Chico, United States Travel Blogs

The Days Prior
Jul 9, 2008

It's here, and it's finally kicked into realizatoin that I'll be leaving at the end of this week.  After 5 days of goodbyes and what was supposed to be packing, i find that i have a total of 5 things in my suitcase and have only had the time to visit ...

read craziness between the lines
May 17, 2007 (1 photos)

This morning Pixie and I caught up on some much needed sleep.  We spent the day lazing about while Kukui finished up with finals.  We had a trip to WinCo which ended with my promise never to return to that vile store, even if they do have the ...

Kristen joins the fun
May 18, 2007 (3 photos)

Picked up Kukui's friend, Kristen, from the train station.  We made a sign.  On the way, we picked up hitchhikers to increase the population of our welcoming crew.  Hope you enjoyed your welcome, Kristen.  I sure did. And Kukui ...

Kuk's Graduation
May 19, 2007 (5 photos)

We did a fabulous early morning wake up to hit Normal Street Bar before heading to Kukui's graduation ceremony.  Turns out that Kit Kat, Aspen, and Fuji were also graduating.  Congrats! Lunch was a lovely picnic in the park followed by a cat ...

Gebrochen! / Broken!
Jul 25, 2008 (5 photos)

... Hause zu unterstuetzen! Ich bedanke mich daher ganz herzlich bei meinen unerwarteten Sponsoren von Ozzie's BMW Centre, Chico fuer diese grosszuegige Unterstuetzung! Ebenso bedanke ich mich bei meinem freundlichen Helfer Adam, fuer den Transport des ...

On to Chico
Aug 26, 2008 (2 photos)

...   From Lake Tahoe it was a combination of freeway and local roads up to my cousins Herman and Bea in Chico, California.  I once again had the opportunity to practice patience as a combination of heavy traffic and road construction kept the ...

Dancing in Chico
Aug 16, 2008 (18 photos)

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Chico Sister Mural
Sep 16, 2008 (20 photos)

... mural in Chico was beginning even before we finished the mural at La Casa de los Ninos in Lo de Marcos. During a visit to Chico in September, Amalia and Robbie decided that they would "just do it." Why not now....Robbie would be leaving for Oregon in ...

Mural: Back in Chico California
Jul 8, 2008

... and wanted an interview. They wrote it up on the front page of the paper. A really great article written in the Chico Enterprise Record by Chris Gullick. She talked with Amalia and Robbie and called us and interviewed Dave and I via telephone from ...

Road Trip to Nor Cal
Jul 13, 2008 (10 photos)

... hot tip here), it's closed on Mondays. It was ok though, we just walked around a bit, then walked across the bridge onto the Chico State University Campus. There was a stream, where I put my toes in. The water felt sooooo good. It was 103 degrees F in ...

Finally, a hike & then more bad weather...
May 4, 2009

... passes (there was snow and ice around up there somewhere). Eventually, we ducked off the I-5, preferring a quieter route towards Chico, a moderately sized college town north east of Sacramento.  It had been a long day, but we were safely out of ...

Departure
Jul 14, 2007

... won't be joining us until the end of the week. Our first day was mostly driving, as it is approximately 7 hours from Chico to Pasadena. Traffic was good and uneventful, although dinner at a nice little Mexican restaurant at the grapevine is worthy of ...

Hoppy Travels
Aug 31, 2007 (5 photos)

After a couple hours of driving, we were both ready for some grub.  Thankfully, Jana had a plan: Sierra Nevada's brewery includes a restaurant.  Now, Sierra Nevada is known most widely for their IPA, and I'm not a huge IPA fan; but I'm never ...

DTS 2002
Mar 20, 2008

Doing my DTS

Patrick's Point, Hwy 299, and Chico
Jan 30, 2009 (9 photos)

... takes to cross over to the 5 in Redding.  Anticipating icy roads after nightfall, we hurried through mountains to arrive in Chico around 8pm.  We stayed in what used to be the cheapest hotel in the downtown, known as the Thunderbird.  We ...

Bicycles are better when covered in fur.
Mar 23, 2009 (14 photos)

... of Chico and we came across hoards of drunken  rowdy boys and girls from the local university. Not much difference between Chico and Chch in that respect, though I did note that there was a distinct absence of Irish music coming from the students' ...

Welcome to Chico. Leave your troubles at the door.
Mar 17, 2009

... a car then to get here you have just a few options. Hitch Hiking was not something I wanted to try in the states, and so my options became even narrower- plane or bus. Being that all the flights this way were frightfully expensive then Geryhound became ...

Arrive in the university town of Chico (Drive)
Jun 4, 2002

Arrive Chico

Chico Hot Springs
Jun 26, 2006 (1 photos)

So we made our way through Yellowstone and passed the Boiling River and LaDuke springs that were inaccessible due to high river flow. Chico Hot Springs resort awaited us in Montana, our room reminded me of the 1900's home I just moved out of on Mapleton ...

Contact Info
Apr 6, 2007

Here are some ways to contact me while I am out of the country:       email:  eurokevin2007@yahoo.com voicemail:  707-703-4352    (I can check it online) I will have a palm with wi-fi on ...

Junior Year All-Stars
May 19, 2005

Junior Year All-Stars was in Chico, California.

Chico, California
Oct 11, 2005

Another quick one.  I'm in Chico.  I'll write lots more about it later... Off to Arizona...

CSU Chico
Aug 20, 1986

Our second stop on Brady's "hmm, maybe I'll go here for college" tour. Hot as hell. Lot of aimless wandering around campus. Often smelled like dog crap.

Homecoming!
Jul 28, 2007

... weekend night and catch a glimpse though one of the many telescopes setup out front. You won't be disappointed. We returned to Chico at 4 AM this morning. It's nice to be home. The weekend ahead will see us logging and capturing the footage from the ...

Chico State Rocks!
Nov 24, 2007 (18 photos)

... to meet up with not only Grandma and her husband, Fred, but Aunt Nancy, Uncle Steve, Uncle Bob and Aunt Irina.  Unfortunately, I left the camera packed. A few days later we headed up to my Alma Mater, Chico State.  Here are the pics we took.