In part because I’m still in somewhat of a long-standing state of disbelief, I haven’t done much posting as we’ve been approaching our upcoming once-in-a-lifetime trip. But after more than a year of knowing about it and waiting for it — bam: the vacation has graduated from upcoming to happening and the time is upon …
In my boundless wisdom and foresight, when me previous Mac desktop — which had long been buggy and glitchy — reeeeaaaaally started to act a fool and make me cry, I transferred all my photos onto an external drive. We’re talking something like 20,000 of them dating back eight years. Sure enough the computer booted …
With my morning wide open yesterday I found a bike rental place near the hotel and took a self-powered 3-hour cruise of discovery around lovely San Antonio. I visited the San Fernando Cathedral, the amazing King William Historic Residential District, the remarkable Mission Concepcion, a nice stretch of the city’s famed River Walk, and more …
Since Susan and I returned (and actually while we were there) I’ve been grousing about how any photos taken of the giant sequoias in Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks are preordained to fail. It’s pretty much a fact that taking a picture of an almost unfathomably gigantic tree amidst other almost unfathomably gigantic trees …
There’s been a roadtrip story inside my head needing writing for awhile involving my friend Mark Burton, myself, his 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am, a bunch of cigarettes and a case of Old Milwaukee beer. I was reminded of it coming back through Bakersfield from our vacation to Kings Canyon/Sequoia National Parks on Monday. During that …
Last year for a mini-vacation around this time we drove up to Carmel and had an awesome time coming down Highway 1. For this year’s edition of an extended Labor Day excursion we’re leaving our zoo in the very capable hands of DogGone Walkin’ pet sitters, hopping in our new Ford Escape this morning and …
In honor of Bastille Day I resubmit a photo of the Seine and Notre Dame Cathedral taken from our wonderful room at the Hotel le Notre Dame on Quay Saint Michel in the Latin Quarter along the left bank of the river during our visit in May 2007.