California Inn Bakersfield

... diesem kleinen Schock, haben wir uns dann von d** atemb**aubenden Natur in ihren Bann ziehen lassen. Nach ei***** Zeit weit**** Fahrt und ein** Wand**ung von fast 1km sind wir schließlich beim "biggest thing on earth" angekommen - d** Gen**al Sh**mann Tree. Wirklich beeindruckend, wenn man vor so einem reisigen Baum steht. Man kann das fast gar nicht fassen...und d** Waldabschnitt dort ist voll von diesen Sequoia-Bäumen. Einfach genial! D** Gen**al Sh ...

Today we drove into Sacramento so that I could see the capitol. It was even prettier than I expected it to be--not as impressive as Denver's, but more old-world like Montgomery. On our way out of town we saw an old steam engine train crossing the main street. It looked as if it carried tourists--I managed to get a photo. We ...

How quickly things change without even leaving yet. Due to the heat, we decided to split the original first day's trip into two. First night we are staying at http://www.oasislasvegasrvresort.com Yes, I know it's roughing it (they only have 20 cable channels), but it beats driving ten hours on the first day.

We have been planning our "epic" trip across the West for some time ...

After driving all morning we arrived back home this afternoon. Got to talk to the neighbors about the local happenings. The lawn is looking sad, overgrown and brown, I'm sure our local watchdog is not very happy with us. Oh well I clean up next week. For now I’ve got to finish up the work I brought home and we leave for Santa Barbara tomorrow for a couple of days.

... company, Dragon's Village ww.dragonsvillage.org/Home.html. My mom had decided that she would give us her frequent flier miles as my dad passed away and she wants to live with the memories of travel with him. So we were able to get both tickets with the miles. We will depart on May 15th, about 5 weeks from now. This will be a blog on our preparations and subsequent travel in China and Japan.

... the sinus cavity and out the other nostril. Also if you know Kara she hates having her nose touched let alone having something shoved up it. I think the pictures say it all, but we thought you all should get enjoy the fun that we are having as well. Drew we will let you know if it works so that you can try it out next! Enjoy! Chris

... more spectacular with the shadows from the rocky crops reaching far across the valley floor. It would be a photographers dream. We kept going for another 2 hours and as we crossed the red rock canyon range of mountains we got our first glimpse of the bright lights of Vegas (despite the fact that Vegas was over 20 miles away). You could see the incredibly powerful laser light coming out from the top of the Luxor Hotel pyramid and the bright lights of the hotels and casinos ...

... the Nevada desert to the city that never sleeps - LAS VEGAS! Weird, weird place. We drove for miles and miles through nothing but desert and military areas and then all of a sudden there it was on the horizon, the bright lights of Vegas. Once again I successfully navigated our way to the strip (he'd be lost - literally - without me, I tell you!). From our hotel we could see just a small portion of what was on offer, but after a very sweltering walk along the ...

... dating their half sibling. The reporter's advice was for affected families to move well away from the city. The cop looks aghast at his wife and then their son walks in. While the cop and his wife are both slim, the doc on the news clip was a full on tubby tucker - and their son is the size of house! Next shot, they are in the middle of nowhere, Bakersfield. The city cop's new partner is really excited because the city cop is black and ...