Festive Christmas Lights – 2025
Imagine walking down a gravel path in the dark surrounded by hundreds of Christmas lights. Welcome to Louisiana Lights. This light display was open to the public during the month of December. We[…] Continue reading →
Topic: Striking Seasonal Sights
Baldwin Lake Ecological Reserve
Big Bear Valley lies at the northeast end of the San Bernardino Mountains in California at an elevation of about 6,750 feet. In the east part of the valley there is a building of[…] Continue reading →
Historic Snow Storm in Louisiana
On January 21, 2025, Louisiana experienced an historic snow storm. We haven’t seen this much snow in our state since 1895. It snowed for eight hours; essentially the entire state was shut down. What[…] Continue reading →
Late Fall and Early Winter at Big Bear Lake
Toward the end of 2024 I had the opportunity to spend about seven weeks at Big Bear Lake. The town of Big Bear Lake is in the San Bernardino Mountains of California. There is[…] Continue reading →
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
One of my favorite vacations was in August, 2022, with a wonderful two-day trip to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It was a new place to visit and we enjoyed the beautiful ocean and cool, crisp[…] Continue reading →
Fall Color at Yosemite
In June 2023 we made arrangements to stay in Yosemite Valley for the second weekend in November 2023. Little did we know then that we would end up being there near the peak of[…] Continue reading →
Springtime in Anza-Borrego Desert
In spring wildflowers bloom in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park making a colorful contrast to the rugged mountains and bleak desert. The park is the largest state park in California and is located about[…] Continue reading →
Springtime in Japan part 2
The tour of my visit to Japan when the cherry trees were in bloom continues in this post. The next location visited is the seaside city of Kamakura which is just a little over[…] Continue reading →
Springtime in Japan part 1
When I was working for Hewlett-Packard Company I had a number of business trips to Japan. One of them was in April 2000 and happened to hit the cherry trees in bloom. While work[…] Continue reading →
Winter Snow at Big Bear
With a snow storm passing through the San Bernardino Mountains on December 28, 2020 we as well as a lot of other people decided to check it out at Big Bear City, California over[…] Continue reading →
