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Thursday, 2 Nov 2017 | Views [362]
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE has been the heart of the Air Force’s West Coast missile program since it successfully launched its first IRBM (for I ntermediate R ange B allistic M issile) in 1958. And they are still going strong.... Read more >
Thursday, 26 Oct 2017 | Views [293]
OF THE FIVE CHANNEL ISLANDS, ONLY SANTA CRUZ was on the menu for today. And since the Island Packers ferry sails at 9AM, we spent last night in Ventura rather than make the two-hour drive this morning. We really lucked out — not only ... Read more >
Monday, 23 Oct 2017 | Views [274]
SOMETHING MAY BE ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK, but it hasn’t affected Solvang, CA. The story of Solvang, Danish for “sunny field,” could almost have been written by the great-Dane himself, Hans Christian Andersen. It ... Read more >
Saturday, 21 Oct 2017 | Photo Gallery
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Thursday, 19 Oct 2017 | Views [400]
I FIRST HEARD OF CESAR CHAVEZ FROM JONES. He is one of my oldest friends and self-appointed social conscience. We were all too preoccupied with finishing high school to care much about the Delano Grape Strike in 1965 where Chavez rose to ... Read more >
Wednesday, 18 Oct 2017 | Views [195]
I DON’T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS — NOT CASPER, Wendy or even Spiritus Sancti. But ghost towns, well, that’s a whole different story.
Calico Ghost Town
We hadn’t ever heard of Calico until ... Read more >
Monday, 16 Oct 2017 | Views [322]
THE MOHAVE IS THE SMALLEST DESERT in the United States, comprising less than 50,000 square miles mostly in California and Nevada. But if you were crossing the Mohave on the Union Pacific Railroad in the early 20 th Century, you would certainly ... Read more >
Saturday, 14 Oct 2017 | Views [285]
WE VISITED JOHN DAY FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT in Utah from our base in Washington. That was back in August. Now we are using Utah as a base to visit NPS sites in Arizona. That’s the way it sometimes is in the West where distances ... Read more >
Friday, 13 Oct 2017 | Photo Gallery
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Thursday, 12 Oct 2017 | Views [239]
UTAH IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE STATES, especially in the fall when the temperatures abate and the rock formations glow in the softened light. Our visit this time, though on the west side of the state, was no exception. The temperatures in Hurricane ... Read more >
Saturday, 7 Oct 2017 | Views [259]
EVERYONE SHOULD VISIT LAS VEGAS ONCE — no one should have to visit twice which hardly explains why we are here again. Our previous times in “Lost Wages” were business conventions and we never left the confines of the Strip to ... Read more >
Sunday, 1 Oct 2017 | Views [273]
MAMMOTH IS A POPULAR DESTINATION for well-heeled Angelenos. They come for snow sports in winter and for hiking, biking, fishing and golf when the snow has gone. One of the year-round attractions is Devils Postpile National Monument, a volcanic ... Read more >
Saturday, 30 Sep 2017 | Views [416]
LIKE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WE HAVE BEEN watching the Vietnam War series on PBS. As a veteran myself I was hoping Ken Burns’ presentation would shed some light on my ambivalent feelings about my service but after ten episodes I am just as ... Read more >
Friday, 29 Sep 2017 | Photo Gallery
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Monday, 25 Sep 2017 | Views [285]
THE GAMES COULD HAVE BEEN PLAYED IN three different countries. SafeCo Field in Seattle had a definite Asian feel. All of Seattle feels like a little UN. No wonder Ichiro was so revered as a Mariner.
Petco Field, ... Read more >
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