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Hey, I bet nobody else you know got up at four this morning and drove for miles just to walk out onto the Golden Gate Bridge to get you some photos… part 2… in which I pay tribute to our military, and discuss some of the military history of the Bay Area…

This will be the only part of my series about my most recent adventure in San Francisco that is not, more or less, in chronological order- probably- and I guess, most of it almost is. After I finished walking out … Continue reading

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My Yosemite adventure… part 5… the wildlife… part 3… in which I finally tell you all about that bear, and share the photos of deer so close that you can see their eyelashes…

There is the bear I saw on my adventure in Yosemite. Not only did I see him once, I saw him twice. On two separate days. Even the park rangers were amazed by that. Lots of people go to Yosemite … Continue reading

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Hey, I bet nobody else you know got up at four this morning and drove for miles just to walk out onto the Golden Gate Bridge to get you some photos…

Well, I did. I mean, I did lots of other stuff too, and this will certainly make doing my Yosemite picture posts more challenging, but hey, I do it all for you. So, bearing in mind that I am, obviously, … Continue reading

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My Yosemite adventure… part 2… Half Dome, a very famous rock… or, well, uh, half of a very famous rock?… a very famous half-rock?…a famous rock half?…

As I said in the first three posts in this series… what?… yes, I know, this is titled ‘part 2’, but there were two posts before part 1, that were really part of… you know, you should really try to … Continue reading

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My Yosemite adventure… part 1…

Yes, I know, I already did two posts about this adventure, so the title will confuse people. Good. I can’t explain, over and over in every upcoming post, how the fires burning around Yosemite made it possible for me to … Continue reading

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Okay, you guessed it, I went to Yosemite… (with some disturbing photos of a smoldering California)…

I was only planning on doing a day trip, but I ended up staying over night. I took a lot of pictures. I have to think about how to present them, and which to post, because this is only the … Continue reading

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Okay, try to guess where I went on my latest adventure… I will give you some hints…

There I am, smack-dab in the middle of… my most recent adventure. Try to guess where I went. Here are some more hints. The place I went has a river… and some streams. Some of these streams fall for quite … Continue reading

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Today, I traveled all around the world, and all I got you was a bunch of lousy flower pictures… part 5… the final chapter…

I know I am doing too many post today, and I am sorry, but I want to finish. Because I am going to try to wake up at 3:30 in the morning tomorrow, and go on a real adventure… just … Continue reading

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Today, I traveled all around the world, and all I got you was a bunch of lousy flower pictures… part 3… starting with flesh-melting carnivorous flowers of doom!!!

Okay, the title might be a little over the top, but these pitcher plants do indeed lure insects into their vases, and then slowly dissolve them in a pool of digestive juices. We are now officially in the part of … Continue reading

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Today, I traveled all around the world, and all I got you was a bunch of lousy flower pictures… part 2… (including a picture of a rock that looks like Darth Vader)…

Okay, the title of this post is a total lie. First of all, I didn’t travel around the world today… that was yesterday now. Because it is the next morning. Also, this post contains not one single photo of a … Continue reading

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