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Chocolate and dogs… but don’t give chocolate to dogs… it is bad for them…

So, we got off the cable car near Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. We ambled through the park, and my wife wanted to take our younger daughter and her boyfriend to get some ice cream and chocolate… and where else … Continue reading

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That first photo might be the most San Franciscoey picture ever taken…

Or would that be: ‘the most San Franciscoish?’ That photo was taken from inside a cable car… (note the dangling Christmas ornament, top left)… and is of a VW bus… (that is painted in tie dye, and is taking tourists … Continue reading

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The last sunrise…

Okay… once again, not technically the ‘last’ sunrise… we should have a few more… at least until the election results are in… But these are the last of the photos I took during my early morning drive down the California … Continue reading

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Things that can go horribly wrong when you take photos… part 2…

Uh… it turns out that, no matter how pretty San Francisco looks in the distance, trying to take photos from a car on the freeway doesn’t usually work out that well… Especially at night… at 80 MPH… When you are … Continue reading

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What? We are almost at the end of the exciting stories and pictures of your latest adventure to the Bay Area? Tell me it ain’t so, cousin Arthur!

Yes, little cousin Campbell, I am afraid that is absolutely true. Oh, I still have a few posts to do, but we are nearing the end of the journey. I sure had fun hanging out with you, little guy. And … Continue reading

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We interrupt these pictures of sunsets to bring you… uh… pictures of a sunrise…

I am just, in my own clever way, reminding you that, on the way back South from my recent adventures in the Bay Area, I did get up at 3:30 in the morning, just to get you some pictures of … Continue reading

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Meetin’ some mammals… part 10… Horsing around…

Horses are not always easy to meet in an ‘up close and personal’ sense. I mean, yeah, you can go to someplace where you can pay to meet horses, but I am talking about you average horse who isn’t  conditioned … Continue reading

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Meetin’ some mammals… part 7…(Or): You otter behave yourself…

Yes, yet again I stopped, on my way down the California coast, after my adventures in the Bay Area and a brief stop to help out with my cousin’s kids in Santa Cruz, in Morro Bay, to see the sea … Continue reading

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Meetin’ some mammals… part 6… (Or): It hurts my brain when I think…

Okay, the ‘huts my brain’ part of the title has nothing to do with this post, but it is a good caption for the first picture. I don’t have any more funny advice about meeting these particular mammals, since, by … Continue reading

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Meetin’ some mammals… part 5… (Or): They aren’t all as friendly as they look…

Some mammals have adorable faces that make you want to get to know them. They might even be the kinds of mammals that appear to enjoy the company of other mammals. They can look, at first glance, as though they … Continue reading

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