I was here

That structure in the distance is called a foot over bridge. Without it, how would your feet get you across all this?

 Because I let these two in... to do a little carpentry repair work on the balcony doors. And, of course, they felt the most appropri...

Lighthouses are pretty. They are often in some of the most beautiful settings with wide seas and wider skies. The era of lighthouses h...

There it is. Still cracked. I recently learned that the Liberty Bell didn't actually ring when the constitution was done being wr...

When they say "big trees", they mean big trees.  BIG trees.  This was the first big, sequoia tree found by a man who was huntin...

Stockton has a fun old theater, restored to its original grandeur of it's opening in 1930.  It's just the right place to watch...

I had something like half an hour here, but I would recommend much more time than that at the Exploritorium . Then you can see this toot...

I could have spent a lot more time at Hyde Street Pier studying its history.  For a thrifty $5, it's possible to step on to a ferry,...

The signs, the sights, the streetcars...the people... it's all very colorful at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. ...

The Vallejo street stairs were reputed to have some dizzying views of the San Francisco skyline. A person can see a lot from up here...