Sunnylands in CA
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 [...]
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 [...]