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Elephant seals… so put on your swim trunks… oh man… I crack me up…

You may remember that I did this same drive on California’s famous Highway One under very similar circumstances not so very long ago. That time, this little beach near Hearst Castle was crowded with elephant seals. This time, it was … Continue reading

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What? Not another Bay Area sunset! Are you kidding me?

Well, I’m sorry, but I am trying to get through all these pictures I took on my latest adventure. I took my mom up Grizzly Peak Boulevard to the Lawrence Hall of Science… you might remember a picture I took … Continue reading

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Even more animal adventures… part 1…

I took my younger daughter, Mollie, to the San Diego Wild Animal Park today… we went just to play around with the zoom lens. I have so far edited our 269 photos down to a much more reasonable 150 or … Continue reading

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So, my daughter and I took my new birthday kayak out…

Now that I own a boat, that means I am not only a Scottish Lord, a blacksmith, and a minister, but I am now a captain too… among other things! The dismount is always the tricky part… and we all know … Continue reading

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Uh… that is a lot of jellyfish…

So, my daughter, Mollie, and I took my birthday kayak out on Mission Bay in San Diego. It is the first time I have had time to use it. There is even a vacant apartment at the complex that I … Continue reading

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The far reaches of forever…

So, you know how, when I travel, I like to get up early and go on my morning adventure walks… I have shared enough of them here… but when I went to visit my daughter in Arizona, she doesn’t live in an ‘adventurey’ … Continue reading

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I saw another rattlesnake…

As some of you who have been here for a while might remember, I have something of a history with rattlesnakes… One came in the front door of our house a few years ago, and I caught it and gave … Continue reading

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Mockin’ the cacti…

Yes, in Arizona, cacti mocking is a thing… You know, like cow tipping is a thing… somewhere… No… it isn’t really a thing… the thing is… (and I mean as in one of my patented blog ‘things’ that is)… that … Continue reading

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Flowers… for you…

We had some more family birthdays to celebrate… We went somewhere, which I will get to later… I was playing around with the macro setting on my camera… Which is weird, because I don’t actually have a macro lens… Anyway, … Continue reading

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A romantic sunrise walk with my wife…

I love that picture… My My wife and I walked down the beach as the sky began to lighten. The world was coming alive around us. That big cruise ship was still making its way into the port of San Diego. … Continue reading

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