Sep 04
The new Bay Bridge bike-hike trail is open, as far as it goes, and I hopped on my trusty 10-speed around midday today and checked it out. I chose the access point across the road from the Ikea entrance in Emeryville. The entrance is clearly marked. You can get there most of the way via …
Jul 28
Here’s a few pics from our recent visit to the North Coast of Oregon. We stayed in a rented house (through Airbnb) near Sunset Beach in Warrenton, and took side trips to Cannon Beach, Astoria, Cape Disappointment (in WA) and other points. The photo album is on Google+, click here to see it (17 pix). …
Jul 26
Memo to the Oakland Museum: The Portland OR Art Museum has a popular special exhibit featuring modern bicycle designs. More than forty bikes are on display, ranging from the ultra-compact Sachs Tango, which folds up almost into a briefcase, to the Smith Long John, one of the first cargo-carrying bikes. There’s also the Taga, a …
Jun 22
A hike with Grandma in Point Reyes brings us to a river, then to the endangered Drake’s Bay Oyster Farm, and then along the Estero Trail to a bridge under which we discover an unsuspected life-and-death drama. This is a video that gives the term “Crab Feed” a new and sinister meaning. Not recommended for …
Mar 29
One of the highlights of our recent vacation in Ecuador was the carnival celebration in Ambato. Known as the Garden City, Ambato sits two hours by bus due south of Quito. It’s a special town — it was completely destroyed by a huge earthquake in 1949 at a loss of 6,000 lives. To commemorate its comeback from …
Mar 23
During our recent vacation in Ecuador, I had the opportunity to visit a workshop where the traditional art of wool weaving by hand is still practiced. This is the Artesanía el Gran Condor in Peguche, a village a few minutes from Otavalo, the market town two hours north of Quito. I took some stills and …
Mar 16
A Month in Ecuador – Our Travel Blog Introduction: Our first pick for a South American vacation was Costa Rica, because it has a lot of ecological diversity and is well known. Then we heard in the news that the President of Ecuador had granted asylum to Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, in the …
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