Mandy picked us up from my parents’ place, then stopped at Daneen’s place to pick her up. Our destination: the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose. Wandered around for hours taking LOTS of photos. Wandered looking at mummies, carvings, glass…
Category: 2007 Japan & California
Day 36: Lunch with Rita & the Collins Family
The big event of the day was lunch at Rita’s house with her, Karen, Lawrence and their daughter Francesca! This was the great combination of fantastic food and fabulous friends. Wandering the globe, living in several different countries, then settling…
Day 35: Solvang, then Return to Morgan Hill
We woke up in Solvang (which wasn’t a surprise as we’d gone to sleep there) and wandered around until we found a place for breakfast. Breakfast was not terribly great coffee and pastries. After breakfast I found two caches, Hole…
Day 34: Hearst Castle
We spent the morning caching our way down Highway 1 to San Simeon. I don’t know that this is the order we found them in, but we found: Roosevelt Highway Fountain – Elmer S. Rigdon Roosevelt Highway Fountain – Lucia…
Day 25: Sierra Foothills
Distance driven: 14302 to 14591 (total of 289 miles / 465 kilometres) Weather: Clear & sunny. Highlight of the day: Lots – wandering, Murphy’s, Jackass Hill, Altaville schoolhouse, and adobe. . . We left site #13 at Woods Lake Campground at 8:45, then cached…
Day 24: Tahoe – Skunk Harbour
Disatance Driven: 14205 to 14302 (total of 197 miles / 317 kilometres) Weather: Clear & sunny. Highlight of the day: Stream profile nature walk & Skunk Harbour We breakfasted on cold pizza, then cached our way south to Camp Richardson, where there was a cache…
Day 23: Echo Lake – Tahoe
Miles driven: 14130 to 14205 (total of 75 miles / 120 kilometres) Weather: Clear, sunny, & too hot for long walks! Highlight of the day: Walk at Echo and Tamarask Lake, views of Lake Tahoe. We were on the road at 8.38 am and stopped…
Day 22: Tufa Towers!
Miles travelled: 13963 to 14130 (total of 167 miles / 269 kilometres) Weather: Clear & sunny, but hellishly hot in the Panum Crater. Highlight of the day: Tufa Towers, bird house geocache We had a breakfast of bagels with red pepper & articoke…
Day 21: Off to Yosemite
Miles travelled: 13742 to 13963 (total of 221 miles / 355 kilometres) Weather: Clear & sunny. 79F / 26C when leaving Morgan Hill; hottest during the day was 97F / 36C Highlight of the day: Revisiting Yosemite! We left my parents’ place at 10:25…
Day 18: Monterey
Corri, a preservationist, was working on documenting some houses a but south of Monterey for the State Park Service. So we tagged along and visited / cached the area. Peninsula Overlook Cache Details GCZ68V by sandychell N 36° 34.148 W…