson field was the first municipally-owned airfield in the country; it really [...]
Occasionally circumstances bring together people from opposite walks of life who join forces and create a masterpiece. Such was the case when Arthur Newton Pack met William H. Carr in 1951.
But first some background. William H. Carr was born in New York in 1902. His was a modest family headed by his father who [...]The month of February is a fantastic time to visit Tucson. Not only does Tucson have amazing warm and sunny winter weather (most of the time), but there is so much going on that there is literally something for everyone; Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, Fiesta de los Vaqueros, Accenture Match Play Championship, Kona 24 [...]
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