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An adventure within an adventure… part 2…

After I took the girls exploring in that fancy hotel, we drove through the back streets of Berkeley… which also happens to be the name of a song I wrote a long time ago… The Back Streets of Berkeley. Once again, I … Continue reading

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And of course no trip to the Bay Area would be complete without a walk down by the bay…

I took a little walk with my brother, Sid, and my daughter, Mollie. San Francisco was nestled in a blanket of fog, as is so often the case. This is a view I will never get tired of. That is … Continue reading

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And you know I always visit my friend John when I go back to the Bay Area… even though he is dead…

For a dead guy, he sure has a nice view… Okay, technically it his memorial tree growing over his ashes… or most of his ashes… that has the good view. I am pretty sure I did a post a long … Continue reading

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And of course, the sun continued to set in the West…

You know, like suns do… I took all of these from my mom’s deck… The Bay Area has some awesome sunsets, but there were two nights when we were there that just called out for me to grab my camera… … Continue reading

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So, yeah, driving to the Bay Area again…

Not long after we saw the helicopter on the freeway, we got to the top of the Grapevine, the pass through the mountain range just North of Los Angeles… At the top of the mountain, we drove right into a … Continue reading

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You can’t tell by looking at me, but I am really high…

No… not that kind of high… I am way up in my pine tree. This tree used to be just a few feet tall and lived in a pot. We used it as a Christmas tree for a few years. … Continue reading

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This is a post for my head minion, Trent… and all the other people who live where it is still snowing…

If you live in a place where it quite often snows And there are little ice flakes in the cold wind that blows It might be cruel of me to mention, I suppose That here, we have blossoms on everything … Continue reading

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So… uh… some random pictures of our little adventure…

I took that picture from the car on the way to Arizona. I like that mountain because it looks sort of like a castle. It is always fun to watch the sunrise, especially when you are travelling. We stopped at a … Continue reading

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Well… this is awkward…

I have been out-of-town since yesterday. My wife and I had to drive back to Scottsdale, Arizona, to pick up here new car… even though we were just there last week… because we couldn’t find one in the right color in California, … Continue reading

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Some birds…

I still wonder how they can afford to just use water to make lakes in the middle of the desert, but then again, Las Vegas is full of ponds and fountains and lakes. At least these manmade lakes in Scottsdale attract lots … Continue reading

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