Mountain View, United States Travel Blogs

Sunday 1 June
Jun 28, 2008 (2 photos)

... passed real Amish people in their carriages with horses pulling them, on their way back from church.   We found a Walmart at Mountain View to stop over for the night.  This was not a 24 hour superstore so we thought we had better ask permission ...

The Cycling is Worth the Flight to California!
Apr 10, 2007 (4 photos)

No huge updates today - had a nice, lazy day after eight hours of sleep. I think that's the first time in years I've slept more than five or six hours - fantastic!  Must be a result of our fantastic Easter dinner.  I also got in an hour swim ...

A day to relax
Jun 10, 2007 (1 photos)

Did nothing much on this day.  Tito Buddy and I accompanied Pages to a wonderful church service.  They themselves have been shopping around for a church and have attended this particular one only three times before. After church, Tito Buddy ...

day 7
Sep 11, 2007

... I started this adventure. So far everything I have seen and done has been great. I left Reno this morning and arrived in Mountain View around 1:30 this afternoon. I will be going into San Francisco much of this week and plan on leaving on Saturday or ...

Bill and Nancy Echols
Oct 14, 2009 (107 photos)

... rain and chill of this nasty cold front, we are ready to find my (Jodie's) cousins, Bill Echols and his wife Nancy in Mountain View, MO, Zetty Echols in Summersville, MO and Jon Echols in St. Louis, MO.  Following our GPS farther and farther into ...

I'd rather be watching Top Chef....
Nov 20, 2008

I am perplexed. At what point did the internet become this huge, complex entity filled with overwhelming CHOICE. Choice is a dangerous thing - it can literally short circuit your brain (I'm sure there's a study about this somewhere...online) and cause ...

22 days before we leave.......still getting ready
Jan 19, 2008 (1 photos)

[Entry by Derek] Well, well, well...............22 days to go and we still have a long list of things to do before we leave on our 14 week adventure around the world. I've finally gotten around to setting up our travel blog.    I've been ...

Heading off to the airport
Feb 11, 2008 (1 photos)

Well, everything is packed and ready.  We head to the airport in under 2 hours..............two flights through the night and tomorrow.  4 hours from San Francisco to Mexico City.  Then 9.5 hours from Mexico City to Buenos Aires. We ...

my travels
May 17, 2008

Moved to a farm in an old school bus. No house on the farm. Lived in the bus until my dad built 2 shacks and an outhouse. Took a bath once a week in a big metal wash tup and shared the water with my 2 brothers and sister. 1 at a time of course while the ...

Honest Folk and Folk Music
May 18, 2007 (2 photos)

... On the way there were 'flea markets' dotted along every road, looked like everyone's crap after they'd done a spring clean. Arriving in Mountain View, we read that it was the World Capital of Folk Music and the Town Square was the place to be after dark. ...

Goodbye Lockheed Martin
Mar 2, 2007 (1 photos)

Well, I did it.  Today I told my boss that March 30 will be my last day at Lockheed Martin.  For the last year and a half I have planned to leave Lockheed and travel for a year or so.  Today I took the first step to making it happen.  ...

This would be the last time ...
Apr 9, 2008

... 1993 Before taking you on my journey back to New York ... I had a short journey north of Monterey, CA ... to the town of Mountain View, CA.    It was on this night that I would see my favorite band, The Grateful Dead.  Little did I ...

Departing
Dec 14, 2006

Today we leave...

Wow! Getting closer
Nov 25, 2009

Our Countdown Clock just dropped below 9 day. 8 days, 23 hours, 55 minutes until we leave SFO. Gotta go pack!

Cindy Snow's wedding
May 23, 2009 (9 photos)

... river and it reminds you of an antebellum mansion from the south. It was great to catch up with Aunt Dee, Diane and Debbie. Mountain view is a great little town in the middle of the Ozarks. Every night on the town square people meet and play Ozark folk ...

June 29, 2009
Jun 29, 2009

This is a great day to take a walk outside if you love the hot weather because it's just a fairly good day to get some outdoor exercise. The weather is hot outside.

Home to sunny California...
Nov 27, 2005

No more rain!

Last minute packing and planning.
Dec 3, 2009

Our bags are packed.  We've practice-zipped (and to our amazement, they do close!) We are soooo ready to go. But there is only one way to begin this blog - with a huge thank you to our Dad for this incredible gift! Thank you! We love you! We are ...

Departure tomorrow
Mar 5, 2009

... out to Cali where I spent a week with Brett and Jacob in LA before driving north to stay with Sharon where I grew up in Mt. View, CA.  Got to visit George out in Oakland and Chau came to see San Francisco for the first time.  It's been fun ...

Blanchard Springs Caverns
Jun 22, 2009 (16 photos)

Spent the day in the caverns. Took 2 tours - Discovery and Dripstone trails. Strolled through large, beautifully lighted rooms with handrails and paved trails where we saw glistening formations like stalactites, stalagmites, columns and where flowstones ...

Home Sweet Home
Jun 1, 2001

My home for 15 years of my life. Although it is the "Folk Music Capitol of the World" it is nice to grow up in a small town.

Bill's place in Mount View, SF
Apr 2, 1983

Bill Rockwood had given me a lift from Perris Valley to his home in his VW Rabit (a Golf).  His girlfriend Judy and he gave me a comfy bed for my overnight stay - lovely hospitality to this wayward Aussie.  Bill was a local skydiver and had ...

The excellent adventure draws to a close
Nov 17, 2008

To finish my trip-home story (because the trip home is definitely part of the adventure): As I was saying, getting to Venice Marco Polo airport for a 6:55am flight is not so easy.... I had already bought a bus ticket for 2.50 euros the day before, but ...

Last day
Jul 9, 2007 (3 photos)

I am flying back to Southern California today.  Having such a packed itinerary the past couple of days, I slept in this morning.  Waking up only minutes before Tito Larry arrived back from a half-day at work, I got ready and we ate at the Gyro ...

Countdown...
Nov 22, 2009

I found a countdown website that says it is now 11 days or 278 hours or 16.721 minutes until we leave from San Francisco. Or, by Michele's count, six more workdays! We have both planned, web-surfed, read, watched Rick Steves DVDs and practice packed. ...

California
Oct 2, 2008

I don't think I went anywhere...just to work in Mountain View, CA.

Finally There
Nov 25, 2007 (27 photos)

Just Pictures this time.  I'll make sure I explain things in the captions.  Write more later.

Thank you, Dad!
Dec 16, 2009

We close our trip-blog as we started it, with a huge thank you to our Dad for this wonderful opportunity! We can honestly say we made the most of it! And enjoyed every day to the fullest.  A million thanks! (For those who care to stay tuned, we do ...

Walk around the block
Apr 2, 2009

Since it's beginning to look a lot like SPRING...Everywhere I go... Here's a picture: It's a really nice day outside. So you should go outside and enjoy the weather too!

Third card
Aug 1, 2009

8 of Clubs