                 PHOTOS
       The Great Western Adventure

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02/09/04 Pyramid Lake in Tejone Pass. What a sight!

02/09/04 Old Town San Diego. It's got nothin on Traverse City... But the fun goes on all night long!

02/09/04 This is a GREAT PLACE! The name says it all! Too much fun here! Shirts too... Is that my car out front?

02/09/04 Tim the Tinsmith made me a special gift for a very special someone... ;-)

02/09/04 Old Town, the birth place of California. Immaculate Conception Church.

02/06/04 Exeter, CA. Found a good barber there. Great little town. Mountains are beautiful today.

02/06/04 The new Cowboy mural in Exeter. Wonderful detail... Looks like the Marlboro Man.

02/06/04 Table grapes as far as the eye can see. The giant Sequoias are in those mountains in the background.

02/06/04 When the clouds finally lifted today the view from Connie's was spectacular.

02/05/04 Time to pick the 10 acres of navel oranges. Crop is OK but not exceptional.

02/05/04 Jerry inspecting his crop. Hoping for about 200 boxes from 10 acres.

02/05/04 Gorgious day! 55 degrees. Sunny. Sure smells good out here! & tastes great too!

02/05/04 There is a Cowboy in every crowd! - The oranges taste wonderful...

02/05/04 Each box is about the same size as an apple box. 50 Cu. Ft. I think...

02/04/04 Lindsay countryside. Had to fix TWO flat tires on my bike this morning! UGH!

02/04/04 One of the old estates in the orange groves around Lindsay. Great ride...

02/04/04 A view of the begining of the valley, north of Lindsay

02/03/04 The new Lindsay fountains. Only rode 3 miles today before a flat tire! :-(

02/03/04 One of the new murals covering the wall around the power substation.

02/03/04 The new downtown park and a view of the beautiful packing house mural.

02/03/04 It really does get this muddy in Lindsay when it rains! Cool mural...

02/01/04 Visted Paso Robles today. This view is at Meridian Winery... Too many wineries to visit!

02/01/04 And too many wines to taste! But we managed to sip a few along the way.

02/01/04 The view is spectacular, the hospitality superb, the weather marvelous...

02/01/04 Arciero Winery overlooks the valley. Great walking tour of the facility!

02/01/04 Arciero Winery oak barrel aging room. Sure smells good in here...

02/01/04 Meridian Winery. Large scale operation with a nice selection of wines.

01/30/04 North of LA coming off the mountain... Look at the smog! UGH!

01/30/04 Tejon Pass north of Pasedena on I-5. Elevation 6,100 feet in the Tehachapi Mtns.

01/30/04 Lindsay oranges and lemons going for juice.

01/30/04 ooops!

01/29/04 Coachella Canal - near Bombay Beach (Niland area) on the Salton Sea

01/29/04 EPI supplied PVC Liner placed under this concrete. I was also here in 1988 & 1989.

01/29/04 The bridge was added for visitors to see the canal project after final completion

01/29/04 The expiremental section was 1.5 miles long, 110 feet wide, 10 feet deep.

01/29/04 The canal delivers Colorado River water for irrigation in the Imperial and Coachella Valleys.

01/29/04 Don't know what was just planted here, but there are a lot of them!

01/29/04 Date palms near Palm Springs.

01/28/04 Traveling along I-10 towards Phoenix.

01/28/04 Traveling along I-8 headed to Yuma

01/28/04 Cute little place on the corner of 347 and 84 headed towards Gila Bend

01/28/04 Seugero Cactus near Gila Bend

01/28/04 Another view of the awesome desert vistas

01/28/04 Miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles... and more cactus!

01/28/04 What canals and Colorado River water does for the desert southwest...

01/26/04 The City of Rocks near Silver City NM

01/26/04 Rocks deposited here from a volcano 80 miles away, about 35 million years ago!

01/26/04 Yes, that IS SNOW behind me! Clear and cold in New Mexico...

01/26/04 Near Silver City, NM. Gotta love that snow!

01/26/04 Sometimes the best scenery is behind you... So I took this one in the rear view mirror!

01/26/04 The Tyrone Mine near Silver City, NM. Had to check out the liner...

01/26/04 Over the hump! It's all downhill from here...

01/26/04 Welcome to Arizona

01/25/04 Welcome to Las Cruces, home of New Mexico State Univ.

01/25/04 Hey Mark! Need any hot chili's while I'm down here?

01/25/04 Snow in the mountains between El Paso and Las Cruces.

01/25/04 North side of El Paso, Texas. 56 degrees and very windy.

0125/04 Southwest of El Paso. The other side of the mountain is Mexico...

01/25/04 Texas oil field west of Odessa, Texas

01/24/04 Midland, Texas - Oil Museum

01/24/04 In front of an old wooden derick

01/24/04 Pumping unit from the 1930's and 40's

01/24/04 Pump jacks at the Oil Museum

01/23/04 Longhorns at the Ft. Worth Stockyards

01/23/04 A couple of REAL Cowboys! Can you tell which one is real and which is the wannabe?

01/23/04 Shaping my new hat at Fincher's under Wayne's watchful eye...

01/23/04 Some of Wayne Youngblood's collection of over 400 autographed baseballs...

01/23/04 No game today at Rangers ballpark as I cycled by. Would be fun to watch the Tigers play here.

01/23/04 My first bike ride since November. Six Flags is closed, but still looks fun to Freddy!

01/22/04 Hot Springs, Arkansas. The promenade above the bath houses along Bath House Row

01/22/04 The hot springs in Hot Springs...

01/22/04 Hot Springs Bath House... National Park Service visitor center.

01/22/04 Bath House... great old places with unlimited hot water.

01/22/04 Bath House Row, Hot Springs, Arkansas

01/21/04 Does this mean I've entered the Bible Belt?

01/21/04 Crossing the mighty Mississippi River into Missouri

01/21/04 Arrived too late to get photos of Graceland in the daylight, but here's the car...

01/20/04 Departure was delayed a short time while son Tim moved back home.

01/20/04 Eleven degrees, snow to my knees, time to go!

01/16/04 The snow is piling up in Elk Rapids

01/16/04 My summer beach... Buried in snow! UGH!