Adventures with Fred and Carolyn
Wrote this in early October 2007 during our short New York city visit. Big Apple, here we are! Boy, it’s been years since either of us was here. We’re here to visit our friend James, who moved to NYC from LA this summer. He’s taking to the city in a big way, finding it friendly … Continue reading “Not Quite Live from New York”
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It’s a sad statement on how lazy we’ve gotten. Here it is May, and I’m posting the story for our January trip. And, dear readers, neither Fred nor Carolyn wrote it, it is entirely cribbed from Carolyn’s aunt Jackie, who we observed writing notes every evening. Why bother writing our own? So please enjoy the … Continue reading “Hawai’i – Not only Late, but Plagiarized!”
Merry Christmas from Fred and Carolyn! 2006 has been quite a year – the first full year of our second childhood. When we started this step off a cliff, we were afraid by now that we’d have spent our entire bankroll and found ourselves back at the high-tech grindstone. We’re happy to report that we … Continue reading “2006 Holiday Letter”
We decided to take a pass on the tour that boasted of “cars thrown by horses.” On further reflection, they probably only meant carts drawn by horses, but there were better things to do, anyway! So here we are, on the island known as Hispaniola. It’s sandwiched between Cuba and Puerto Rico, and is split … Continue reading “Cars Thrown by Horses! Dominican Republic”
No matter how much you read about Yellowstone, you cannot fathom its size or diversity without a visit. The two million acre park sits on one of the largest volcanically active sites in the world. It’s the site of several huge volcanic eruptions, and was forged by glaciers, geologic uplifts, fires and lava flows. The … Continue reading “Yellowstone – Pronghorn and Osprey and Bears – oh my!”
Just very quickly: this video was taken of us on our guided naturalist hike in Yellowstone. Along with our guide, Ashea, we’d been viewing this bear as he ambled along his path, but veered off to find a place to have our lunch. We were being watched -and filmed – by tourists on the opposite … Continue reading “The Bear Movie”
We had to discharge our civic duties and vote on Tuesday, June 6th. Then, it was off on a McClain road trip. Our destination was Yellowstone, but it’s impossible to ignore some of the awesome locations along the way. From San Diego, the most direct route is I-15, and the most obvious stopover is, well, … Continue reading “On the Road to Yellowstone”
OK friends, family and spammers (our biggest readers – thanx for all the hints about riverboat gambling, online casinos, viagra and other drugs). Our next adventure is a Road Trip to Yellowstone National Park. And along the way, there are wonderful western sites to see – Indian ruins, dinosaur tracks, and a few of the … Continue reading “Preview: The Yellowstone Sanction”
One of our favorite books from the last couple of years was Laura Hillenbrand’s “Seabiscuit, An American Legend.” It took life in the film “Seabiscuit”, which told the story but lacked the richness of the real saga. The PBS special (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/seabiscuit/) added some of the fibers of the story and the historical feel of 1930’s … Continue reading “Seabiscuit Lives On”