Blogs from Auburn, California, United States, North America - page 2

THE JUAN MARISCHAL HIGH LEG KICK Juan Marischal pitched for the Giants back in the 50’s and 60’s. He had a devastating fastball the leverage for which he derived from a unique high leg kick delivery. He was awesome to watch and it wasn’t long before kids all over the country were trying to copy his throwing style. Problem was he had control of it and we kids didn’t. Young batters from all over the place were dropping like flies there for a while, some of them were hurt, and I was, of course, right in the middle of it. In 1958 I was 9 years old, going on 10, and just enthralled with baseball. The Dodgers and Giants had just moved to California from New York. I had just come from ... read more

EUGENE BLAIR Eugene Blair died peacefully in his sleep on June 27, 1884 and lies at eternal rest in the cemetery at Auburn, CA. His grave is about 300 yards to the south of the grave occupied with the remains of Grampa Glen Oliver. It gives us the weakest sort of connection to the first man ever pensioned out by the Wells Fargo Express Company. When he went into retirement Eugene was 32 years old. When he died Wells Fargo paid all funeral expenses including a fine granite headstone. In his day nobody ever thought he might die peacefully in his sleep. He was among the most feared and respected shotgun messengers that Wells Fargo had. He was such a fierce defender of the strongbox that highwaymen began attacking the coaches he was guarding ... read more

Fast Fridays was great. The people were so enthusiastic and wanted to know lots of info about the bikes. I would think a few are going to build some of these style of frames. Big night afterwards, rolling on top of really late nights and 4:30 starts, we are starting to get tired. The countryside up here is beautiful. Lots of pine trees and some grass. Not like LA. On the way to San Francisco, Joe took us to one of his friends who is a stunt man and racer of flat trackers ( Gary Davis). He was the stunt man who worked with Evil Kinevil. This museum at hisplace was mad. Heaps of bikes ,even a Crump solo was there. This place was all the fellas dreams. He even had a trackI with a magnificent ... read more

Today is another day to not do very much. I’m still recovering from Burning Man, although most of the physical exhaustion has disappeared by this point. Good thing, because I have some long hikes coming up. The Christmas Tree Vineyard Lodge is a great place to relax. It’s an oversize log cabin personally built by the owner. They have pictures of the build in the living room. Eventually, I needed to do laundry and get dinner, so I headed into Foresthill. Both town and lodge are located on a high ridge between the Middle and North Forks of the American River. At one point, the road passes an overlook with a beautiful view of the Middle Fork canyon with the Sierras stretching beyond. Foresthill was url=http://mmoffet.mystarband.net/towns.... read more

Lake’s en Auburn Aan het einde van de Tioga Pas ligt Mono Lake. Het zicht hier op was heel indrukwekkend en ook niet op 1 foto vast te leggen, WOW ! We hadden er al een flinke trip op zitten en besloten een kampeerplaats te zoeken. De tweede (Bootleg genaamd, vlakbij het plaatsje Walker) die we gingen bekijken had weer een prima stek voor ons. Zo’n grote achtertuin hadden we nog niet gehad, en ook nog eens vol met kleine eekhoorntjes. Ze waren niet schuw en blijkbaar gewend aan mensen, het blijft leuk om ze te zien rennen door het bos. Aan de overkant van de weg was een rivier, waar Shasta natuurlijk in moest zitten. De volgende dag gingen we op weg naar Lake Tahoe en kwamen we langs Topaz Lake. Niet zo groot als ... read more