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Travel Blogs from Walnut, United States
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New Year's Day, Joel
... the Berlin wall coming down... Sister Loel emerged around 10:30 for a walk and a visit to Willie McCovey's restaurant in Walnut Creek. This is an extreme sports family spot, with many screens going (including the Eagles). When Willie himself comes, ...
Joel's Tuesday
Wonderful day with family today. Brother Chan and I went around the nearby Lafayette Reservoir -- lots of families, joggers, dogs (sounds like California?) See the two pix showing the tower in the reservoir with the cormorants. We had an elegant ...
I'm home and ready to unpa...no, wait...hold on...
When I arrived back from Africa almost two months ago, I thought, YES!! It's been fun, but I'm finally done with planes, buses, cabs, layovers, backpacks, dirty drinking water, sleeping bags, mosquitoes, group living, poor communication, packing, ...
Steering Clear of Lovely Rita
I should be in the air right now, but instead I'm obsessively watching Doppler radar accounts of Hurricane Rita. My flight was scheduled to layover in Houston. I probably could have snuck by Rita and made it to New Orleans, but it seemed imprudent to ...
Boxing Day
This is Joel writing! I cannot figure out what time it is, because I went to sleep around 6:30 am Eastern and now it is 5 pm Pacific! My plane from Wash DC never caught up with the jet stream, and my brother was the last person to come to the ...
48 days till liftoff, 32 days of work.
Well it is way too early for any fireworks of experiences other than to say I am excited and getting extremely impatient! I did a test run on packing my backpack yesterday, that is how ready I am to go and I still have 49 days left! A little history: I ...
Pipe Spring, Wupatki, Walnut Canyon
... . Drove 200 miles to Wupatki National Monument in Arizona and viewed the Pueblo ruins from the 1100's. Then I drove 37 miles to Walnut Canyon National Monument in Arizona and saw Sinagua dwellings over 800 years old in the cliff faces. ...
It ain't over even when it's over
My days as Dog Nanny drew to a close last Saturday, and I flew back to Northern California. Caring for JD and Shep (who I think are now Jordan and Bijou) was a wonderful way to end my Animal Rescue journey. Jordan in particular made amazing strides ...
Almost ready to go!
Welcome friends! We've been planning this trip for many many months and we're almost set to go. We're flying out of SFO mid-day tomorrow. We are going to be traveling around Europe for 9 weeks. We're visiting 7 countries and 17 cities. We hope to see as ...
Woods, Waves and Redwoods
... , this was the first time that I walked with my backpack. (It was not completely full as some contents were left behind in Walnut Creek.) It is good practice. The pack takes some getting used to. Thanksgiving is this coming Thursday. We will have the ...
Walnut Canyon
... the dwelling of a single family, and might measure approximately two meters high by six meters long by three meters deep. Walnut Canyon was proclaimed a national monument on November 30, 1915, but not before many of the dwellings were destroyed by early ...
Day 3: Walnut Grove, MN
... I has ever really watched the show, that was slightly less interesting to us. The museum had an example of a small house from Walnut Grove from Laura's time, a pine house like the one the Ingalls lived in briefly, and a dugout like the one near the ...
Redwood National Park to Walnut Creek, CA/San Fran
... and we’re crossing the bridge into Oakland, CA right across from San Francisco. We’re staying with friends in a suburb called Walnut Creek. Now..here’s the big surprise. The whole drive down it was a balmy 75-80 degrees and partly sunny. ...
Baseball Game
Well everyone we have been having a great time so far in Carmel, we went on a day trip to a Baseball game in San Fran which includes free food and drink on the bus to San Fran and back which takes 2 hours to get there and 2 hours to get back. You will ...
New Year's Eve in California
Hello, everyone! Brother Chan and I are puppy-sitting here at sister Loel's. We just visited Lady, who, unfortunately was very obsessive about her hand, and seemed totally uncomfortable this evening. Interesting day. It started with driving rains ...
New Year's Eve in California
Hello, everyone! Brother Chan and I are puppy-sitting here at sister Loel's. We just visited Lady, who, unfortunately was very obsessive about her hand, and seemed totally uncomfortable this evening. Interesting day. It started with driving rains ...
My Friend David Perry
... peacefully in the presence of his family and friends. Dave and I met four years ago when we worked together at Prima in Walnut Creek. We became instant friends and were immediately joined at the hip... or the foot, rather, since we spent most of our ...
Visit to Arnoldland
... in Lake Tahoe. Today, Mark, will pick me up for a weekend in Sebastapol. (Wynona Ryder's birth place?) I will return to Walnut Creek on Sunday and then will return to Sebastapol for Turkey Day which I am anxiously awaiting as hopefully no canned food ...
Day 24: Snowbird Mtn to Walnut Mtn
... but his injuries put him off) and headed down the mtn. After a brief stop at Roaring Fork shelter we continued the 5 miles up to Walnut Creek. The bugs were pretty bad and were really bugging us, so I got a little fire going and that did the trick. ...
Pre Trip to the Trip
The night started off a little windy...the beers began to flow. And soon we were singing along to the tunes... :) The pre-trip to the trip is a tradition we started on our last European adventure...we miss Brianna! After sighting Erin at the BART ...
The Nice America
San Fransico was great, I cant say enough good things about the city. We went on a tour of Alcatraz, say the Bay Bridge and San Fran Bridge, took a ride on a cable car and saw the steepest street in the world. The best thing was the trip to Alcatraz. ...
the age is never late
here we are...in Walnut Creek...in the retirement suburb called Rossmoor...just the place to celebrate your 25th birthday. Goodbye to Chestnut ranch, goodbye Renee, goodbye Tom & Nikki. The last piece of vegan chocolate cake for the first breakfast of ...
Prologue II
So I will be in the bay area until Saturday morning. here's why... A verdict was reached in a trial involving a shooting of an unarmed (black) man by a (white) BART Police officer. There had been threats of rioting on the BART system and my ...
So Close I can taste the Guinness!
So, I am here at my last day of work, and I cant stop thinking about leaving this monday! I have all of my documents ready...all I need to do now is pack (something that i am really not looking forward to). Wow, I leave in 4 days! Ireland is waiting ...
One Day Away!
Hey all! One day out from my 14hr flight to Europe. I will be taking a direct flight from SFO to Amsterdam, and then through to Munich... So I'll be there Monday Aug. 2 at 2:55pm local time, or 14:55 I guess. Very excited and a little bit ...
Crackin Whips (cookie)
DAY 1! and what a day it turned out to be! We actually got off on time. Our first stop was the Fort Cody Trading Post. THAT WAS FUN! They had these huge whips. (ment for bulls or something (hopefully)). that we (I) got in trouble for craking. But ...
Walnut Canyon National Monument
A short drive East from Flagstaff is the Walnut Canyon National Monument. The canyon has a trail that passes 25 cliff dwelling rooms constructed by the Sinagua people. It was a long walk, but the kids (and parents) made it all the way down ...
On the Road Again...almost
... who I must thank for allowing me to take this great trip. We had dinner and then I was packed and headed out from Novato to Walnut Creek. We decided it was best to take off from Jefe's place as that was closest to Hiway 4. We will take 4 east until ...
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