Pages Tagged “CA Coast Trip 2009”
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- Curves of Morro Bay
Morro Bay lies along the central California Coast near San Luis Obispo, and is known for two major landmarks: Morro Rock, a large volcanic dome right near the shoreline, and a power plant with three very tall smokestacks. Some miles north, Highway 46 cuts through the coastal mountains from Cambria to Paso Robles, revealing cattle […]
- WonderCon 2009: Saturday Con Report
Saturday at WonderCon: crowds, BSG, DCU, Star Trek, 9, cosplayers and more in San Francisco.
- WonderCon 2009: Friday Con Report
Friday at WonderCon: Farscape, David Mack, Indiana Jones, DC, BOOM!, crowds, Wonder Woman, cosplayers and more in San Francisco.
- Monterey and Carmel
A visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Cannery Row, area, then into Carmel-By-The-Sea, Mission San Carlos, and up into Carmel Valley.
- California Cruisin’: Cambria and Hearst Castle
During the last week of February, we drove up the California coast from Orange County to San Francisco, stopping in various places to visit friends and family and see the local sights. It wasn’t an exact repeat of last year’s trip, but we did redo Hearst Castle the second day out. Day 1: Tuesday — […]
- Cloudy Connection
A cloud device in an area with a flaky connection really underscores the importance of offline sync.
- Night Sky
There’s something to be said for a night sky with so many stars that Sirius doesn’t stand out quite so much.
- No Comet For You!
I had hoped that the darker skies near San Simeon on the central California coast would have made it easier to spot Comet Lulin, but no such luck. First the clouds rolled in around sunset. I checked around 9:45 and they’d cleared enough to see very clearly out toward the ocean, but the lights of […]