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Detours: A California adventure… part 7; One day down…

Here we are, at the end of the first day of my three-day, detour-filled California road trip adventure. I know, I didn’t post yesterday. I got the flu… with a migraine… wheee… I had a great time, visiting that beach … Continue reading

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Detours: A California adventure… part 6; With friends like these, who needs anemones?

Yes, I know it was a bad joke. Or pun… or whatever. I try to make my titles interesting, to increase my readership. You might also have noticed, in the title, that this is part 6 of a series. That … Continue reading

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Detours: A California adventure… part 5; The reason for my first detour…

There is one of the reasons I took the detour that started off this three-day, detour-laden road trip. My little cousin, Campbell… pronounced ‘camble’ for those of you who were wondering. Yes, I stopped by Santa Cruz on my way … Continue reading

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Detours: A California adventure… part 4; Birds and beaches…

It is time to leave the lighthouse… which you can just see the corner of, over there to the right… and continue on the first leg of my epic, detour-filled, three-day jaunt along the coast of California. I guess I … Continue reading

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Detours: A California adventure… part 2; The wild edge of America…

So where are we going, exactly, on this epic, three-day, detour-packed adventure down the coast of California, I hear you wondering? Do not be in such a hurry, fellow traveler! Like all good adventures, this one will unfold before us … Continue reading

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The California coast, from San Francisco to Santa Cruz… part 2… and, technically, the final chapter of the shortest series I ever did… but this one ends with cute kids… so… yeah…

I know, that could be New England, but it isn’t. It is Northern California, between the Bay Area and Santa Cruz. It was only a three-hour drive from my mom’s house in the hills North of Berkeley to Santa Cruz. … Continue reading

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The California coast, from San Francisco to Santa Cruz… part 1…

Horses, munching by the Pacific Ocean. I must be losing my touch. I stood by the fence, and did that tongue-clicking/tisk tisk sound, but none of them came over to see me. This is unheard of. Dogs, babies, and horses … Continue reading

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Winter in San Diego… in case you had to dig your car out of the snow this morning…

Have you considered moving? You know, to somewhere it doesn’t snow? I mean, we have snow. I can see it on the tops of the mountains in the distance. That is how we keep our snow… where we can visit … Continue reading

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Well, I was supposed to babysit again today…

But our friend, Joey, who is Olivia’s dad, and a friend of my wife’s from grade school days, decided to… uh… ‘take a sick day’… Yeah, I’m sorry if you live where it is snowing outside… I mean, I’m really sorry… Because it was … Continue reading

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Before I tell you about why we were where we were, I should tell you more about where we were…

The Hotel Del Coronado is famous. It has been in movies… and I will get to that in later posts… and kings, presidents, and Hollywood royalty have all stayed there. You should Google it. Ha… I knew there was something … Continue reading

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