I’m far from one of the first people to use a dentist in Mexico for regular dental work, and there are many better resources then this blog on that subject. Still, I feel compelled to write a blog post and the trip into Los Algodones is the most recent happening...
Following the short trip into the greater LA area, I returned to camping with the Airstream crowd who took Big Blue along with them from Borrego Springs about an hour South just of Interstate 8 not far out of El Centro, CA at an OHV area called Plaster City (because...
I still have yet to leave California, instead choosing to hang around with the small Airstream crowd that have continued to let me “van-up” the place. Last night, we… …instead of me writing up a blog post describing what happened, let me just send you off to Aluminarium who does...
Surrounding Borrego Springs is more than 100 sculptures, all part of an enormous outdoor gallery of Ricardo Breceda’s visions of creatures that once roamed this part of California. A more dedicated photographer might visit the sculptures during ideal lighting – over many mornings and evenings – to capture the full...
The Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden is a nonprofit botanical garden and nature preserve located just North of Hilo on the East side of the big island. The garden is located in a scenic valley opening out to Onomea Bay, and features streams, waterfalls and a boardwalk along the ocean. It ...
It is rare that the Hilo side of the Big Island gives a sunny day, but this morning was one of those days. Perfect weather to stroll the local zoo and snap a few photos of animals and plants (plants are th perfect models if you ask me). While the...
Ka Lae (Hawaiian for “the point”), also known as South Point, is the southernmost point of the Big Island of Hawaii and of the 50 United States. South Point marks the most south I have ever been on the globe (held previously by my 2005 trip to Cancun). This is...
All the tourist info kept pointing me to Kahaluu Beach Park to the South of Kona to scratch my snorkeling-itch. I wasn’t too sure if I could even swim with the injury from two months ago still giving me some minor pains, but as it turned out the swim was...
I was so excited to have the opportunity to visit the Kona Coffee Living History Farm that it was one of the few things planned on this trip. So, when my route took me to the South from Kona I made sure to drop in (originally I passed right by,...
An invitation from my Nephew to hang out and boondock on Treasure Island for a few days had to be accepted. Honestly, even though I lived in the SF Bay Area for 37 years, not once did I take the Treasure Island exit – so it was a mini adventure...
