Having just come from the zoo, we took the short drive to Fort Nisqually.
Tag: history
As part of our drive to Shasta, we stopped briefly in Sacramento for the night.
Continue reading “Sacramento, CA – What’s that in the hotel room?”
While many travel sites say that Randsburg is a ghost town, there’s a living population there, though the numbers are small. Continue reading “Randsburg, CA – Not Quite a Ghost Town”
Jim grew up in Coronado, so he was happy to show me around.
Continue reading “Coronado, CA – Sand castles, ships, and bizarre trees”
Jim surprised me by telling me we were going to renew our vows on Kauai.
Who builds a huge residence in the middle of the desert with exotic materials??
This 0.5 mile tunnel was dug over a 38 year period of time by William “Burro” H. Schmidt, beginning in 1900.
In 1871, escaped convicts hid out at what was, at that time, known to the Europeans as Mount Diablo, and the Paiute in the area as Wit-sa-nap.
The rangers will not tell you where the oldest Bristlecone is located, for fear that someone will damage it.