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Windswept at Ubehebe Crater

Posted in Geology, Human Interest, Travel on June 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »

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At the northern end of the Cottonwood Mountains in Death Valley, lies a field of volcanic craters, the largest of which the Indians named Ubehebe, which means big basket in the rock. They say Ubehebe was formed around 6000 years ago when underground water came in contact with molten rock. [...]

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Leaping Lizards!

Posted in Human Interest, Travel on June 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Leaping Lizards!
Originally uploaded by karing1960@sbcglobal.net.

While wandering the sand dunes in Death Valley, Mike ran across this slithering lizard. It’s skin so perfectly matched its environment that you could almost miss it if you weren’t looking carefully. The next day, in our hotel room, Mike found a huge cock roach in our bathroom. [...]

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Holy Cannoli!

Posted in Food, Human Interest, Travel on June 25, 2007 | 5 Comments »

5 Mammoth Cannoli
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While Mike and I stayed in the town of Mammoth Lakes in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, we ate dinner one night at Perry’s Italian Restaurant. Being an Italian, for dessert, I just had to have a cannolli, or perhaps I should say cannolo, one of my Italian dessert [...]

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Awhanee anniversary dinner

Posted in Family, Human Interest, Travel on June 24, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Awhanee anniversary dinner
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Our 28th wedding anniversary was on Saturday June 16. Mike had made dinner reservations for us at The Awhanee Hotel’s dining room in Yosemite National Park. The reservations were at 5:30 that day, but we wanted to get to the hotel early so we could walk around a [...]

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Link to Vacation Photos

Posted in Family, Human Interest, Travel on June 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »

We had a wonderful time on our vacation.  We made it through the valley, the desert, the mountains.  We drove through rain, snow, sunshine, avoided a forest fire fire, experienced 2 earthquakes at Yosemite, a mouse in our cabin, and we lived to tell it all.  The scenery was breathtaking and a witness to the [...]

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We Made it Through the Valley

Posted in Family, Human Interest, Travel on June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

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We’ve been through the desert, the valley, the mountains, the earthquakes, snow, and the fire, and now we’re safely home again. And what an adventure it was!!! As Dorothy said after her journey over the rainbow, “There’s no place like home.” Stay tuned for more [...]

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The Mountains Are Calling

Posted in Family, Human Interest, Travel on June 6, 2007 | 4 Comments »

White Mountains and Sierra Nevadas
Originally uploaded by karing1960@sbcglobal.net.
We’ve been hearing the call for awhile, and now it’s time to answer it. I will be away from my computer (or any computer for that matter) for about 11 days as my hubby and I make our way to the mountains. We will be visiting [...]

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Reunion

Posted in Family, Human Interest on June 3, 2007 | 4 Comments »

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On Memorial Day Weekend, we had a big bash at our little house. Our good friends, Joe and Darlene, along with their kids Amber & Joey came out to California for a visit after leaving the golden state almost 24 years ago. Darlene [...]

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Happy Blogiversary

Posted in Human Interest on June 1, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Happy Blogiversary
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May has been such a busy month what with birthdays, Mother’s Day, a broken refrigerator, a new car, a reunion, etc., that my one-year blogiversary came and went unheralded and utterly unnoticed. On May 16, 2006, thanks to my sister Carol and Shirley Buxton, I started my blog on a [...]

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