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Travel Blogs from Sacramento

Hillbilly ville

A travel blog entry by usacoasttocoast

... a high point when the Sacremento Sheriffs department arrive, not sure what they came for (we decided it was a drug raid) Liz and I offered to be searched by Montgomery, see photos, but had to settle for the picture. Getting ****** now looking forward to our week of luxury in the hotel on Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco, a bath at last and a real bed for my oh so aching ...

Environmental side of travel

A travel blog entry by kalifornier

Here is my takeaway from Asia travel: DO NOT buy any ivory products. When I traveled around China I saw numerous such shops; a recent Nat Geo investigation revealed 90% of ivory used in China is coming from slaughtered African elephants and then smuggled into the country. Please don't be a part of this Blood Ivory trade. And ...

Carson City to Shingle Springs/Placerville

A travel blog entry by beckyprice

Bob hooked his truck up to our trailer and he and Mike towed it to a KOA in Shingle Springs since our truck would have had a hard time pulling the hill across the mountain. Donna and I took the Blazer and took a few side stops to take pictures of the fall colors. We got in to Shingle Springs and got set up at a nice KOA ...

Arnie's Pad

A travel blog entry by sebsingh

... had an illegitimate child with his maid.

His old quarters are plush, with thick carpets, high ceilings and paintings dotted all around. Upon entering the building one is met by the statue of Christopher Columbus kneeling beside the Queen of Spain. Columbus is an interesting character in the US' history, a reflection of some of the fakeness sometimes present in US society - what looks inspirational is upon closer inspection simply vacuous ********, a ...

Easter Ham

A travel blog entry by burtonll

... lunch,” I said, and Skyler pointed down the street, “Nick’s Diner,” he recommended, “it’s pretty good.”

I found Nick’s, on Harbor Blvd, delighted with the look of it. A 50’s place, a juke box to poke your quarters in; it took me back, to days with Mom and Dad, to Mrs Dilworth’s Home Ec class (she told us Coca Cola would eat our stomachs out). A ...