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Ravings of a Wanderer: Pinnacles and condors
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Ravings of a Wanderer. Herein the musings, ruminations, and occasionally news, from a wanderer through life. Sunday, April 12, 2009. Thursday, March 5. It's still raining, but the forecast is looking up a bit. I head out of Monterey, aiming for the valley that represents the San Andreas Fault. In this part of California. While I'm not actually looking to explore the fault, we'll get to that in the next post. After passing through Salinas. I head northeast to pick up California Route 25. By the time I got...
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Ravings of a Wanderer: Vermont: Bennington, Stratton Mountain
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Ravings of a Wanderer. Herein the musings, ruminations, and occasionally news, from a wanderer through life. Thursday, October 22, 2009. Vermont: Bennington, Stratton Mountain. August 5, 2009. This day began a six-day trip through southern Vermont. And adjacent portions of New York State. My goals were two-fold: first, to explore the greener parts of Vermont, and second, to visit a few historically interesting American Revolutionary War. Where I had a nice lunch at the Madison Brewery Company. On it It w...
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Ravings of a Wanderer: Los Angeles
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Ravings of a Wanderer. Herein the musings, ruminations, and occasionally news, from a wanderer through life. Monday, July 27, 2009. Los Angeles, March 7-9. I drove from Carrizo Plain over to I-5, which brought me over the Tejon Pass. To the Castaic Lake State Recreation Area. Just north of the San Fernando Valley. The lake. Is one terminus of the California Aqueduct. May 8 I spent at the Getty Museum. Which did not exist when I was last in Los Angeles in 1985. The return flight was uneventful. Home a...
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Ravings of a Wanderer: February 2008
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Ravings of a Wanderer. Herein the musings, ruminations, and occasionally news, from a wanderer through life. Tuesday, February 26, 2008. Louisiana and east Texas: mostly flat. Sleep on Sunday night was blissfully NOT interrupted by the presence of police at the place I was staying. Several rooms were taken by pipeline workers, and one of them had been, well, drinking. No damage, but the night clerk was none too happy about it, since a number of clients had complained. Monday, February 25, 2008. Works pro...
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Ravings of a Wanderer: March 2008
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Ravings of a Wanderer. Herein the musings, ruminations, and occasionally news, from a wanderer through life. Monday, March 31, 2008. I was in the area near Alamogordo, New Mexico. I camped at Oliver Lee State Park, in the shadow of the Sacramento Mountains. The park is south of the city, the mountains are to its west. This place was the jumping off point for a hike into Dog Canyon. The astute will note that I was in a different Dog Canyon. Coming soon: accounts of the Gila Wilderness.). On a semi-humorou...
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Ravings of a Wanderer: Carrizo Plain
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Ravings of a Wanderer. Herein the musings, ruminations, and occasionally news, from a wanderer through life. Friday, July 24, 2009. Friday, March 6. The drive between Pinnacles and Carrizo Plain National Monument. Was a rural scenic drive, continuing up the San Benito River valley. After pausing in Paso Robles. For supplies and lunch, I arrived at Carrizo Plain in early afternoon. And the Nature Conservancy. The infrastructure of the monument is minimal. One road, Soda Lake Road, runs the length of t...
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Ravings of a Wanderer: July 2009
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Ravings of a Wanderer. Herein the musings, ruminations, and occasionally news, from a wanderer through life. Monday, July 27, 2009. Los Angeles, March 7-9. I drove from Carrizo Plain over to I-5, which brought me over the Tejon Pass. To the Castaic Lake State Recreation Area. Just north of the San Fernando Valley. The lake. Is one terminus of the California Aqueduct. May 8 I spent at the Getty Museum. Which did not exist when I was last in Los Angeles in 1985. The return flight was uneventful. Home a...
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Ravings of a Wanderer: New York: Saratoga and Ticonderoga
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Ravings of a Wanderer. Herein the musings, ruminations, and occasionally news, from a wanderer through life. Wednesday, October 28, 2009. New York: Saratoga and Ticonderoga. August 7, 2009. Having lately cultivated an interest in early American history, I decided to visit Saratoga National Historical Park. Scenes of colonial and Revolutionary War events. Saratoga was the scene of a pivotal series of battles. When a large, incompetently-led British army was defeated by a French defense. About 25% of its s...
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Ravings of a Wanderer: May 2008
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Ravings of a Wanderer. Herein the musings, ruminations, and occasionally news, from a wanderer through life. Thursday, May 29, 2008. Arches National Park: things that aren't arches. Amazingly enough, Arches National Park has things in it that aren't arches, windows, or similar sorts of objects. It's got views, hoodoo-like features, and critters. These are part of an area called Park Avenue. These fin-like formations are where quite a few arches are found. A sphinx-like shape near the Delicate Arch. So na...
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Ravings of a Wanderer: Vermont: High peaks of the Green Mountains
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Ravings of a Wanderer. Herein the musings, ruminations, and occasionally news, from a wanderer through life. Sunday, November 01, 2009. Vermont: High peaks of the Green Mountains. August 8, 2009. The next morning, after visiting Mount Defiance. On the New York side, I crossed over Lake Champlain into Vermont at the Ticonderoga ferry. Which has recently been overwhelmed by traffic due to the closure of the Lake Champlain Bridge at Crown Point. Continuing the theme of Revolutionary War history. My plan for...