Adventuring: A Travelblogue with Photos

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Urban Trails for TAPS

I followed a paved trail behind the neighborhood where my family lives. It was a nice little biking or hiking trail. The trail branched off between a couple of fenced back yards, a barking dog in each one raising a ruckus, a noise gauntlet... But looking back, it wasn't so bad after all... Sign in to see full entry.

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window seat: West Coast Range

I only snapped a few with this camera, the lighting and coloring not being as natural as the other... after some fiddling, here are the best images of Northern California. wide river-course, don't know which river yet. Not sure--maybe this is Whiskeytown Lake? Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 6, 2009

Intimate Spring

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Tennis, anyone? The parents play...

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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Along A Spring Creek

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Cheery Blossom Festival!

the grandkids! Zoe Riyan Vale Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunshine on my shoulders...

So happy to be strolling outside in temps near 70 with blue skies overhead! Yesterday we made the expedition downtown to the Cherry Blossom Festival, which probably, for you as it did for me, evokes images of an elegant avenue of shimmering pink trees along the borders of the Reflecting Pool, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 3, 2009

Eating Out

I offered to Annie and kids out for dinner tonight... we decided on a place next to the first choice, not wanting to hang around a half hour for a table. The other was having its first night open, had an ambitious menu. We looked it over, decided the prices were do-able based on the kids menu, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Long flight over a lot of country

From Seattle to Oakland... Oakland to Phoenix... Phoenix to Baldimer... Now, a little over 12 hours since leaving home, I am settling in at the house my daughter and husband (to be) purchased last summer. I saw it Before, and now am mighy impressed with the After. They have done a fine job on what I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 26, 2009

"I've looked at clouds from both sides now..."

Sometimes they are like glorious, angelscapes--other times, sinister and packed with disasterous omen... or benign, abstracts of nature that simply please and amuse the eye... Like this 'mackerel sky' seen as flooring: Sign in to see full entry.

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