Blogs from California, United States, North America - page 1104

Motorhome News from North America 4 Farewell to Arizona 16th February - 24th February 2006 In bright blue skies and a stiff freezing wind we left The Grand Canyon, heading east on Desert View Drive for farewell views, to implant a final image of this vast chasm; unable to resist the temptation to take yet more photographs - just to be sure. It was lunchtime before we arrived at the Cameron Trading Post, a Navajo retail spectacular with a fine restaurant where the Tacos were so big the doggie bag was brought to the table with the meal. Colourful Navajo rugs, beautifully crafted silver and precious stone jewellery, lovely sand paintings and other locally produced crafts are all sold here in opulent surroundings to rival Harrods; so unexpected, miles from nowhere and on the reservation. Sunset ... read more

My professor for studio this semster lives in LA...so we took a, uh, "study" trip....... read more

We woke up early and the weather was, surprisingly, not too bad. We caught the MUNI to Golden Gate Park for a look around. At our stop I was a little slow off the train and ended up catching it along to the next stop while Jo stood outside the train wondering what I was doing. It was more good luck than good management that the next stop was only a few blocks away so we managed to catch up again soon after. Our first stop at Golden Gate Park was the Japanese Tea Garden - an area of beautiful gardens adorned with Japanese style pagodas and bridges. We were lucky enough to get there before most people so had it pretty much to ourselves for a while. We also walked through the national AIDS memorial ... read more

They say that one drop is a contaminant. Just one drop sets the stage. It serves as the facade for the whole, and doesn't relents. It can't be undone. So be it.... read more

We were up at 0715 to get the cable car to Fisherman’s Wharf to go to Alcatraz. As expected the weather was variable - heavy, heavy rain interrupted by light rain interrupted by a minute of dry. The San Francisco Bay was choppy on the way to the island and it took ten minutes ashore before the rocking sensation stopped - we’d only been on the ferry for five minutes! The best way to get the most out of a trip to Alcatraz is to purchase the audio tour that both guides you and explains what you are looking at as you walk along - complete with sound effects at appropriate times and inmates and cell guards recalling events and life on The Rock. We saw the cells of Al Capone and Robert Stroud “The Birdman ... read more