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Or, What I Learned in Texas So much can be learned just by looking at this image… Just so there isn’t any confusion – I had a great visit to Georgia, Oklahoma and Texas. It was wonderful to see my family and comforting to see familiar sites. For example, the rust-colored dirt and earthy smell of [...] Or, What I Learned in Georgia I spent the last two weeks of May in Georgia, Oklahoma and Texas. I went to Atlanta to visit my cousin and her husband, Oklahoma to see my dad and Texas to visit my mom. Before I left San Francisco, someone referred to it as my Red State Tour. Well, [...] I’ve started uploading the photographs I took in Maui to my Flickr account here. I probably have about half of them up and will try to get the rest up this week. Fuad and I are taking Oceanic flight 815 to Hawaii on Saturday. I’ve always wanted to see the smoke monster up close anyway. I’ll take pictures. HD video even. Buh-bye! I am driving back home tomorrow. It’s an eight or nine hour drive. My last task before getting home will be to pick up Lucy the Cat. It’s going to be a long day. Fuad returns from the Middle-East via France on Tuesday, so after nearly a month, our little family will be back together in [...] Comedy of Errors We returned to Madrid on the high-speed train. Unfortunately, it took us until Córdoba to find our proper seats. Nearly two weeks before, on the way down to Sevilla, we had been in coach 2. Because we were also returning first class, I assumed we would be in the same or an adjacent coach. [...] After 2,411 km, our trusty A180 looked like it had been through a war. The front was completely plastered with bugs; there was no way I was going to return it in that condition. Also, I had elected to return the car with a full tank of fuel. Boy, did I regret that. Yet – it [...] The drive from Valencia to Córdoba was long but – of course – beautiful. We passed still more wind and solar farms – apparently they are quite common – which would be nice here. Determined to get at least a few photos of the Andalusian countryside, I asked Jim to snap this and this from [...] In 1957, the Turia River flooded much of Valencia. It wasn’t the first time, but it will likely be the last. The city diverted the river to the south, and turned the antiguo cause del Turia into a nine km long park that wraps around the northern boundary of the historical portion of the city. Valencia [...] According to the trip computer, I averaged 68 mph between San Francisco and San Diego. This seemed right, as on the freeway I set the cruise control at 70. This is pretty slow for I-5. In fact, I was the third slowest passenger vehicle on the highway – no exaggeration. All but two cars passed [...] |
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