Friday, January 15, 2021
CALFORNIA: REDWOODS NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS, Day 2 Part 2, Tall Trees Trail
Sunday, January 10, 2021
CALIFORNIA: REDWOODS NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS, Day 2 Part 1, Stout Grove and False Klamath Cove
August 9, 2020
Our second day in the Redwoods started out with a misty, magical morning. Look closely at his photo:
Friday, January 1, 2021
CALIFORNIA: REDWOODS NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS, Day 1
August 8, 2020
After a good night's sleep, we left Redding and drove northwest towards the coast, passing through small towns like Willow Creek (population about 1,500), where we stopped for gas and had our first couple of sightings of Bigfoot. Northern California is obsessed with Bigfoot.
Sunday, December 27, 2020
CALIFORNIA: TULE ELK RESERVE, THE CALIFORNIA STATE CAPITOL, AND SACRAMENTO MURALS
August 7, 2020
Five months into The Great COVID-19 Epidemic of 2020, we were getting pretty tired of staying home, but we were hesitant to travel. However, when our son Sam proposed meeting up in Northern California to explore the Redwood and Sequoia National Parks and surrounding areas, we figured that was a trip we could make pretty safely at the time. The numbers of cases were down and we would be in a place where we could be outdoors almost all day.
The plan was to pick up Sam at the Redding Airport, so we got an early start and headed north. It is a 600-mile drive, and not always particularly interesting.
Monday, December 14, 2020
NEW YORK CITY: EATING IN FLUSHING'S CHINATOWN
Saturday, December 12, 2020
NEW YORK: LONG ISLAND
February 16, 2020
Every time we visit Andrew we try to explore a different part of New York City or the surrounding area. On previous trips we have gone to places like Albany, Hyde Park, Valhalla, and Long Island's Sagamore Hill.
On our full day in New York, we rented a car and drove along the south side of Long Island, all the way to the Hamptons and the Montauk Lighthouse on the far end.
This obelisk near Jones Beach looks like a World War I or II memorial, but it is actually a fully functioning water tower that supplies the area with all its fresh water. Built in 1930, the inspiration for its design was the bell tower of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy (picture on right). The Jones Beach Water Tower is somewhere between 188 and 231 feet tall, depending on whom you ask, and extends more than 1,000 feet underground.
Monday, December 7, 2020
NEW YORK CITY DAY 2: KATZ'S, HAMILTON, AND JAVA INDONESIAN
February 15, 2020
By mid-February, winter is almost over in Southern California, so it was hard to face a day that only made it to 26° by noon and reached a high of 31° in the afternoon.