California

We toured Sunnylands, the "Lifestyles Of The Rich and Famous" estate of the late Walter and Lee Annenberg, who lived large and entertained lavishly.  Their estate is on a 650-acre parcel at the corner of [...]

The Hetch Hetchy Reservoir was created because of an earthquake - but not literally.  In 1906, San Francisco, then the 9th largest city in the US, was rocked by an earthquake estimated at 7.9 on [...]

Why should you be excited to see a PLATYPUS? The US, as of 2019, has the only platypusses (platypi?) outside of Australia. They are intriguing critters! Semi-aquatic egg laying mammals. The San Diego Zoo Safari [...]

Catching up on our Vitamin D!

A little beach time... we walked the beach for hours every day.

The John Muir Trail covers some of the most beautiful mountains in the world, from stunning, glacier-chiseled Yosemite, to the jagged spires of the Minarets, to the highest mountain peak in the contiguous USA. Hikers [...]

Just 30 minutes west of Paso Robles lies charming Cambria.  Moonstone Beach is the place to go for surfing and beach walking.

Internationally-acclaimed artist Bruce Munro has premiered his largest artwork to date—an enormous multi-acre walk-through installation—at Sensorio in Paso Robles, California. It's made up of an array of over 58,800 stemmed spheres lit by solar powered [...]

Golfing in Torrey Pines near Carlsbad is tough.  The paragliders and the ocean are distracting - not to mention the nude beach!  The US Open will be here in 2021.  

We've missed a LOT of golf in the last year due to my knee problems, but all seems well now.  Mike hadn't played in quite a while himself out of empathy for me, so we're [...]

How many people does it take to make a town?  How about TWO??  The mayor and his wife? The official "Center of the World" lies in the town of Felicity, CA - near the California/Arizona [...]

In an hour's drive around Mt. San Jacinto, you can be a world away from Palm Springs at Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA.  Instead of warm desert, you are transported up 6,000 ft. in elevation to pine [...]