tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63697827799957099052024-02-07T19:39:04.262+00:00John Dee“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." Samuel JohnsonJohn Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.comBlogger335125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369782779995709905.post-62041287388066497622015-03-02T11:37:00.001+00:002015-03-02T11:37:41.966+00:00Battersea Power Station<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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chimneys.</span><span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"> </span><span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">The pig broke free,
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John Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369782779995709905.post-30680182083386528772014-12-30T12:14:00.002+00:002014-12-30T12:17:04.711+00:00St Paul's Cathedral<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A cold December night, a very dark sky: a good background for St Paul's, with Unilever House to left, Blackfriars Bridge in front<br />
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John Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369782779995709905.post-30700012033285284702014-05-29T12:29:00.002+01:002014-06-13T12:46:34.851+01:00Crete - April 2014 week one, The Mistral Hotel, Maleme<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After
my long trip last year travelling down the west coast of America, I wanted to be closer to home for this year’s holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I settled for two weeks somewhere around the Mediterranean, and eventually chose the
island of Crete, where several walking holidays are available at the western end of the island. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Crete. I flew into Chania (Khania) and stayed at Maleme</span></td></tr>
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stayed in the <a href="http://www.singlesincrete.com/" target="_blank">Mistral hotel</a>, at Maleme, about 18km west of Chania (Khania) to
where there are frequent flights from around Europe. The hotel is small, taking
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Mistral Hotel, Maleme, Crete</span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3ba3dd; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The
Mistral caters exclusively for
independent and single travelers
who enjoy great food, good company and a warm, natural environment. If you want
to travel alone but not be
alone, join us to experience authentic Greece and Crete and we promise to make
your singles holidays stay a
memorable one.</span></i><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">We
welcome single travelers and
small groups looking for a singles
resort from all over the world. We offer a vast range of excursions and
activities and you can take part in as much or as little as you wish. There are
also Special Interest Weeks at the Mistral
Hotel throughout the season. A 45% repeat guest rate is the best
reassurance and guarantee of the quality of our service.</span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">I can’t praise enough the
hotel’s beautiful design, facilities, and wonderful management and small staff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It delivers on its promises, and
exceeded my expectations in every regard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>My first week was at the end of April, the quiet
season, and with only twelve guests it felt very much like we were having a
house party. <span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">The
hotel is owned by the Gialamarakis family, brothers Vassillis and Adonis.</span></div>
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show just a small selection of the activities I undertook: they don’t really
show that there was also plenty of time for lounging and lazing, sunbathing by
the hotel’s two pools, wining and dining, chatting with others, but also being
left alone to read in quiet if that’s what you wanted.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The beach at Maleme, opposite the Mistral hotel</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the hill just behind the hotel is the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Two Mistral guests observe the cemetery</span></td></tr>
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from the hotel, just a mile along the road, is the RAF memorial: a simple stone
and brick arch, with two panels carrying the names and ranks of the fifty men killed
in May 1941. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A
cycle hire shop has just opened in Maleme (Chania Cycles) and I’m one of the first
customers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather ambitiously, I decide to ride to Chania, 18kms away,
trying to hug the old coast road and avoid the fast main road. It’s quiet and
enjoyable, with plenty of opportunities for photos and coffee stops, until I
get to the outskirts of the city and three hills. After the third, I decide it
is time to return home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not quite
so enjoyable: I face a strong headwind all the way back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I rode about 40 kms today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: left;">It is only 12euros to hire this brand new bike for a day.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We all took a trip to<b> Falasarni,</b> on the west coast, to see some ruins, enjoy the beach, and have a fish lunch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>The archeological site was a</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1c1c1c;">n ancient
Greek harbour town, the visible remains of which were built around 333 BC, and
include several imposing sandstone towers and bastions, with hundreds of meters
of fortification walls protecting the town, and a closed harbor, meaning it is
protected on all sides by city walls. The harbor is ringed by stone quays with
mooring stones, and connected to the sea through two artificial channels.
Notable finds in the harbor area include public roads, wells, warehouses, an
altar, and baths. Most of these structures were revealed by excavations that
began in 1986</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1c1c1c;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">It is only a short drive south to the tiny town of Sfinari where right on the beach another
taverna, the Sunset Fish Restaurant, is the location of the Mistral’s renowned fish
lunch. Adonis takes us into the kitchen to meet the husband and wife owners, the
Baladakis family, and show us what is to be cooked for our feast.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">We sit, chat, drink, enjoy the shade, and taste dish after dish for well
over three hours, finally saying our farewells, clambering back in the
minibuses and heading home.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Proprietors of the restaurant, the Baladakis family</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The late<b> Minoan Tholos tomb can be found just </b>a few hundred metres
from the hotel, completely overgrown in the corner of an
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I made two visits to <b>Chania</b>, on successive sundays, travelling by the very efficient public bus service from outside my hotel.</span></span></div>
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elegant city of eucalyptus-lined avenues, miles of waterfront promenades, and
shady, cobbled alleyways lined with Venetian and Ottoman houses is close to the
heart of all Cretans. It was here that the Greek flag was raised in 1913 to
mark Crete's unification with Greece, and the place is one of the most
beautiful of all Greek cities.</i></span><b><i> </i></b><span lang="EN-US"><i>Its beautiful Venetian quarter is a web of atmospheric streets that
tumble onto a magnificent harbour. Restored Venetian townhouses have been
converted into chic restaurants and boutique hotels, while ruins house stunning
tavernas. The prominent former mosque on the harbour and other remnants of the
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Four
of us took the <a href="http://www.gramvousa.com/" target="_blank">ferry,</a> a one-hour sail north, along the eastern edge of the
peninsula, and round the top to the uninhabited island of <b>Imeri</b> <b>Grambousa</b>. We disembarked and then walked, climbed and scrambled up the
path and steps to the ruined Venetian fort at the top (1579). Other <a href="http://www.cretetravel.com/travel_tips/Boat_trips-Gramvousa_Balos/" target="_blank">details here.</a></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">At the top of <span style="text-align: left;">Imeri</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Grambousa</span><span style="text-align: left;">.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Back
on the ferry we sailed for about 15 minutes across to the Balos lagoon where we
had the afternoon to laze and swim. The water was beautifully warm, being very
shallow and heated quickly by the sun. It’s a lovely place, really quite special, perhaps the most striking feature being
the incredible shades of the water; my photos don’t do justice to the variations of colour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">West of the Mistral is the little town of<b> Kolymbari, </b>an ideal place for two of us to have lunch at Tripadvisor’s top-rated restaurant, <i><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g1187586-d1896889-Reviews-Palio_Arhontiko-Kolymbari_Chania_Prefecture_Crete.html" target="_blank">Palio Arhontiko,</a></i> at a table in
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John Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369782779995709905.post-6838246069470801212014-05-29T12:25:00.001+01:002014-06-13T12:47:09.907+01:00Crete - May 2014 week two Walking in Crete<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Week two (for week one of my holiday in Crete, <a href="http://johndeedesign.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/crete-aprilmay-2014.html" target="_blank">see here</a> )</span><br />
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<!--EndFragment--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have
recently returned from holiday on the island of Crete, where I stayed at the
excellent <a href="http://www.singlesincrete.com/" target="_blank">Mistral hotel</a>, a small boutique hotel which <i><span lang="EN-US">caters exclusively for independent and single travelers.</span></i></span><br />
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The Mistral runs several
activity weeks across their season (cooking, wine appreciation, photography, art, scuba diving and walking). I
planned my trip so that my second week would coincide with the walking week. </span><br />
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This week the hotel is
full. Some guests are regulars, returning again and again, others are newbies,
first-timers, with people coming from Austria and Australia, Scotland and
Switzerland, and one who has flown from the Bahamas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The big draw for all is the walking
week, which is led by co-owner Vassillis Gialamarakis, a passionate and knowledgeable guide. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Each morning we travel in these small minibuses to the start point of the walk</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">Walking day 1. The walk today is to the restored <b>hamlet of Milia</b>. Vassillis led us uphill, through orchards, scrub, flowers, gorse, talking knowledgeably about the area, farming and produce. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">After a couple of hours we arrived up in the hills, at the tiny hamlet of Milia, restored from dereliction, where we met the chef and enjoyed a lovely lunch. Read more <a href="http://www.milia.gr/EN/" target="_blank">about Milia here</a></span></div>
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day 2<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ravdoucha to Nopigia.</b> This was a <i>moderate</i> walk, on the
Rotherpou Peninsula, lasting about three hours. We started at a high level, overlooking
Kissamos Bay, and made a slow gentle descent to sea level, walking through
relatively easy terrain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> An excellent l</span>unch, which included snails, was
served at <i>Porfira Tavern</i>, Nopigia, run by mother and son. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Our hosts at Porfira Tavern, mother and son</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Walking day 3. This was the hardest of
the walks, down in the south west corner of the island. We started on the beach west of <b>Palleochora and walked to
Ellafonissi.</b> We began with quite a stiff ascent, walking generally west,
in very hot conditions, on scrub and gorse. Much of this walk follows the E4 footpath. (<i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The E4
European long distance path starts in Spain, continues through France,
Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, visiting Crete and
Cyprus and ending in Greece. It runs to more than more than 10,000 km.)</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We paused for water and rest at a small chapel, where I chatted
to two Austrian hikers who were walking the length of the island over several
weeks, carrying their possessions on their backs: t</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">he island is 260 kms east to west.</span><br />
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the sea at <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g1535800-d1536672-Reviews-Elafonissi_Beach-Elafonissi_Chania_Prefecture_Crete.html" target="_blank">Elafonissi beach</a> was delicious!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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day 4. Another day of glorious
weather. We drove to the top of <a href="http://www.webcrete.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=727:deliana&catid=68:gorges-west-crete&Itemid=105" target="_blank"><b>Deliana Gorge</b> </a>from where Vassillis took us on a
long slow scenic descent, with the benefit of a wide path allowing us to walk
abreast and chat much more than on other walks. <span lang="EN-US">Once again, we enjoyed a late lunch in a
taverna, again run by mother and son.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Another day, another wonderful taverna lunch, with Yannis and his mother looking after us</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Three
hotel guests asked if I would take them on a bike ride, so we hired more bikes
and set out on last week’s route to <b>Nderes</b>. We planned to make a proper lunch
stop here, although arrived well after lunch in the middle of the siesta. However,
the proprietor was happy to see and serve a lunch of omelettes and salad. After we had finished and settled the
bill these freebies arrived: a bowl of oranges, sponge cake, pastries, and glasses
of raki. He insisted that we take
away in foil those things we couldn’t eat. Such generosity was typical of all
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Cycling posse at the Mistral</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Rock formation on the road to Nderes</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">On the road to Nderes</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Adonis Gialamarakis, co-owner of the Mistral hotel, with his wife Aura</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Adonis took me into Koylmbari to do some fish shopping, and later invited me to share his fish lunch on the hotel terrace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And so it is time for a final trip into <a href="http://www.cretetravel.com/guide/chania/" target="_blank">Chania </a> I feel I haven't seen enough of this city but that's because there has been so much to do at the Mistral. Perhaps a return visit is called for.....</span></div>
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hope these photographs and my comments convey some of the pleasure I had in
this holiday, and in my stay at the excellent <a href="http://www.singlesincrete.com/" target="_blank"> Mistral.</a> If you want to check other
opinions, look at <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g189419-d497236-Reviews-The_Mistral-Maleme_Chania_Prefecture_Crete.html#REVIEWS" target="_blank">Tripadvisor’s page on the Mistral</a> and read the 200 plus 'excellent' reviews. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Seen on my daily travels around east London. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have seen these called sandwich boards, but I don't think that's correct: I think they are pavement boards. Whichever, they display wit and fun by those who work in these businesses.</span></div>
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John Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369782779995709905.post-27997403488466156062013-10-04T22:57:00.000+01:002013-10-05T08:26:49.215+01:00San Diego: the end of the road<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Aircraft carrier </span><span lang="EN-US">USS <i>Midway</i> served 47 years at sea. </span><span lang="EN-US">Decommissioned in 1992,
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US">And that’s it, the end of the road</span></b><span lang="EN-US">. I’ve driven 2,200 miles, through three
states, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a313d;">Washington,
Oregon and California, spent time in five major cities, Seattle, Portland, San
Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.
I have visited many much smaller places, and found lots to enjoy in just
about all of them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a313d;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Probably the most enjoyable places have
been those I’ve been able to explore on my bicycle. Buying it in Seattle was
the best expenditure I made on this holiday: and now I’ve sold it in San Diego.
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you America, for 35 great days and nights, you've been very welcoming and very hospitable.</span><span style="color: #2a313d;"> </span></span></div>
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John Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369782779995709905.post-26885492794364211132013-10-04T22:41:00.001+01:002013-10-04T22:41:36.609+01:00Salk Institute, La Jolla, San Diego<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US">The Salk Institute continues to be acclaimed by architecture critics as
one of the world's boldest structures</span></b><span lang="EN-US">. On my last day of this five-week trip I
was able to make an architectural tour. </span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;">Dr. Jonas
Salk,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1a1a1a;"> an American medical researcher and virologist, is best known for his
discovery and development of the first successful polio vaccine. He</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"> established
the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. His goal was to create an institute
that would serve as a<i> crucible for
creativity </i>to pursue questions about the basic principles of life. He
wanted biologists and others to work together to explore the wider implications
of their discoveries for the future of humanity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today the major areas of study at Salk are: molecular
biology and genetics, neurosciences, and plant biology. Salk research provides
new understanding and potential new therapies and treatments for a range of
diseases—from cancer, AIDS and Alzheimer's disease, to cardiovascular
disorders, anomalies of the brain and birth defects. Discoveries by plant
biologists at the Salk pave the way to improving the quality and quantity of
the world's food supply and to addressing pressing environmental problems,
including global warming.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;">In 1959, Salk
and architect Louis Kahn began a unique partnership to design and build a truly
distinguished research facility. </span><span lang="EN-US">Completed in 1965 and now designated a historical
site, the Institute fulfills Dr. Salk's vision of a facility with open,
unobstructed laboratory interiors set in a dramatic location that inspires
creativity among its researchers. The Institute rests on coastal bluffs in La
Jolla, California, 350 feet above the Pacific Ocean on a 27-acre site donated
by the City of San Diego.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The structure consists of two symmetric buildings with a stream of water
flowing in the middle of a courtyard that separates the two. The buildings
themselves have been designed to promote collaboration, and thus there are no
walls separating laboratories on any floor. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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four offices. A diagonal wall allows each of the thirty-six scientists using
the studies to have a view of the Pacific, and every study is fitted with a
combination of operable sliding and fixed glass panels in teak wood frames. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Architectural guide Ellen Zimmerman</span></td></tr>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jonas Salk
knew there was more to conquer than polio. So he built an institute to do it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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mid-20th century: <a href="http://designmuseum.org/design/louis-kahn">http://designmuseum.org/design/louis-kahn</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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only 130 miles. I could drive that in three hours but as with the whole of this
trip I want to continue to hug the coast where I can and not rush.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I take my time, stop and buy
lunch in <b>San Clemente</b>, and eat it
sitting on the beach at <b>San Onofre</b>,
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Diego in <b>Encinitas, </b>yet another nice
little California beach town of 60,000 people. By chance, it is the third thursday
of the month and that’s when the town come alive with <span lang="EN-US">Encinitas Classic Car Nights. <a href="http://www.encinitas101.com/events/rods-woodies-classic-car-show/">http://www.encinitas101.com/events/rods-woodies-classic-car-show/</a></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This 1959 Morris Minor Traveller was for sale at 25,000$ - that's £15,600</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Friday 20<sup>th</sup> I arrived in <b>San Diego</b>, checked into my motel in the
Point Loma district, and then took a<span lang="EN-US"> long bike ride right along the waterfront into the
city. It has been one of several
regular pleasures over the five weeks, to park the car, get out the bike, and
spend an afternoon exploring a new town or city. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US">San Diego Bay</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> is a natural harbour
and deepwater port located in California, near the US-Mexico border. The bay is
12 miles long and 1 to 3 miles wide.
Considered to be one of the best natural harbors on the west coast, it
was colonized by Spain from 1769. Later it served as base headquarters of major
ships of the US Navy. Today it remains as a home port of major assets,
including several aircraft carriers, of the United States Pacific Fleet. San Diego's port also has facilities
for commercial shipping and cruise ship traffic. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">An ideal place from which to get a sense of the size and shape of the
bay is Cabrillo Point.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Cabrillo National Monument</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> is located at the
southern tip of the Point Loma Peninsula, at the western edge of San Diego
bay. It commemorates the landing
of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo at San Diego Bay on September 28, 1542, the
first time that a European expedition had set foot on what later became the
west coast of the United States. MAP <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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various former military installations, such as artillery batteries, built
to protect the harbor of San Diego from enemy warships. A former army building
hosts an exhibit that tells the story of military history at Point Loma.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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San Diego's harbor and skyline, as well as the Naval Air Station North Island
which sits in San Diego Bay. On
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Comet Ace is a vehicle carrier, registered in Panama, leaves San Diego. Seeing how high she sits in the water I assume it has just been unloaded.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Fort Rosecrans
National Cemetery</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> is located just one mile north of the Cabrillo
Monument, sitting along the crest of the peninsula. To the east it overlooks the bay and the city, to the west
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covers 77 acres, located on both sides of Catalina Blvd, with the gravestones
flowing down to the bay on the east and the ocean on the west. I have visited several of the war grave
sites in northern France and Belgium, each of them a moving and yet depressing
place. None, however, come close to this for sheer size. It is a daunting
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John Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369782779995709905.post-11563119888270230862013-09-24T07:28:00.001+01:002013-09-24T07:28:14.196+01:00Los Angeles: cars, cathedrals, cops and more<div><br></div><div>I went to the <b>Los Angeles County Art Museum (LACMA) in</b> downtown LA to catch the last day of an exhibition by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. He has been commissioned by the new director of LACMA to devise a plan to rationalise their several buildings and related spaces into a more rational estate. It's fascinating, because he is the third to be asked to address this problem in the last twenty years. I'll write about it at length in the future. On the way out from LACMA I stuck my head in another gallery and came across this large installation by artist <b>Chris Burden. </b>What fun</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhks4AWJlQ-bc_ldaWsatt81BrE9FuJISQJ5uy4-apQRXaN7QZRAX2SS1R37sY7tvHjZb-b-s5GSiAhQK33d-3eqagykHgzVd6XrtOHLJkVRN74tFrYNGxNCb-uWcvqeW9DMdcbtAtBDVY/s640/blogger-image-1175710837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhks4AWJlQ-bc_ldaWsatt81BrE9FuJISQJ5uy4-apQRXaN7QZRAX2SS1R37sY7tvHjZb-b-s5GSiAhQK33d-3eqagykHgzVd6XrtOHLJkVRN74tFrYNGxNCb-uWcvqeW9DMdcbtAtBDVY/s640/blogger-image-1175710837.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnTkoGtRCphK44a16TeAcHnY-Wi6RVrv_37Pwuqn-1lSg8lPqILOEkweI24jSJza7JxAKYKf729hyDCakxsH-lR99JWGhDwpgWZ8sI7fnOVIdJt8lhoMnF8BMUxIrELeodQKs5BYkZvg/s640/blogger-image-2061919933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnTkoGtRCphK44a16TeAcHnY-Wi6RVrv_37Pwuqn-1lSg8lPqILOEkweI24jSJza7JxAKYKf729hyDCakxsH-lR99JWGhDwpgWZ8sI7fnOVIdJt8lhoMnF8BMUxIrELeodQKs5BYkZvg/s640/blogger-image-2061919933.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9rnhl_w84assbDgXZDtyRE1b7CWFFz7cm-IZpClrwZLws9Sm3plhTxWHih0o-d28i85cGY9hoZnwrIxohqDWjg9BECpqzOvR4MATj514MYBpwLNDt22iJ2WfzQbkNbkWjhvg0oHiIhs/s640/blogger-image--499684434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9rnhl_w84assbDgXZDtyRE1b7CWFFz7cm-IZpClrwZLws9Sm3plhTxWHih0o-d28i85cGY9hoZnwrIxohqDWjg9BECpqzOvR4MATj514MYBpwLNDt22iJ2WfzQbkNbkWjhvg0oHiIhs/s640/blogger-image--499684434.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72lO-WGjH9P12Ujg1CVQyVjXwx_pDj2JgflTdA4i9Ckxacse9_QHRNqNg5o57wO86PIkMg9SEH3yn2nnchXy_Vlxv3YKurb5fALjKwl-pkuZc6PoH88Crovb4o0wox79jVELEhj9pWw8/s640/blogger-image-1281010249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72lO-WGjH9P12Ujg1CVQyVjXwx_pDj2JgflTdA4i9Ckxacse9_QHRNqNg5o57wO86PIkMg9SEH3yn2nnchXy_Vlxv3YKurb5fALjKwl-pkuZc6PoH88Crovb4o0wox79jVELEhj9pWw8/s640/blogger-image-1281010249.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><i style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></i><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><b><span style="text-align: left; ">The Cathedral of Our Lady of the</span> Angels</b><span style="text-align: left; "> is the third-largest cathedral in the world and serves as the seat of the archbishop of Los Angeles. The cathedral was completed in 2002 and was designed by Spanish architect Rafael Moneo. </span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: left; ">The great cathedrals of Europe were traditionally built next to rivers but in Los Angeles, the cathedral is next to the 101 freeway. Architect Rafael Moneo has likened the freeway to a modern day river that serves an an artery for commerce and transportation in the city. The view of the cathedral is so clear from the freeway that many Angelinos refer to it as "Our Lady of the 101."</span></i></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="text-align: left; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="text-align: left; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); 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">Union Station was partially designed by</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> the Parkinson's brothers, </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">who had also designed</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> City Hall.</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="text-align: left; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> </span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="text-align: left; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">I didn't know about the station and only "discovered" because I'd been told that was the best place to catch the rapid bus back to Santa Monica. 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font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><span class="s68" style="font-weight: bold; ">Mulholland Drive: </span><i><span class="s38">a gorgeous late afternoon drive through the Hollywood Hills, about 15 miles</span><span class="s38">, </span><span class="s38">comes down by the Hollywood Bowl. Stunning views and places to stop.</span></i></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><span class="s38"><i><br></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><i><span class="s38">Take this drive with someone who is a great driver! It winds and tw</span><span class="s38">ists and turns and Can be fast, </span><span class="s38">People ride your bumper on the road, and there are only a few pull-in places from which to take in the views.. For added fun, study a map to the stars home? Make sure it’s a clear day. We went up Mulholland Drive </span><span class="s69">via tour bus, </span><span class="s38">the view was absolutely stunning. </span></i></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><span class="s38"><i><br></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><i><span class="s38">You cannot possibly know the beauty of California unless you drive the canyons between Malibu and the west valley, including Mulholland Drive. Decker Canyon is one of my favorites - the beauty of the hills is breathtaking</span><span class="s60"> Ocean</span></i></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><i><span class="s60"><br></span></i></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><span class="s60"><div class="separator" style="font-style: italic; clear: both; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkwVyhBdI3ADIxpW2cky5XJ-cNV32pvrNqHfA4psBwLaU3r5Yx7egzdublHJ5uUBMpUQIqGvlKu2-F8Za7RovT0gcuYvH3q3hE12Dec4xZS_3aAMPi3S8eN3ejKAVkM1vuNeOoM-Qy0I/s640/blogger-image-13871837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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clear: both; "><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">The towers of Downtown peer through the haze</div><div class="separator" style="font-style: italic; clear: both; "><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "><div class="separator" style="font-style: italic; clear: both; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJ7na_sZDwB-hOnrWHha23crrte_e6GzCAyau_-bsGbwF1cChAPwBuy20l30dVyLupOnJZhVa7-qWL4TkNl7Vb9THXPk451tbwY7VT36iTmNs3fnzfBIXtECkWAB7l-Ed6XL3E6Dwxaw/s640/blogger-image--1381279656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJ7na_sZDwB-hOnrWHha23crrte_e6GzCAyau_-bsGbwF1cChAPwBuy20l30dVyLupOnJZhVa7-qWL4TkNl7Vb9THXPk451tbwY7VT36iTmNs3fnzfBIXtECkWAB7l-Ed6XL3E6Dwxaw/s640/blogger-image--1381279656.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="font-style: italic; clear: both; "><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; ">The Hollywood Bowl</div><div class="separator" style="font-style: italic; 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Largely funded by Walt Disney's widow Lilian, who <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">made an initial gift of $50 million in 1987, this building is the </span><b>Walt Disney Concert Hall</b><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">, home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">It was designed by Frank Gehry, with essential acoustic design by Yasuhisa Toyata, and opened in 2003.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZ9x3UVoKKMluX7oAtJe5VMrzjAtUMcVQGXJcQybW_7tBEhWIsjQKZS71fkgOCHsutU9zT80KemCkYJHou0r82cU8tO8bLPLNgeirN5IBNGWNyMfQLZUhsR1pDNMGdwgL4VxVBtEmHEU/s640/blogger-image-799000058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZ9x3UVoKKMluX7oAtJe5VMrzjAtUMcVQGXJcQybW_7tBEhWIsjQKZS71fkgOCHsutU9zT80KemCkYJHou0r82cU8tO8bLPLNgeirN5IBNGWNyMfQLZUhsR1pDNMGdwgL4VxVBtEmHEU/s640/blogger-image-799000058.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">In the way of these things, it occupies a whole block of the city, with its entrance on the Grand Avenue</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcrxv5XzcE1iVZu9z1E0_6NFgngbJgftSiBRYz0M1KEuHEdWjs2kHbcVaEVCGk5VZwActCF5IEysAkpRgl_8pKTadA2MHau4Xq_lz1EjYOANdLP2xUqXVmBR_nr-SobXdlrgOEDva1x4/s640/blogger-image--1108760178.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcrxv5XzcE1iVZu9z1E0_6NFgngbJgftSiBRYz0M1KEuHEdWjs2kHbcVaEVCGk5VZwActCF5IEysAkpRgl_8pKTadA2MHau4Xq_lz1EjYOANdLP2xUqXVmBR_nr-SobXdlrgOEDva1x4/s640/blogger-image--1108760178.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9kxh3k43-PR7HGxMPFFsNqRZtfxGuEVtar_9tAR14QG8q5L4TaFdHS3ZZzXU84Le2bnq8GTIJsC-wEVucehVJJO2MkyH1DrCPnzyTOCEF8c0iA6yZOVpWv-EI_i0uoprtSHBmPMhyphenhyphenHZI/s640/blogger-image--1554282444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9kxh3k43-PR7HGxMPFFsNqRZtfxGuEVtar_9tAR14QG8q5L4TaFdHS3ZZzXU84Le2bnq8GTIJsC-wEVucehVJJO2MkyH1DrCPnzyTOCEF8c0iA6yZOVpWv-EI_i0uoprtSHBmPMhyphenhyphenHZI/s640/blogger-image--1554282444.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjAGHBjBBkJPxVjtY9RFJEzF05QBAqJkb4LcheJ9AE7DgImOL92uAEoFaW3xfbOA33nl-MoQLXdBRD446N6JS3jbWqTWhfyMw9axaouBlpW7Gl0pEVYzGoMKe827A-prcy0VY3KI5hNg/s640/blogger-image--19488376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjAGHBjBBkJPxVjtY9RFJEzF05QBAqJkb4LcheJ9AE7DgImOL92uAEoFaW3xfbOA33nl-MoQLXdBRD446N6JS3jbWqTWhfyMw9axaouBlpW7Gl0pEVYzGoMKe827A-prcy0VY3KI5hNg/s640/blogger-image--19488376.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span class="s8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">I approached it with reservations, thinking it must be all about external show, with a less than enjoyable interior. This is the third Frank Gehry building I've seen on this trip; the Music Experience in Seattle and his Venice Beach House being the others. I</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">f the client's wish was for a 'signature building' they've certainly got that. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxHAjD1RXazIkpQv9v7NTFxGqtM9_0y1rxQOl2PLgVZKeGZStWgwJJ3xJOVnk2KeCp7HAVJEu1ctq9Zsq_Dy6lRK8uZQvZFGxPWvpnf7SZgro60BlOvBdq5O4iSwWfPGx6Jo1NRe5qfo/s640/blogger-image--462530874.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxHAjD1RXazIkpQv9v7NTFxGqtM9_0y1rxQOl2PLgVZKeGZStWgwJJ3xJOVnk2KeCp7HAVJEu1ctq9Zsq_Dy6lRK8uZQvZFGxPWvpnf7SZgro60BlOvBdq5O4iSwWfPGx6Jo1NRe5qfo/s640/blogger-image--462530874.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span class="s8" style="font-style: italic; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">The stainless steel skin covers a framework of steel beams erected in the shape of billowing sails or flower petals, depending on your point of view. Inside, the building houses one of the best concert venues in the world, with an au</span><span class="s8" style="font-style: italic; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">ditorium known as much for its acoustics as it</span><span class="s8" style="font-style: italic; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">’</span><span class="s8" style="font-style: italic; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">s stunning design.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEiPvPdtPPBZlP_iyIrCu9sWb-pJgQKILdS6dkGJIgYAk-R0czu8zZgvN3ImaRhpIXMbxI41DewqSn-e2fWkS7xneJKzu0YCr_u9LO4qVfLgXvvy1hhIG8ZNQ-ZWOlTsGbVCfJ3ubKKE/s640/blogger-image--104543744.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEiPvPdtPPBZlP_iyIrCu9sWb-pJgQKILdS6dkGJIgYAk-R0czu8zZgvN3ImaRhpIXMbxI41DewqSn-e2fWkS7xneJKzu0YCr_u9LO4qVfLgXvvy1hhIG8ZNQ-ZWOlTsGbVCfJ3ubKKE/s640/blogger-image--104543744.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Inside, my reservations disappeared. The spaces really do soar, with most of the structural columns clad in beautiful Doulas fir. The carpets, and the seating within the hall, are boldly done in a way I haven't seen before in such arts buildings, the legroom seemed generous, yet the whole space quite intimate; surprising given that it seats 2,200. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmIrlBVdHYrHdurz0O0fzqqceRnoratqd2LOndoOw0sZVr6YGhIdjK-VU-cvnviajZhALz0sCQsuYy6wHy7y8jyJWSeqp28r-hGfbOIiTllBoI4MyidLtesSXICrMEe7yQ2ads_EJUFU/s640/blogger-image-763184509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmIrlBVdHYrHdurz0O0fzqqceRnoratqd2LOndoOw0sZVr6YGhIdjK-VU-cvnviajZhALz0sCQsuYy6wHy7y8jyJWSeqp28r-hGfbOIiTllBoI4MyidLtesSXICrMEe7yQ2ads_EJUFU/s640/blogger-image-763184509.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDCWXF0ChilPXjVTCAtKpR2GtLtT1mCU7YT1sKGyD5qRlCJWHvrQglgnJD5_RUv9h37lP8FymjifPBJf1tt9QRNEUHcO9MIWy0tmQnL0kc-PI3R4RLMWYI7b0Oq0PiZ8ddb7wwSxqF5w/s640/blogger-image--670730041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I doubt I shall ever do that, but I really did like what I saw.</span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br><div><br></div></div></div>John Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369782779995709905.post-55230413797037646752013-09-23T04:21:00.001+01:002013-09-23T04:34:10.128+01:00Getty Center<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">The <span class="s7" style="font-weight: bold; ">Getty Center:</span><span class="s8"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">With an endowment of $4.2 billion, the Getty Trust is the wealthiest art institution in the world. Its physical manifestation is a campus of pure white buildings north of Los Angeles, d</span><span class="s8">esigned by </span><span class="s8">architect Richard Meier</span><span class="s8">,</span><span class="s8"> with a budget of 1billion dollars, 1997
</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span class="s8"><i><br></i></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><i><span class="s8">On two</span><span class="s8"> ridges in the Santa Monica Mountains, </span><span class="s8">intercon</span><span class="s8">nected buildings of concrete /</span><span class="s8"> steel with travertine cladding. The landscape provides a welcome complement to the building’s grandeur, with gardens, plazas and terraces created to prevent ero</span><span class="s8">sion. </span><span class="s8">28 sculptures, including masterpiec</span><span class="s8">es by Calder, Magritte and Miró</span><span class="s8">. </span><span class="s8">The Getty is one of the richest museums in the world and it shows - the architecture, gardens, and views are beautiful and the co</span><span class="s8">llection is impressive. Admission free, parking $15 per car</span><span class="s8">. Bring sandwiches to have a picnic in the gardens. </span></i></div><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKN8Gs3HXa9VzPlUvJj5UIuiCIe1vqA0OGIHAzLMLA8Thvb3H5u50jA2R9br9SlaZwysNA1-CfOgtbTIL5oDZq3T0XBnbMaYyPErDz_n0GoPNDAwE-B5WmwURriWRPYs3yx1MW8gu0DAo/s640/blogger-image--1331955044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKN8Gs3HXa9VzPlUvJj5UIuiCIe1vqA0OGIHAzLMLA8Thvb3H5u50jA2R9br9SlaZwysNA1-CfOgtbTIL5oDZq3T0XBnbMaYyPErDz_n0GoPNDAwE-B5WmwURriWRPYs3yx1MW8gu0DAo/s640/blogger-image--1331955044.jpg"></a></div></div></div><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">It is one of two locations of the Getty Museum. This branch of the museum specializes in "pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and decorative arts; and 19th- and 20th-century American and European photographs".<span style="font-size: 15px; "> </span>Among the works on display is the painting <i>Irises</i> by Van Gogh. Besides the museum, the center's buildings house related Getty institutes for research, conservation, and the Getty Foundation.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWANtcCEYF6xpWmo6Q9lfnQHeUEonJeQPp8Vwb8M54ft0yX5-1P_KZC3rW8MPIFyKOx75wpElF8T_7iaArs2RTAnvo66ZPr8bqZK9gcvdzjM-1WlP-FS88DnFl6JNtIrJdoBurvPj_IwE/s640/blogger-image--1678166462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWANtcCEYF6xpWmo6Q9lfnQHeUEonJeQPp8Vwb8M54ft0yX5-1P_KZC3rW8MPIFyKOx75wpElF8T_7iaArs2RTAnvo66ZPr8bqZK9gcvdzjM-1WlP-FS88DnFl6JNtIrJdoBurvPj_IwE/s640/blogger-image--1678166462.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVVsQyynhXFKd_mCQAR4-s42b7G4mhAJryLlyH8N8WQwGZk-9Fo8InzPTR1oziz55RjobX3hAonG9pLw59nUtCmkmHWhTCRZgG_m2OSEei5ubFty2hu7gOKiOfBBQlIUt8L9UcACpNF10/s640/blogger-image--1795242633.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVVsQyynhXFKd_mCQAR4-s42b7G4mhAJryLlyH8N8WQwGZk-9Fo8InzPTR1oziz55RjobX3hAonG9pLw59nUtCmkmHWhTCRZgG_m2OSEei5ubFty2hu7gOKiOfBBQlIUt8L9UcACpNF10/s640/blogger-image--1795242633.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUeSuexdjFaqTWU4MbbluH47ErP_MpIQhFBl139x3zOk3wyZDrF_0PGH9I7nTwAiuLSZ5rCBe9Z4rV9ZJN5zwBZsg_uOEdLIdHqgj9nb-zkm2HST1Xja0UfPppzyOsSDB99qbXGxpjKI/s640/blogger-image-674778141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUeSuexdjFaqTWU4MbbluH47ErP_MpIQhFBl139x3zOk3wyZDrF_0PGH9I7nTwAiuLSZ5rCBe9Z4rV9ZJN5zwBZsg_uOEdLIdHqgj9nb-zkm2HST1Xja0UfPppzyOsSDB99qbXGxpjKI/s640/blogger-image-674778141.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcDXNzwCmdB1q2P_SvM2MSmBBmRrsoyGS6R0hXggk3X7WpKLQwOZXuZduObPsEJET9HZ5ig2yJXNuXNcGYEx5eq_OIvy69uZgW8O4CjenT2lDx9xNWkZR8ULeK6-rX7U6CWjv4B6nI1o/s640/blogger-image--1358396851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcDXNzwCmdB1q2P_SvM2MSmBBmRrsoyGS6R0hXggk3X7WpKLQwOZXuZduObPsEJET9HZ5ig2yJXNuXNcGYEx5eq_OIvy69uZgW8O4CjenT2lDx9xNWkZR8ULeK6-rX7U6CWjv4B6nI1o/s640/blogger-image--1358396851.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1aYDh2f0PgCQaNz42mLhUybYEE6aYaiBguhWl5u1hTvuUDqH77-HpONZaXy5Zq8yCvTgcE4KQ8Owwj3JvsF_PXPr5LDvro4zPiyHz19gh7CyXjn3kq_NsvdPBuFAABUCs9dKVo38oW0/s640/blogger-image--1876104901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1aYDh2f0PgCQaNz42mLhUybYEE6aYaiBguhWl5u1hTvuUDqH77-HpONZaXy5Zq8yCvTgcE4KQ8Owwj3JvsF_PXPr5LDvro4zPiyHz19gh7CyXjn3kq_NsvdPBuFAABUCs9dKVo38oW0/s640/blogger-image--1876104901.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">The center also has outdoor sculptures displayed on terraces and in gardens. Designed by architect Richard Meier the campus includes a central garden designed by artist Robert Irwin. GRI's separate building contains a research library with over 900,000 volumes and two million photographs of art and architecture. The center's design included special provisions to address concerns regarding earthquakes and forest fires.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKiH_QPO9bq-WVlPKgC2kDOL5MYtUPkwADY-jDyEXouKqjfe9cb5r6Ede95FyKiXhiyvZSYGMO3wvhgTpQN-K_18aVupaoJxE1tmUd34iNyjg1kRlmCf1ZNNHDvnqOYEWbr36PxrVsFI/s640/blogger-image--75637036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKiH_QPO9bq-WVlPKgC2kDOL5MYtUPkwADY-jDyEXouKqjfe9cb5r6Ede95FyKiXhiyvZSYGMO3wvhgTpQN-K_18aVupaoJxE1tmUd34iNyjg1kRlmCf1ZNNHDvnqOYEWbr36PxrVsFI/s640/blogger-image--75637036.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Spiny Top, Curly Bottom, by Alexander Calder</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQEauLuGSLdW7lMbQKZaA3tQcwsMIINYOFEn8RYx0yV57UPm9nMcakt_TEEj5MPD5S6vZdICtOLTEbUDHVh8rsm86x3eh0ByubMB14xdtrsatdU_vDNetTY-NBnLFfpzGJFO0dRG6qhQ/s640/blogger-image-1638446652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQEauLuGSLdW7lMbQKZaA3tQcwsMIINYOFEn8RYx0yV57UPm9nMcakt_TEEj5MPD5S6vZdICtOLTEbUDHVh8rsm86x3eh0ByubMB14xdtrsatdU_vDNetTY-NBnLFfpzGJFO0dRG6qhQ/s640/blogger-image-1638446652.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Delusions of Grandeur, Magritte</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5_haDM8yyffOkXFSRyVUAPl7Dvei44sQ9a_yAKjFzFpKjPs1o2LVyDW1GjoGj863AZOXvD14r98Tx9Ln-ztG-WPRZnOPFazZqCUlXF3DYELTiPef8_2N5L0_LD-NmicjzBKqSckaoxY/s640/blogger-image--53831676.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5_haDM8yyffOkXFSRyVUAPl7Dvei44sQ9a_yAKjFzFpKjPs1o2LVyDW1GjoGj863AZOXvD14r98Tx9Ln-ztG-WPRZnOPFazZqCUlXF3DYELTiPef8_2N5L0_LD-NmicjzBKqSckaoxY/s640/blogger-image--53831676.jpg"></a></div></div></div><br><p></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Did I like it? Yes, but...</span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">It is wonderfully impressive, from the moment you roll up at the (Getty's own) car park, sunk 7 levels into the hillside, get onboard the (Getty) automatic train to take you to the top of the hill, to the knowledgable volunteer guides who give side tours on the architecture and the gardens. The setting, and thus the views from the top, are spectacular. The landscaping is fabulous "money no object", and I particularly liked all the open, and shaded spaces between the buildings. Richard Meier specialises in white buildings, with a very formal grid applied to the exterior, and you can love or hate this, or in my case tire of it (his museum in Barcelona is just the same). I did like, very much, the Italian stone used everywhere, in a rough unpolished finish. </span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">However an art museum is really all about the internal spaces in which the art is displayed and I don't think the Getty is always successful. Some gallery rooms seemed surprisingly small, the art spaces quite cramped. The quality, though, was exceptional. 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Allow 5 hours as a minimum.</div><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br><p></p></div>John Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369782779995709905.post-10550040553483537602013-09-22T18:18:00.001+01:002013-09-22T18:18:16.794+01:00Hollywood<div><div><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></b></div><div><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hollywood</b></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to 'do' Hollywood, you just have to do a studio tour, and there are a couple to choose from. I'd read good things about the <span class="s65">Warner Bros</span><span class="s64"> tour and I wasn't disappointed. It is a huge place, with many sound stages, and backlots, lots of tv shows in production (although no major movies at present) and an important history.</span></span></div><div><span class="s64" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span class="s64" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I toured in a group of just twelve, on an electric cart, with a well-briefed guide, and the tour also included a visit to the costume museum (no photography her), a look at some well-known cars, and a walk-through of the prop store: that took me back many years.</span></div><div><span class="s64" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The cost is $50, booked online, with a further charge for parking, so not cheap. It lasts about two and a quarter hours, and is very well conceived and managed. </span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You can read on Tripadvisor how other people rate it. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g32123-d265091-Reviews-Warner_Bros_Studios_VIP_Tours-Burbank_California.html">http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g32123-d265091-Reviews-Warner_Bros_Studios_VIP_Tours-Burbank_California.html</a><br></span><div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvw1_RASSOwI3IeF7XuqGmdozMNnJPi9dRHWfIHyizYqJKkTf4mg9zGHrUp4L1MS_46uWOMIRUeO57b_rVTEof5MmPqgYILp6niPNIoKnc03fEQEWq5XboB_vl3wuRfg62gITyPNEFUU/s640/blogger-image-1880091821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvw1_RASSOwI3IeF7XuqGmdozMNnJPi9dRHWfIHyizYqJKkTf4mg9zGHrUp4L1MS_46uWOMIRUeO57b_rVTEof5MmPqgYILp6niPNIoKnc03fEQEWq5XboB_vl3wuRfg62gITyPNEFUU/s640/blogger-image-1880091821.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg08Djf0SQdoJfFTvGkp0JLiPyLBf55N4DCdeVONiuLmBZ5vfY2RFILjuORaIskDrPx4vB1RVamONS8xkLbxCWLsNhvwq2ZqCqcityV_ldl1jNQYf9-Tv6yzVVYVlewdp8Ll-NUZp9krQY/s640/blogger-image-450301377.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg08Djf0SQdoJfFTvGkp0JLiPyLBf55N4DCdeVONiuLmBZ5vfY2RFILjuORaIskDrPx4vB1RVamONS8xkLbxCWLsNhvwq2ZqCqcityV_ldl1jNQYf9-Tv6yzVVYVlewdp8Ll-NUZp9krQY/s640/blogger-image-450301377.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWlxp436UKAI_Sm1WuWHBhHC6-dFAzS0qKcIs9efyarX6Zhrn9GtNNaDw_RU4Vfg6UjEkeihnqE7KtXmG4V5iNk5dcX-7FA0ybcW9dU0MbwqeL3lJgtESqHB6zPQkobckn_V7FCecdrM/s640/blogger-image--1209880217.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWlxp436UKAI_Sm1WuWHBhHC6-dFAzS0qKcIs9efyarX6Zhrn9GtNNaDw_RU4Vfg6UjEkeihnqE7KtXmG4V5iNk5dcX-7FA0ybcW9dU0MbwqeL3lJgtESqHB6zPQkobckn_V7FCecdrM/s640/blogger-image--1209880217.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Walk of the Stars: this is Bing Crosby</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyshVNpW4H2A_0qB9g_P_zBcXuZPrOetrmjcNfJXt95MCc4uZ4FPzcw3d-jxzj8JeAuHqEGhQH6xFZdZEa8csbDzh8q5ifkbB2nusy9HVx83MK-GiI62dzO4kglOs5VlMTg8liWiMcTi0/s640/blogger-image-252417386.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyshVNpW4H2A_0qB9g_P_zBcXuZPrOetrmjcNfJXt95MCc4uZ4FPzcw3d-jxzj8JeAuHqEGhQH6xFZdZEa8csbDzh8q5ifkbB2nusy9HVx83MK-GiI62dzO4kglOs5VlMTg8liWiMcTi0/s640/blogger-image-252417386.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And then into Warners or the tour:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kydpDM1Ea6CdxzXJjSRh94sxjY53wzpxLBrl0G8FpwWbnsxU7BFi16JQa6me0gAS-uJUzRNXcUuXKyyoetb0MyfjarL-NCwLaYlZeIjsZo7jOX8cBi1-Y_9Og-uuNKvdIIvlqZ6DLMI/s640/blogger-image--1306794591.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kydpDM1Ea6CdxzXJjSRh94sxjY53wzpxLBrl0G8FpwWbnsxU7BFi16JQa6me0gAS-uJUzRNXcUuXKyyoetb0MyfjarL-NCwLaYlZeIjsZo7jOX8cBi1-Y_9Og-uuNKvdIIvlqZ6DLMI/s640/blogger-image--1306794591.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sets on the backlot are almost all facades only, with no interiors. Each facade can be used in a variety of ways, with extensive use of signs, window dressing, street furniture and extras.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUGxIB82Kk5IVuyuEVrDHjmj_HRQy0BMuwe6lNylmPawc0Z1IuG8XUWVweY-WXIMMsn09rc-_LtvEc4ql7KjL1TOOlOsyVqVbIh25cQXe_i-Owx0s6uJHTMV9f4iZy4bZaOrVrWd0gFU/s640/blogger-image-208478166.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUGxIB82Kk5IVuyuEVrDHjmj_HRQy0BMuwe6lNylmPawc0Z1IuG8XUWVweY-WXIMMsn09rc-_LtvEc4ql7KjL1TOOlOsyVqVbIh25cQXe_i-Owx0s6uJHTMV9f4iZy4bZaOrVrWd0gFU/s640/blogger-image-208478166.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQdOLVRNq5tB7Mo1xlnoVwyOkpbGI-DVnkEH58B7OJHVtYKP0EH4055baZJhAlZT7FKOOiGAOwsugc1NX3sA89EmYivlXyZKu5xAw_TdwBHA4jhNgUaucnFL3j5j18d6PtEn9CZ5jbHjM/s640/blogger-image--1114480410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s68"><b>Rodeo Drive, Sunset Strip, Melrose, Beverly Hills, Venice Beach,</b></span><span class="s60"><b> Sunset Boulevard, Mulholland Drive, the Hollywood Hills, Burbank</b>, </span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">all these and many more are the evocative names and references I know from literature, music, art and films. They've been part of the background to my life, and it is strange to see them on maps, on buses, on street signs, and to walk some of them.</span></div>
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One of the challenges facing someone planning a few days in LA, is where to stay, by which I men which district. For me, the choices seemed to be Downtown (the buiness, arts, and civic centre), Hollywood, or Santa Monica. I visited all three, but chose a motel in Santa Monica as my base and think I got it spot on.</div>
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This post focuses on the two days I spent in <b>Santa Monica</b>, riding around on my bike, enjoying the life of this lovely town beside the ocean.</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Santa Monica</b> is a beachfront city situated on Santa Monica Bay, bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It is home to many Hollywood celebrities and executives and is a mixture of affluent single-family neighborhoods, renters, surfers, professionals, and students, with a total population of 90,000</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Partly because of its agreeable climate, Santa Monica had become a famed resort town by the early 20th century. The city has experienced a boom since the late 1980s through the revitalization of its downtown core with significant job growth and increased tourism. </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Big enough to have some character</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> and style, small enough to be walkable, good bus connections to downtown LA, and almost-fabulous weather, it's almost a destination town in its own right. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s77" style="font-style: italic;">“</span><span class="s77" style="font-style: italic;">I can't</span><span class="s77" style="font-style: italic;"> overemphasize</span><span class="s77" style="font-style: italic;"> this almost magical place. It is like a miles-lo</span><span class="s77" style="font-style: italic;">ng carnival for adults…</span><span class="s77" style="font-style: italic;"> so much to do and see that it is easy to forget you are at a beach and the beach is absolutely beautiful! You will have flashbacks of almost every tv show that was ever filmed in California. The beach body-builders and bikini-clad ladies on rollerblades? Yup, all of those scenes were filmed here. When you get a bit tired or hot, there are a myriad of places to snack and beer. From the juggler on the ten foot high unicycle riding up and down, and the guy walking on broken glass to the geek shows. If you travel all the way to L.A. for a holiday and don't visit Venice Beach, I promise you will regret it.</span><span class="s77" style="font-style: italic;">”</span><span class="s77" style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i><span class="s38">Off the somewhat trashy (yet loads of fun) boardwalk, lies one of the most beautiful beaches in Southern Califor</span><span class="s38">nia. Worlds away from most of</span><span class="s38"> L.A., this beach is "the beach" for many Angelinos.</span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s8">Venice</span><span class="s8">,</span><span class="s8"> built on a system of canals in 1820s to drain the marsh</span><span class="s8">es</span><span class="s8"> so they could be used for residen</span><span class="s8">ces. B</span><span class="s8">y the 1950s Venice was "the slum by the sea". Today</span><span class="s8"> it is</span><span class="s8"> one of the great draws for visitor</span><span class="s8">s. </span></span><span class="s8">Old-fashioned hacienda-style houses next to cottages that have been transformed into boutiques, health food stores, pavement cafes and restaurants. Walking along the mile-long street, you go from Gjelina's, a smart Italian joint, past Lilly's with its delicate French cui</span><span class="s8">sine, to Abbot's Pizza, </span><span class="s8">slices for $2. A couple of blocks west on the infamous Venice Beach, where the whiff of marijuana still permeates the loud boardwalk, you can find little gems –such as Piccolo's Italian restaurant – tucked away next to the handball courts, paddle tennis courts, the Skate Dancing plaza, beach volleyball courts, and the bike trail. </span></i><i><span class="s8">W</span><span class="s8">atch the skaters at the Venice Skatepark, s</span><span class="s8">urfboard rentals </span><span class="s8">are on the boardwalk. H</span><span class="s8">ead to Benice </span><span class="s8"> – a</span><span class="s8"> breakfast place a block from the beach– to listen to the regulars swap surfing stories.</span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s7" style="font-weight: bold;">The famous 26-Mile Bike Path</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s38">traverses Pacific Palisades through Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Marina del Rey, Playa del Rey, Manhattan and Hermosa Beach, all the way to Redondo Beach. It is spectacular</span><span class="s8">. L</span><span class="s38">oads of interesting sights: multi-</span><span class="s38">million dollar beach houses mixed with hippies & hobos</span><span class="s8"> </span></span></div>
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John Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369782779995709905.post-41388607190824107082013-09-20T17:23:00.001+01:002013-09-20T17:23:28.159+01:00Hearst Castle, Los Osos, Solvang<div><br></div><div>The reason I have stayed the night in San Simeon ( there has to be a special reason as the place seems merely a collection of motels along half a mile of highway) is to visit Hearst Castle.<div><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div class="kno-fb-ctx kno-desc" data-hveid="68" data-ved="0CEQQziAwBA" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 0px 13px; margin-right: 24px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><b>Hearst Castle</b> is a National and California Historical Landmark mansion located on the Central Coast of California. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">It was designed by architect</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> Julia Morgan </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">between 1919 and 1947</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">for newspaper magnate</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> William Randolph Hearst</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">, who died in 1951. In 1957, the</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> Hearst Corporation</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">donated the property to the state of California. Since that time it has been maintained as a</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> state historic park, </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">where the estate, and its considerable collection of art and antiques, is open for public tours. Despite its location far from any urban center, the site attracts about one million visitors per year.</span></div><div class="kno-fb-ctx kno-desc" data-hveid="68" data-ved="0CEQQziAwBA" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 0px 13px; margin-right: 24px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div class="kno-fb-ctx kno-desc" data-hveid="68" data-ved="0CEQQziAwBA" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 0px 13px; margin-right: 24px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Wft2dPHDxrSA9DK1FFLDLkGutabUX6ckjphSLPHIJdPufRkK98NqnpFKyr4pqAUoj1h1jxaYlNWS3tu3gChBHIem5rxQlSfAsbGtS2UYqZvlwwnu-clt_lWmwPv8Zu49J7X12frhMO8/s640/blogger-image-1780136744.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Wft2dPHDxrSA9DK1FFLDLkGutabUX6ckjphSLPHIJdPufRkK98NqnpFKyr4pqAUoj1h1jxaYlNWS3tu3gChBHIem5rxQlSfAsbGtS2UYqZvlwwnu-clt_lWmwPv8Zu49J7X12frhMO8/s640/blogger-image-1780136744.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">I <i>would like to build something upon the hill at San Simeon. I get tired of going up there and camping in tents. I'm getting a little too old for that. I'd like to get something that would be a little more comfortable.</i></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Hearst to his architect</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtrHMaPPi8epEzJarPLV0uAJj-isM8HaBA7ewiD_Uoefchju38_iSXBDdRvDPepgjHjq3HC-KIBqgMpEdWyu2pTdTbtj81mdZfu7kDKQnr9f9q5TS7lDNIUTmuoJWGF5e2LZ8RJisX_c/s640/blogger-image-1593604222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtrHMaPPi8epEzJarPLV0uAJj-isM8HaBA7ewiD_Uoefchju38_iSXBDdRvDPepgjHjq3HC-KIBqgMpEdWyu2pTdTbtj81mdZfu7kDKQnr9f9q5TS7lDNIUTmuoJWGF5e2LZ8RJisX_c/s640/blogger-image-1593604222.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-9smk5Z8JQbwP8Yw-DgoO3M0qe22STfUoUxdEl8SioN810ZmGQZ6BSRfMYnnDUwm1h80y0NwurkWpELX2OxcBNkHaprx39-cXrz9vb5Eq2W5ue3SwlSpJBxLCl7RQIp4FHNk88NpkTE/s640/blogger-image--1452231514.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-9smk5Z8JQbwP8Yw-DgoO3M0qe22STfUoUxdEl8SioN810ZmGQZ6BSRfMYnnDUwm1h80y0NwurkWpELX2OxcBNkHaprx39-cXrz9vb5Eq2W5ue3SwlSpJBxLCl7RQIp4FHNk88NpkTE/s640/blogger-image--1452231514.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2YIp63XKA-Ibh-ppwopnn-Saa-7jZP9gFsC4BdJrlo44_IQQWH3PC7AcSDKyXDLS2QzAM7iF2uq-z8lhAm1Fxe7MAY7livlmq-stfq1s2F0OUmu4YbfSvXxnit_wz-WTLDvfn8N0SYs/s640/blogger-image-200310990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2YIp63XKA-Ibh-ppwopnn-Saa-7jZP9gFsC4BdJrlo44_IQQWH3PC7AcSDKyXDLS2QzAM7iF2uq-z8lhAm1Fxe7MAY7livlmq-stfq1s2F0OUmu4YbfSvXxnit_wz-WTLDvfn8N0SYs/s640/blogger-image-200310990.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">The estate is a pastiche of historic architectural styles that its owner admired in his travels around Europe. Hearst was a prolific buyer who did not so much purchase art and antiques to furnish his home as he did build his home to get his bulging collection out of warehouses. This led to incongruous elements such as the private cinema whose walls were lined with shelves of rare books. The floor plan of the Main Building is chaotic due to his habit of buying centuries-old ceilings, which dictated the proportions and decor of various rooms.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctGW8yHwSjeWf-1_MZQEjSoHfjivRT-9J4eN0re20fDFu9lRS6btpO7kCwWkcqxQVG2Po-mqWML3bWC-VL1vaHalDz8nPyp20U5ajOIRzh8HTkp0rV5IOts7wZs2pTY_sFgAlrUdAom0/s640/blogger-image--402191694.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctGW8yHwSjeWf-1_MZQEjSoHfjivRT-9J4eN0re20fDFu9lRS6btpO7kCwWkcqxQVG2Po-mqWML3bWC-VL1vaHalDz8nPyp20U5ajOIRzh8HTkp0rV5IOts7wZs2pTY_sFgAlrUdAom0/s640/blogger-image--402191694.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpD4KbQAeBrA2b7NpNUeyXI0R1HKlbZgq4QN5lEvg9AO31sUcgB8GcBkrgQ6NEAXH9gA3FenNP9CP7rHI2SPrpCMEagXKeXIIEQu6YIcD_8m57h4ejMDMmkARxHEpRCk5gsDaQ1vNMXw/s640/blogger-image-1480306096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpD4KbQAeBrA2b7NpNUeyXI0R1HKlbZgq4QN5lEvg9AO31sUcgB8GcBkrgQ6NEAXH9gA3FenNP9CP7rHI2SPrpCMEagXKeXIIEQu6YIcD_8m57h4ejMDMmkARxHEpRCk5gsDaQ1vNMXw/s640/blogger-image-1480306096.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div><p></p><div class="thumb tright" style="clear: right; float: right; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em; width: auto; "></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Invitations to Hearst Castle were highly coveted during its heyday in the 1920s and '30s. 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Just two colours, blue and gold.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WD85gTCx4U4SnPwHMsxDUEMW35srvjOZKR_KJ6b7VAhcUZfNI7ppyjpwyWlzHAloCuTErcV5zBwN5eBfejw7LAAuC6Bkcwi_C6ZxspBD1S8Skis3SFuuvHpXps-FCY77crfgDG_tXWc/s640/blogger-image-1953562632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WD85gTCx4U4SnPwHMsxDUEMW35srvjOZKR_KJ6b7VAhcUZfNI7ppyjpwyWlzHAloCuTErcV5zBwN5eBfejw7LAAuC6Bkcwi_C6ZxspBD1S8Skis3SFuuvHpXps-FCY77crfgDG_tXWc/s640/blogger-image-1953562632.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">It was <b>Lara Levy</b> who urged me to visit Hearst Castle, and my next appointment is with her at her home in nearby Los Osos. Lara is a very good friend of a very good friend, to whose daughter we are the godparents. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Being in California, the first thing we had to do was go to the beach, in this case at the lovely Morro Bay, with her own young daughter. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yywX2AxRu1ADlrWog7cBn8PB4vbXX-V86_JTLotOKiEClz9075alPPNkQw8_1a8t9Fz0F4do6Pny1-Vsxz4HCKnHahYpdg2C2b-NZPG76uwClBkzCJamHr4go2LtwAHOG0pPcnwu7HY/s640/blogger-image-2109841911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yywX2AxRu1ADlrWog7cBn8PB4vbXX-V86_JTLotOKiEClz9075alPPNkQw8_1a8t9Fz0F4do6Pny1-Vsxz4HCKnHahYpdg2C2b-NZPG76uwClBkzCJamHr4go2LtwAHOG0pPcnwu7HY/s640/blogger-image-2109841911.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Later, we looked around the town, I checked into the Back Bay Inn - the best location of any on my long trip - had dinner, and talked late into the night. 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-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Solvang, </b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">a town of 5,000, in</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> Santa Barbara County, California, </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); 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-webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Solvang was founded in 1911</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> by a group of Danes who traveled west to establish a Danish colony far from the midwestern winters. </span><div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnP2dIj0OwLJwchNerKCAFAgj0SxbnDjax7XE8DX1TBCsmp3gTQlx2S2EHVLkb2C5hgADIEANAdS8aAM3Lo3n2iqKeSRqoHWnXpWVaqLhNMuA9lcCJZbLdmRSTTN0QnRAQwvdDq1jddQ/s640/blogger-image-1276270541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The architecture of many of the façades and buildings reflects traditional Danish style. </span></p><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></span></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMbcfoYJy0BXAydWuXgeecN64yZ-oPT7eZh_6gfWW19MKsJ40QTcoc6yTjvOBTVnz32vZXWoAAMlMBf7TwZp51FRLpEZfSKKxnYABpZnZH3ivIAYa7NPm2b5mo3Aql_XG8LsYEKfCjnA/s640/blogger-image--2086183938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMbcfoYJy0BXAydWuXgeecN64yZ-oPT7eZh_6gfWW19MKsJ40QTcoc6yTjvOBTVnz32vZXWoAAMlMBf7TwZp51FRLpEZfSKKxnYABpZnZH3ivIAYa7NPm2b5mo3Aql_XG8LsYEKfCjnA/s640/blogger-image--2086183938.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEt00JFXe8iR0tFkm3EwxyCauIu13ae8cUOBoQRoCLe9JpW-dPk1OAZvF5DE3QHFzvz15FUxE1whDUogqyYuDB8VTwr4A45usgVrMffo-m8-q_fmQrf41pEAZNLV0yP0Wzw000IpJKyPo/s640/blogger-image-523374487.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEt00JFXe8iR0tFkm3EwxyCauIu13ae8cUOBoQRoCLe9JpW-dPk1OAZvF5DE3QHFzvz15FUxE1whDUogqyYuDB8VTwr4A45usgVrMffo-m8-q_fmQrf41pEAZNLV0yP0Wzw000IpJKyPo/s640/blogger-image-523374487.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBswoiDbACyQO63FceZMWpaBxxSbJSFHxWhZbzzhstHemdSnO46J1Xwys1sOEt698pECnJG1S4Zmc-xGQksdtx2hj4z7OjtRiOMtfA-9InwdSXVR1Q9TzUDm9k-nbnHsCsIy2DMg3dSio/s640/blogger-image-1782935892.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBswoiDbACyQO63FceZMWpaBxxSbJSFHxWhZbzzhstHemdSnO46J1Xwys1sOEt698pECnJG1S4Zmc-xGQksdtx2hj4z7OjtRiOMtfA-9InwdSXVR1Q9TzUDm9k-nbnHsCsIy2DMg3dSio/s640/blogger-image-1782935892.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">And that's it for this stretch of the Pacific coast of California. This afternoon I'll drive into Los Angeles, from where there will surely be lots to record and report. </span></p><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div></div></div></div></div>John Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369782779995709905.post-38807062320338250172013-09-20T03:32:00.001+01:002013-09-20T03:51:16.072+01:00California coast: Cannery Row, Carmel and Big Sur<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">I have had a really enjoyable five days in San Francisco. Now it's time to continue my journey down the coast, which I rejoined at the Moss Landing Wildlife Area, just off Highway 1. That's where I saw these sea otters, playing, swimming, floating on their backs.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1bwbHGzcW2kpjsyn94smXZaeie7emYCLaLQv6co-MHj2ndOwe3ndJwqTRqtv4bDxQqxjDA5CXagt9hQl5P_mipGu5_iPMT8ECNwHde1oRmMdEtnIS1UN4LN5BYXU8nCl3JZ1UMEOFVM/s640/blogger-image--1161013690.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1bwbHGzcW2kpjsyn94smXZaeie7emYCLaLQv6co-MHj2ndOwe3ndJwqTRqtv4bDxQqxjDA5CXagt9hQl5P_mipGu5_iPMT8ECNwHde1oRmMdEtnIS1UN4LN5BYXU8nCl3JZ1UMEOFVM/s640/blogger-image--1161013690.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjal1ECa2bs0caydDmSMV549rEais_s52J88CJzlHlnNy0idx5G7S5NMyUFi4Myh5yUrdWsbmRkmpBGXQp9X-Rk31t_IpCnEfdo3KAowLJOfklDCIFs350RMtQ2Y5d6sVsdThYbGjL5pNQ/s640/blogger-image-1698785705.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">My next stop, just twenty miles south, was at <b>Cannery Row. </b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); 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font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div><i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><b>Cannery Row</b> is the waterfront street in the New Monterey section of Monterey, California. It is the site of a number of now-defunct sardine canning factories, the last of which closed in 1973. The street, previously named Ocean View Avenue, became official in January 1958 to honor author John Steinbeck, and his well-known novel Cannery Row. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">It was published in 1945; a film version was released in 1982. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></i></div><div><i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyO5TvT8a31hy4vFl1Fu5ZFSJFsjLkOo_YQzzCvFdkAfC48kr4o4bzr3ViRnMG9B1XpoXBkyUZsdc48LePOMixSmIJbJ9A2sYt6Ce_YLqEvjbq9UxNTP1WH9NGrbmnVbq_-qfg-kOAYLY/s640/blogger-image-304809327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyO5TvT8a31hy4vFl1Fu5ZFSJFsjLkOo_YQzzCvFdkAfC48kr4o4bzr3ViRnMG9B1XpoXBkyUZsdc48LePOMixSmIJbJ9A2sYt6Ce_YLqEvjbq9UxNTP1WH9NGrbmnVbq_-qfg-kOAYLY/s640/blogger-image-304809327.jpg"></a></div><br></span></i></div><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><i>The novel Cannery Row revolves around the people living on that street during the Great Depression: Lee Chong, the local grocer; Doc, a marine biologist, based on Steinbeck's friend Ed Ricketts; and Mack, the leader of a group of bums.</i></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><i><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPFMN7mNUc1xThfo8zBwG5eFxFB_16svFHC6ffH3pfbUXTZFeadRDwapDfOVlIywBvNSAmG4WwQx-L_bCzojg21Nf8QEdxb1VS8-UJtRifmmpeHbPE9yefILC2uYHA9CHdMkjd5DLy4I/s640/blogger-image--61578171.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPFMN7mNUc1xThfo8zBwG5eFxFB_16svFHC6ffH3pfbUXTZFeadRDwapDfOVlIywBvNSAmG4WwQx-L_bCzojg21Nf8QEdxb1VS8-UJtRifmmpeHbPE9yefILC2uYHA9CHdMkjd5DLy4I/s640/blogger-image--61578171.jpg"></a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br></i></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><i><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Cannery Row itself is now a tourist attraction, with hotels and restaurants located in former cannery buildings, and a few historic attractions. </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Some privately owned fishing companies still exist, housed on piers located a short distance from the historic district. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">In recent years, Cannery Row has become increasingly popular among sport fishermen due to extensive public fishing facilities, are scuba-diving spots.</span></i></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "></span></p><div class="separator" style="font-style: italic; clear: both; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZkYr31VjWNGEaoQlxB7TInx3z9Dr1p77-l6Tp0iS-MzKUoFClwFHSobS77MkPQd7ovnKUa1fQCg2aX3nB37cxptDagbL3st8a3G5a13uF__VwMkKXTZQYDNZ5LgLo3IhtbRXA912jEc/s640/blogger-image--619525730.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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">Steinbeck's annotated typescript for Cannery Row describes Mack and the boys' zany Carmel Valley frog hunt. 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As far as I can see it is best known for having one of them, Clint Eastwood, as its Mayor in the late 1980's. </p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETtG11qu7ulyDtqxTjdstEoZlY7ne8sRmnhHj3n17D4ZX1okdbyD2hGRtMRhMMRmYhMwRHhyTismCTH6yX8p0KlTpbfuluQQm1A1mVBONvLBq3Nr-qhxbCk1rE9EFglBhZ3KG18xIO6w/s640/blogger-image-1636146012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETtG11qu7ulyDtqxTjdstEoZlY7ne8sRmnhHj3n17D4ZX1okdbyD2hGRtMRhMMRmYhMwRHhyTismCTH6yX8p0KlTpbfuluQQm1A1mVBONvLBq3Nr-qhxbCk1rE9EFglBhZ3KG18xIO6w/s640/blogger-image-1636146012.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgni2Qhoiqvj4nuFTG-sDu4c7k7IzOoIRm4qWtiU75FNo_Uw_dfr1lLssGsE8tMbj-N9fL7wGrfEXfcxy8F9fxjgB1UbGmobUH1mTvLcGIs7B2QGsEMBhJrKu25V1Yw3tVeg7yqJXY_8hE/s640/blogger-image--595476573.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgni2Qhoiqvj4nuFTG-sDu4c7k7IzOoIRm4qWtiU75FNo_Uw_dfr1lLssGsE8tMbj-N9fL7wGrfEXfcxy8F9fxjgB1UbGmobUH1mTvLcGIs7B2QGsEMBhJrKu25V1Yw3tVeg7yqJXY_8hE/s640/blogger-image--595476573.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Clint Eastwood marked his love for the area by naming his film production company Malpaso Productions</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVdVqAnmw5ara7-R4hQeAuGcbCF-o5jaIp5d8CHj5hIWLQbvmhq8ChUhYmlBAR9FOKALVDDNlozFloro141POBKl3LMRzQ1YdfG1b86vfGMnDPb26_9IGNnyJgbOQhkyZnAAixL8J-V0/s640/blogger-image--1184460949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVdVqAnmw5ara7-R4hQeAuGcbCF-o5jaIp5d8CHj5hIWLQbvmhq8ChUhYmlBAR9FOKALVDDNlozFloro141POBKl3LMRzQ1YdfG1b86vfGMnDPb26_9IGNnyJgbOQhkyZnAAixL8J-V0/s640/blogger-image--1184460949.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYm6iAZW5jdOix2vN-70d3Uw83Qe9-oXJ0fEkam99Nj1G30y-FAQWZBiK6p_FkUwyr92gdb5FFaxjS_Ryh3LItMF_2gv3QypFERJCRfCqeNfBBEIrgBXzN2L3L5d4dw2ccw-A2cp1rSE/s640/blogger-image--312824881.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYm6iAZW5jdOix2vN-70d3Uw83Qe9-oXJ0fEkam99Nj1G30y-FAQWZBiK6p_FkUwyr92gdb5FFaxjS_Ryh3LItMF_2gv3QypFERJCRfCqeNfBBEIrgBXzN2L3L5d4dw2ccw-A2cp1rSE/s640/blogger-image--312824881.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sunset at Carmel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhEKAAYgP5gRPmRH14shErrfCWpDCG_n6bWXN7jUy-JPUR88AJEh4oUInKiHkJCs9gxISzwGLn4cF_VwdlGO1UTE_LeR94_b9e3TmZ_t3jW9fTTPGXJ34BNtbhdl23O0VP1s70RZmYm8/s640/blogger-image--765924243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhEKAAYgP5gRPmRH14shErrfCWpDCG_n6bWXN7jUy-JPUR88AJEh4oUInKiHkJCs9gxISzwGLn4cF_VwdlGO1UTE_LeR94_b9e3TmZ_t3jW9fTTPGXJ34BNtbhdl23O0VP1s70RZmYm8/s640/blogger-image--765924243.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's a nice, compact, tidy place, ideal for an afternoon in the sun, pottering about on the bike, on the beach, and so on. There are plenty of restaurants and a couple of really good delis which I used. However, there seems little to do if you are below retirement age. I wouldn't want to be a teenager here ( or the parent of a teenager). It's quaint, and I think the people like it that way.</div></div></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; ">My friend travelling this same route, ten days ahead of me sent her report: </p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><i>"Carmel was very charming - quite an upmarket kind of place: boutiques, antique shops, wineries, art galleries, nice little restaurants. No chains here! And interesting architecture - a bit like being in rural Spain. My guide book describes it as being for "the newly wed and the nearly dead", and I think that's about right. A nice place to potter about hand in hand looking at things. I'm not very into shopping, and I'm not that interested in buildings, the town didn't hold much for me. But the beaches were nice: white sand, lots of pelicans, lots of nice views, although not very safe for swimming. The beach is west-facing, so a good (and very popular) place to watch the sun set". I</i> concur with all that</span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><br></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; ">The next day was <b>Big Sur. </b></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><b><br></b></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br></b></div><b><br></b><p></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhADKiil_jcHxibp3iDeFYYWVGiEw9V48YNzLoA7_ylz-z2LJKmj5r__efHJfGKHECObzFrcrRdRc7m-IXDtF-b2j9iakJqnE-cmSMgiyUdAnukn5OTUUn1xZXKNz52lneBwWfQKxftsE/s640/blogger-image--775431305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhADKiil_jcHxibp3iDeFYYWVGiEw9V48YNzLoA7_ylz-z2LJKmj5r__efHJfGKHECObzFrcrRdRc7m-IXDtF-b2j9iakJqnE-cmSMgiyUdAnukn5OTUUn1xZXKNz52lneBwWfQKxftsE/s640/blogger-image--775431305.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wFGJpQquqeEqHZblFr6dFhx-IXsCbcZFLUTI3xQob4Y3PH6ZKD6Dptbcwodw4K8-5Nq00rjCw1NB6p44-ZaOaWZy8wIOGiqknGpK8vX9oK86PZ4rwNjo38MqI9dLWt3qqNJOWrTKd6s/s640/blogger-image--953479998.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wFGJpQquqeEqHZblFr6dFhx-IXsCbcZFLUTI3xQob4Y3PH6ZKD6Dptbcwodw4K8-5Nq00rjCw1NB6p44-ZaOaWZy8wIOGiqknGpK8vX9oK86PZ4rwNjo38MqI9dLWt3qqNJOWrTKd6s/s640/blogger-image--953479998.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVg9VlDfcs7Qkw6_Pa0PmxXCKCFmPdPKAPM6-2wJQmxjfcrqVx9UhVoDGKDSwnx77uaRxTsMZgKB5LKcdqWc_sTOwsy41RqCU9YGdkNlH8VEUcO5dwy-sgAjFbnOkuuMsJ9YJnUTPiG9E/s640/blogger-image--305036030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVg9VlDfcs7Qkw6_Pa0PmxXCKCFmPdPKAPM6-2wJQmxjfcrqVx9UhVoDGKDSwnx77uaRxTsMZgKB5LKcdqWc_sTOwsy41RqCU9YGdkNlH8VEUcO5dwy-sgAjFbnOkuuMsJ9YJnUTPiG9E/s640/blogger-image--305036030.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">That's the road, top right</div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96ChghqXUp3-FafIhYH4OoUVmQQj3ZEaY6R3rAttvVURtKROz7T5rTF2KEAa6f7HFAAnLWJMHYWM2JLgdMnnRZm4LWOwFqTfUNuHjhqJvC4a7E9jF_8QOXsO96uVpeTyYM3s1QBU376w/s640/blogger-image-1459332511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96ChghqXUp3-FafIhYH4OoUVmQQj3ZEaY6R3rAttvVURtKROz7T5rTF2KEAa6f7HFAAnLWJMHYWM2JLgdMnnRZm4LWOwFqTfUNuHjhqJvC4a7E9jF_8QOXsO96uVpeTyYM3s1QBU376w/s640/blogger-image-1459332511.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br><p></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "></p><div class="kno-fb-ctx kno-desc" data-hveid="65" data-ved="0CEEQziAwAw" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 0px 13px; margin-right: 24px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><i>Big Sur is a sparsely populated region of the Central Coast of California where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean. </i></span></div><div class="kno-fb-ctx kno-desc" data-hveid="65" data-ved="0CEEQziAwAw" style="overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 0px 13px; margin-right: 24px; "><i>The terrain offers stunning views, making Big Sur a popular tourist destination. Big Sur's Cone Peak is the highest coastal mountain in the contiguous 48 states, ascending nearly a mile (5,155 feet/1571 m) above sea level, only three miles (4.8 km) from the ocean.</i></div><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><i>Although Big Sur has no precise boundaries, it is largely taken to include the 90 miles (140 km) of coastline from the Carmel River running south into San Luis Obispo county, and extend about 20 miles inland. Another practical definition of the region is the segment of Route 1 between Carmel and San Simeon. </i></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2IXASQPk1u8Klmm0DNGRcH2U57YX2Cw7aHCiASgLJbNpi8Ruy-FzrISxCl034qw0EEhFA-gFPmnP57ceoXUeybdM_Jbjg6vw4dkwIBjj8L4668ZiZAST5tCyG2yubkEv1-d5wDE9jFds/s640/blogger-image--607791928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2IXASQPk1u8Klmm0DNGRcH2U57YX2Cw7aHCiASgLJbNpi8Ruy-FzrISxCl034qw0EEhFA-gFPmnP57ceoXUeybdM_Jbjg6vw4dkwIBjj8L4668ZiZAST5tCyG2yubkEv1-d5wDE9jFds/s640/blogger-image--607791928.jpg"></a></i></div><i><br></i><p></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><i>Although some Big Sur residents catered to adventurous travelers in the early twentieth century, the modern tourist economy began when Highway 1 opened the region to automobiles, and only took off after World War II-era gasoline rationing ended in the mid-1940s. Most of the 3 million tourists who visit Big Sur each year never leave Highway 1, because the adjacent Santa Lucia mountain range is one of the largest roadless areas near a coast in the Us. The highway winds along the western flank of the mountains mostly within sight of the Pacific Ocean, varying from near sea level up to a thousand-foot sheer drop to the water. Because gazing at the views while driving is inadvisable, the highway features many vista points allowing motorists to stop and admire the landscape. The section of Highway 1 running through Big Sur is considered one of the most scenic driving routes in the United States.</i></span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><br></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; ">Blasted out of the cliff face, the road is a configuration of zigzags, switchbacks, ascents and drops: the implacable Santa Lucia mountains of the Ventana Wilderness thousands of feet above, and the raging Pacific Ocean hundreds of feet below. It is probably the most scenic drive in North America.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiiMXuPagiHcm5PDHbcfxBi0KjUXMoQqKwEhFOS4kwuMKrxu0G7tKMgJ-nXbO3ww-csC1tyJldVRk-rb4gvax3uKpzCtqWXiC1AjvknoIAF9UatdJ1MMVmsNpRffKvlbl4QoeY-UwEfw/s640/blogger-image-1426690003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiiMXuPagiHcm5PDHbcfxBi0KjUXMoQqKwEhFOS4kwuMKrxu0G7tKMgJ-nXbO3ww-csC1tyJldVRk-rb4gvax3uKpzCtqWXiC1AjvknoIAF9UatdJ1MMVmsNpRffKvlbl4QoeY-UwEfw/s640/blogger-image-1426690003.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Bixby Bridge, constructed in 1932, has appeared in many car ads and films.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKhWDqBx8VEDhG4yymdmpobbYJImPROMmW9UpQadrZ9-VOkktL7EUZbmJcxoJ7vIlqMGZkiAsATKKNKdCIoj1N1t1wquQqEzwXqzR5nXQu9ZjvOh6V0YpR-i1uQVNaT0jKw4LHfzQryJ8/s640/blogger-image-1673030237.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This large private property,with a stunning view onto the ocean, is called 'Bien Sur'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6jOiuwu8C7jN0bJYNtx5-XaS1Qhf0TS_DO142bFOxr3p36QhxMmf2PQy22x4VabLoVAarwOb5Gw1oE0KA2ctSQ__qk92KfGz2tlcCNXj8HGScn4TSB59sb-pwxzxTDWIRZy0dvOj14c/s640/blogger-image--2063113711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6jOiuwu8C7jN0bJYNtx5-XaS1Qhf0TS_DO142bFOxr3p36QhxMmf2PQy22x4VabLoVAarwOb5Gw1oE0KA2ctSQ__qk92KfGz2tlcCNXj8HGScn4TSB59sb-pwxzxTDWIRZy0dvOj14c/s640/blogger-image--2063113711.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The only place for fuel and food is the tiny village of Big Sur</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxT3-hM2np2gApAbIDV7OFDGWsRSwit1ln8SUrzaiOgFO0udQbaDE5ZGXaWT-q5WfNKrlQhil6e5nzBfuy8MpYOReo1ASY8Pg4OC1wFSLhWVVkSBZl4gWy8f3tOmQL-C6IjUKCMU8Vq2E/s640/blogger-image-2004132025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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This construction work and new bridge appears to move the road away from the rock face, possibly to avoid such further falls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnhgAVUNiLfcYTsys8Mt_INBHVtwaWQ2OVUesX0p7WS4FjeDTRaTNp5mQqG1MDl9GURTOT-MNNpFudex59JHhtRF9Q6L6qheFAqro4q4V2_PkcSilJFv177jx7d5wZskf_TWq_NUmq7A/s640/blogger-image-1897938207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnhgAVUNiLfcYTsys8Mt_INBHVtwaWQ2OVUesX0p7WS4FjeDTRaTNp5mQqG1MDl9GURTOT-MNNpFudex59JHhtRF9Q6L6qheFAqro4q4V2_PkcSilJFv177jx7d5wZskf_TWq_NUmq7A/s640/blogger-image-1897938207.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Big Sur is 90 miles, only one lane in each direction, but it isn't really difficult driving. In fact the car-off-the-road incident I saw being attended to was on a straight stretch of road, with plenty of shoulder and no apparent distractions. I'm not sure, either, that I class this "the most scenic route in the world". It is impressive - as is the very fact of its construction - but there are equally majestic views In New Zealand, and in Switzerland.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; ">After the drive concluded, and the road levelled out on the plain a few miles north of San Simeon, I came across this crowd scene, which can only mean one thing: wildlife.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYw_-YGFh6NLMXLUc_iJNzgm6-kXAzCpdVyK-lf42bYfQDONW5lmJprju_xZCUORbNTKlfqX6sMyIdFdEhxJUnRNsSj1RnGHUhyphenhyphenqFRhv6rn2Op4X6robH-kuW7yz6QZ1S4BcaZliV6ms/s640/blogger-image--256076071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYw_-YGFh6NLMXLUc_iJNzgm6-kXAzCpdVyK-lf42bYfQDONW5lmJprju_xZCUORbNTKlfqX6sMyIdFdEhxJUnRNsSj1RnGHUhyphenhyphenqFRhv6rn2Op4X6robH-kuW7yz6QZ1S4BcaZliV6ms/s640/blogger-image--256076071.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It is the Point Piedras Blancas colony of elephant seals, on a thin stretch of shore between the highway and the ocean</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiL4vOO2la3UU0dtAZ1vuLuhCPVSx6-ZjJQE9MIR9o4-radwiYZxsKR7gM1pRAQ4daJImQT_7co4E-h9nGEu7DRijx4BgvKvuTvPBd3mzLE3XSqPXlcJ0awx-TAaosy36CgwcEIC8HKQk/s640/blogger-image--1878776223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I was also really keen to visit the little town of Sausalito, which sits on the 'other' side of the bridge, on the edge of the bay. So I combined the two things. <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKB4iYDAZMmOCAeqxwjpVljxvDSkE_79pVBViF1ZxfX8E0ITWEKnNCV_Ma0QOIaxNdHMpExrq8CaDrXOdBRf9ssq5uNUPcanaO3zLSxvCz8_lBqUXoB0pbVsAz2qhbTyJM5-6Da3d8M_E/s640/blogger-image-1853105516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKB4iYDAZMmOCAeqxwjpVljxvDSkE_79pVBViF1ZxfX8E0ITWEKnNCV_Ma0QOIaxNdHMpExrq8CaDrXOdBRf9ssq5uNUPcanaO3zLSxvCz8_lBqUXoB0pbVsAz2qhbTyJM5-6Da3d8M_E/s640/blogger-image-1853105516.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwwPFCkYZOqPfgNvttj3HOce4FmgJq8Z-zHo6zHfk4vYEDta39G9A9on-fAGeLwhspGs566eIudTL4bdbWd20k9LTrqDhLLmLXer6qy9a3zj7hDN39Zj9cuFErary1cBfBiX9l6jeFeE/s640/blogger-image-788389702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAUNTWUt3wIUVnKfDO7225GpYT_2jWFFHQ7R8Hr508YkTuEgK6iAQUZw6UP4BxPqAVnOyul0BQqVkoTNmkCKI2_NHEUa_UYMp86Rdbxd1IoVwCdujUj2Ui4hLv_oyVWU8iLeBFCZHbXg/s640/blogger-image--1091268004.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>In Sausalito I very much wanted to see the famous houseboat community, which sits to the northern edge of the town. </div><div><br></div><div><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Sausalito is a Californian town of about 7,000 situated near the northern end of the Golden Gate Bridge. Prior to the building of that bridge it served as a terminus for rail, car, and ferry traffic. Developed rapidly as a shipbuilding center in World War II, the town's industrial character gave way in postwar years to a reputation as a wealthy and artistic enclave, a picturesque residential community (incorporating large numbers of houseboats), and a tourist destination</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "></i><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><i>The Sausalito houseboat community consists of more than 400 houseboats of various shapes, sizes, and values, along the north end of town, approximately two miles from downtown. </i></span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><i>The roots of the Houseboat Community lie in the re-use of abandoned boats and material after the de-commissioning of the Marinship shipyards at the end of World War II. </i></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><i>Many anchor-outs came to the area, which created problems with sanitation and other issues. After a series of tense confrontations in the 1970s and 1980s additional regulations were applied to the area and the great majority of boats were relocated to approved docks. Several are architect-designed pieces that have been featured in major magazines.</i></p></div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggzHusEMscSnLRj4Fo6sOUF6WPwPPiHH7iZ8lCjsJO-pvAsHcdyf2cIDK5Q1X4DDerh8XnKCx9YPMaNZERCm1cWNPeyR6rj_WWmsBSt4x-2v5kK37nAt6k9RvWL9lW8M2KWDu12ghQEUo/s640/blogger-image-1401858077.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggzHusEMscSnLRj4Fo6sOUF6WPwPPiHH7iZ8lCjsJO-pvAsHcdyf2cIDK5Q1X4DDerh8XnKCx9YPMaNZERCm1cWNPeyR6rj_WWmsBSt4x-2v5kK37nAt6k9RvWL9lW8M2KWDu12ghQEUo/s640/blogger-image-1401858077.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1WSdJLtGRkPIGCurjhB2DRI0toDOPfSwyULPWKd_eiR6gWpn2i9X_dqHSm-9jWw3sRgKXxfEM3rB0nzdK6s2DdVxGqlDORPAXu1f4Q6Blnmm5A8BrQk5GVlsuR70dbl67pR020UGdpg/s640/blogger-image-2097889725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1WSdJLtGRkPIGCurjhB2DRI0toDOPfSwyULPWKd_eiR6gWpn2i9X_dqHSm-9jWw3sRgKXxfEM3rB0nzdK6s2DdVxGqlDORPAXu1f4Q6Blnmm5A8BrQk5GVlsuR70dbl67pR020UGdpg/s640/blogger-image-2097889725.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfsHMtQQDQrOOLATI_euwWXTbz_jSL6gwJrQdYKD3z6buH5_VNLr97f52TvcohvV3Xse3eJwEPdmcDIY1e_qxpdf_97CwfWKABpLa_AeLAatm2ZgVuSe3SRHNIXz3hfTT5LZoz2pynkk/s640/blogger-image--17868056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfsHMtQQDQrOOLATI_euwWXTbz_jSL6gwJrQdYKD3z6buH5_VNLr97f52TvcohvV3Xse3eJwEPdmcDIY1e_qxpdf_97CwfWKABpLa_AeLAatm2ZgVuSe3SRHNIXz3hfTT5LZoz2pynkk/s640/blogger-image--17868056.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hyEIBIV43Xa-aApnA0fKoML98ikvdcLjQ-J4rDflNk_7PGiluqwuuMElEhoEG0G_RtAgOeRrvhtP4LSknyL8uXFzD77aOmSgrdUxAjs_nDBVuSTe08bhzch4nLbM2b5rcAJAR1P98qI/s640/blogger-image-949650252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hyEIBIV43Xa-aApnA0fKoML98ikvdcLjQ-J4rDflNk_7PGiluqwuuMElEhoEG0G_RtAgOeRrvhtP4LSknyL8uXFzD77aOmSgrdUxAjs_nDBVuSTe08bhzch4nLbM2b5rcAJAR1P98qI/s640/blogger-image-949650252.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNE3TWAN_GH-uqpeHsYgjm0w7evynuLEHhUpazB2g8JV_oux7DUGJhyiAHeKMMpMJ3VktWFTbDUvT8_8I_OB75EOna5uZXjm8jMkJcI8f3sJdbGdrZH5uieos51jf1oAwhrNcrm7rJug/s640/blogger-image--758416726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNE3TWAN_GH-uqpeHsYgjm0w7evynuLEHhUpazB2g8JV_oux7DUGJhyiAHeKMMpMJ3VktWFTbDUvT8_8I_OB75EOna5uZXjm8jMkJcI8f3sJdbGdrZH5uieos51jf1oAwhrNcrm7rJug/s640/blogger-image--758416726.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It looks idyllic.</div><br></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This chap entertains the queue waiting to board the ferry. He claims to be the only remaining '60's hippy in Sausalito.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LPGDxsUmsQgvDQa5Dql1scPTIPc6-YFaE5MzqIdLdHP7lVYapITzdr8aqOCYzvvDGljb9C2nfIriWBnbPmvRZN0Jhbx2KFMwYIqcYwJONO4_aJfXBkgUUniuVVVhBm_CV5JYIwUVboY/s640/blogger-image--432891115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LPGDxsUmsQgvDQa5Dql1scPTIPc6-YFaE5MzqIdLdHP7lVYapITzdr8aqOCYzvvDGljb9C2nfIriWBnbPmvRZN0Jhbx2KFMwYIqcYwJONO4_aJfXBkgUUniuVVVhBm_CV5JYIwUVboY/s640/blogger-image--432891115.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">After all that cycling, and a large 'turkey and swiss' for lunch, I bought a 5$ ticket and brought my myself and bike back on the ferry: it was far too hot to cycle back.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></span></div>John Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369782779995709905.post-21920015460767177042013-09-15T04:17:00.001+01:002013-09-15T04:26:36.824+01:00The America's Cup<div><br><br><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">I have not a big fan of sailing, knowing almost nothing about it, but two things in the last couple of years have helped me gain a little understanding of it.</div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">I was able to go to Weymouth to see the 2012 Olympic sailing competition, had a very pleasant two days out of London, and enjoyed what I saw. In October 2011 I spent a most enjoyable three hours at the New Zealand Maritime Museum, where part of a very wide-ranging series of displays was given over to the America's Cup. That was where I began to understand the sheer size of the boats involved, and the enormous costs incurred. </span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; ">http://www.maritimemuseum.co.nz/</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0cm; "><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></font></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">And so here I am in San Francisco, where the 2013 America's Cup is being staged, with the races held in the Bay, on a course close enough to the shore for the crowds to be able to see the race 'live'. Of course the infamous fog can play its part, as on the afternoon I saw races 3 & 4.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">This is one of the smaller boats, used in the Youth Race</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOG7RIJF5f0yG4k9Rwk4xT3Bi0pk1EHgbrf3L7ogkD3iAxNHV9NSNaTtpaDQ63UlsNMdbqrIMHec6N8RcKRH0DjRPQMNg6gxn9HYKplGQBrTR-vzzyKbYf4n6l-IVQFrrXP62fzmW3neg/s640/blogger-image--1812813388.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8T6mlkX7ahBH5_gHmFwOkKCT8MMTczJiNNQ2aDzK7qzAeEx6fPG3Zx8PPtCQYjHXgbf9zesWIQI7KmwN9L9rhii0eSVeq9leVy2ffbLQridEkkYrcVqxW2b4-EhJ4y3gXtkT_mlgZ4s/s640/blogger-image-897213031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8T6mlkX7ahBH5_gHmFwOkKCT8MMTczJiNNQ2aDzK7qzAeEx6fPG3Zx8PPtCQYjHXgbf9zesWIQI7KmwN9L9rhii0eSVeq9leVy2ffbLQridEkkYrcVqxW2b4-EhJ4y3gXtkT_mlgZ4s/s640/blogger-image-897213031.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sunday Sept 8th, crowds await Races 3 & 4</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-iOQuLANgV_QGtv3jPiGDHQRnYAK06H1uanP36ZI-EdV6gfR5DCVZIqM0oEOIQkMroextwVZBCpBBbplXF8TSVYnXg00EwWef9c4n-naRT5CAtkvLKOhZATesmZ0_UDw4YgOZCj2SLlk/s640/blogger-image-1147083449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-iOQuLANgV_QGtv3jPiGDHQRnYAK06H1uanP36ZI-EdV6gfR5DCVZIqM0oEOIQkMroextwVZBCpBBbplXF8TSVYnXg00EwWef9c4n-naRT5CAtkvLKOhZATesmZ0_UDw4YgOZCj2SLlk/s640/blogger-image-1147083449.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">There are grandstands, with big screens relaying the broadcast images, for those who wish to pay, and of course there are numerous sponsor enclosures with the same plus, doubtless, endless hospitality. I joined the ordinary folk on the waters edge, getting an elevated position with a few press photographers. The kinks in the San Francisco shoreline mean that unless you are in the SF Yacht Club house, nowhere is it possible to see the whole course. However, my position did have the advantage of being opposite where the boats turn about. ( There must be a nautical term for that).</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsiKJoW5aPYJiht7sOqHrIcJEcytq-EGIfBPAV38Lww5nCcBKyLwe410VzFYkuIrNEmNCusGTU9sHzJEDiLHrBGHoP4bHuV53wZFUgqr1-ptnX4gkbUcvtugv5vBAeEs-qOYkT9yAhHI/s640/blogger-image-1732494224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsiKJoW5aPYJiht7sOqHrIcJEcytq-EGIfBPAV38Lww5nCcBKyLwe410VzFYkuIrNEmNCusGTU9sHzJEDiLHrBGHoP4bHuV53wZFUgqr1-ptnX4gkbUcvtugv5vBAeEs-qOYkT9yAhHI/s640/blogger-image-1732494224.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIVlskRb-o_NsZIIkEr52bmy-b0aoQGxVUTc3CxGm0bmMttQk2IptJMLk3B2IpJj83bs6rL1Sio8HJb0al7gUKgkGm94TWAxnQgUAFYcDayzipun1L9W7ZUmAeOew7_H98gbnpB_JqEI/s640/blogger-image--1390033287.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIVlskRb-o_NsZIIkEr52bmy-b0aoQGxVUTc3CxGm0bmMttQk2IptJMLk3B2IpJj83bs6rL1Sio8HJb0al7gUKgkGm94TWAxnQgUAFYcDayzipun1L9W7ZUmAeOew7_H98gbnpB_JqEI/s640/blogger-image--1390033287.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQCPuOiikaP0FagZYo_ONRlEKJlH40wHiYe7NMOl4_ivX8Syk6jjuLX97d3SO7_4GgP6GpyoJuIA1JgCBRExcL5TEq53hwvpyDiTC2c9DhsQyZ71e4nZ80pGR1soSCY3rrg16U7nyV3Q/s640/blogger-image--826109502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQCPuOiikaP0FagZYo_ONRlEKJlH40wHiYe7NMOl4_ivX8Syk6jjuLX97d3SO7_4GgP6GpyoJuIA1JgCBRExcL5TEq53hwvpyDiTC2c9DhsQyZ71e4nZ80pGR1soSCY3rrg16U7nyV3Q/s640/blogger-image--826109502.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0BIMditILXDod9ZPwxIoLnrRo-dEbYrCmAVGcFo6IeN-7OdwG3YnYAdgsMZ8PN2En76KJTE-lVUG8OO2FQI4VA-P2hl9w42MsXHvtSZBrrYty7wmMy2ZtfqnVOJGckMMmONXRrBw88S0/s640/blogger-image-409161546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0BIMditILXDod9ZPwxIoLnrRo-dEbYrCmAVGcFo6IeN-7OdwG3YnYAdgsMZ8PN2En76KJTE-lVUG8OO2FQI4VA-P2hl9w42MsXHvtSZBrrYty7wmMy2ZtfqnVOJGckMMmONXRrBw88S0/s640/blogger-image-409161546.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div></span></div></div><br></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">The boats are huge, </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> 72-foot (21.9 m) wing-sail catamarans, and it is commonly reported that each team has around 150 crew, tacticians, technicians and support staff. The budget for each team is rumoured to be around 100m US$. Team USA is sponsored by Oracle, whose founder and CEO has his own super-yacht Musashi moored here, often seen in the background of the TV coverage. (290 feet long, rumoured to cost £300m).</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRNilvzFJs39u3zajQwylRx10E9esos1y-qL7_vY_EwyyWy1wpbMlVQGcbWpNRdI9Gnd56AunAPvaiWu_v5w5hDF4SEV38SBTthkRc3r8hD2K7CiEYyP_NVtDHcNOnfC5Ecc4dJ75yYg/s640/blogger-image-1970349061.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRNilvzFJs39u3zajQwylRx10E9esos1y-qL7_vY_EwyyWy1wpbMlVQGcbWpNRdI9Gnd56AunAPvaiWu_v5w5hDF4SEV38SBTthkRc3r8hD2K7CiEYyP_NVtDHcNOnfC5Ecc4dJ75yYg/s640/blogger-image-1970349061.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">The defenders are the Oracle Team USA, the challengers Emirates Team New Zealand.</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> The two teams compete in a first-to-9 series which will determine the champion.</span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><span lang="EN-US"><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br></div></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">The competition has not been without off-race drama, and death. <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">A jury found Oracle Team USA guilty of cheating during a warmup event when they placed bags of lead pellets in their 45-foot catamarans to add additional weight.</span><span style="font-size: 14px; "> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Penalties imposed included expelling three team members, a fine, and penalty points. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">This last penalty means that Oracle must win 11 races to retain the trophy, while New Zealand need only win 9 races to win the Cup.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">In July, Briton Andrew Simpson died while training for the Cup.<span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; ">http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/14/sport/americas-cup-sailor-death/index.html</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; ">The clever slogan on sponsor Nespresso's window might be a little presumptuous:</span></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoutJ_FyDBxKqQGAFLfCGhgSi3HbKr6wFCqE9sjJi62zynAg2ezcbkmIRyjIteK3gOWjpJraomlBVS-Un-ROkxMs41VoxBM_EMSuFzWMIy-0-qW1YVb1kuk3qL05uAlATjyML9GvzkG8/s640/blogger-image--1312940067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoutJ_FyDBxKqQGAFLfCGhgSi3HbKr6wFCqE9sjJi62zynAg2ezcbkmIRyjIteK3gOWjpJraomlBVS-Un-ROkxMs41VoxBM_EMSuFzWMIy-0-qW1YVb1kuk3qL05uAlATjyML9GvzkG8/s640/blogger-image--1312940067.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div><br></div>I understand there is coverage of the racing in the UK on BBC2. Elsewher, there is an 'as live' package on the AC YouTube channel, as soon as each race has concluded. it is very well shot and presented, and this non-sailor has greatly enjoyed the coverage. At the time of writing, New Zealand look on course to win the Cup after 8 races, but things can change.</div><div><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">http://www.americascup.com/</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>John Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369782779995709905.post-65807006610328947172013-09-14T17:55:00.001+01:002013-09-14T17:58:37.924+01:00San Francisco: two major buildings<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">When I am visiting another city I like to visit good examples of modern, contemporary architecture. Sometimes it may be very new, other times it might be an established building, now considered a classic, from the 1960's or thereabouts. (see my October 2009 Lisbon trip on this blog). In San Francisco I had a unique opportunity to experience two such buildings, sitting side by side.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">One of the great spaces of the city is the Golden Gate Park, <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">a large</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> urban park</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> of 1,000 acres of public grounds. Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape but 20 percent larger than</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> Central Park, NY,</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> to which it is often compared. It is over three miles long east to west, and about half a mile north to south.<span style="font-size: 15px; "> </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">The park is filled with gardens, museums, art, flowers, trees, lakes, birds and wildlife. </span>It is also a great place for joggers, cyclists, rollerbladers and others of all ages.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25xYhAuaYUM1CRXqw8OGpOFRoutrbYlpObhIspnQ2VhYWVbevvDl1Vx7o8J3OKHgQpRa3WvQUsXKxHq5i9UvDDwkb5JOxcAaC3OFgrkPUyMVKcvqzHfK-rF56mlBQXn5DE0oyIVNsldw/s640/blogger-image--2037575502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25xYhAuaYUM1CRXqw8OGpOFRoutrbYlpObhIspnQ2VhYWVbevvDl1Vx7o8J3OKHgQpRa3WvQUsXKxHq5i9UvDDwkb5JOxcAaC3OFgrkPUyMVKcvqzHfK-rF56mlBQXn5DE0oyIVNsldw/s640/blogger-image--2037575502.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">The two new buildings are in the Golden Gate Park, and are the California Academy of Sciences, and the de Young Museum.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><b>The California Academy of Sciences </b><i>is one of <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">the largest museums of natural history in the world.</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">The academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research, with exhibits and education becoming significant endeavors of the museum during the 20th century.</span></i></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7UV4DH2UYOHides_Tb1xB2bNrRP6WYUZcxkP1RtLMb0o-3EPvl8S-N9K3PAl5J3wtS1RcbULo4uQonLc8tB-CTLlyrNgKMptFwf7aqoLfv81lBcYAKUbdpdOZPv9PCzlasL5cllZ3yM/s640/blogger-image-882199599.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7UV4DH2UYOHides_Tb1xB2bNrRP6WYUZcxkP1RtLMb0o-3EPvl8S-N9K3PAl5J3wtS1RcbULo4uQonLc8tB-CTLlyrNgKMptFwf7aqoLfv81lBcYAKUbdpdOZPv9PCzlasL5cllZ3yM/s640/blogger-image-882199599.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">The academy buildings were damaged significantly in the1989 earthquake. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">As plans were made to repair the damage and make the</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> buildings </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">seismically stable, it was realized that a considerable amount of work would be needed to bring the buildings</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> up to modern standards. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">This led to the idea of giving the academy a complete overhaul, and in turn the demolition of the old buildings.</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">The new $500 million building </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">reopened in September 2008. </span></i></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qkC126r-xKLr6X00XAf_k9VEHFsTzjnQBMpfNA1SCJ7XfVSvlD9I_na9rflX-JDvsudhFTTQCUwjAPuj2py0Xo5sIeivNNfjNvDRoIe-1-bE_vxFTDDZddpa97julWYHmeFCUewLg3g/s640/blogger-image-210447916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Other notable examples of his work include the Pompidou in Paris (1971, with Richard Rogers), Aurora Place in Sydney, 2000, Parco della Musica in Rome, 2002, and the Shard in London, 2012.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietBH8GTmUtPEKo-B9ehM0gNg2LAzY1DBtUZtD8lbs7h4rhi1VRg-Z5NXPe9RXdgJagbXlKrfdYvvxR8ABgBzABaEbI94dBmTjyadp7EwlEA4BG4oaJUVuKri23QIxl1NAFb7lRNpvvgg/s640/blogger-image--1526971516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietBH8GTmUtPEKo-B9ehM0gNg2LAzY1DBtUZtD8lbs7h4rhi1VRg-Z5NXPe9RXdgJagbXlKrfdYvvxR8ABgBzABaEbI94dBmTjyadp7EwlEA4BG4oaJUVuKri23QIxl1NAFb7lRNpvvgg/s640/blogger-image--1526971516.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvL2ADb-OxpVT_cA1DH9HsnnyPfJTcaaAG-QYLTzQafzW6GZMsVQj5J49YjFh2aFVVeyQNbyyLdrxddW1iX2KazJqkjM8EQt0kMLQJFg205lbL_1dWZ9kIPS0yD-Ova5yvqwiWSM-lf-4/s640/blogger-image-1393061620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvL2ADb-OxpVT_cA1DH9HsnnyPfJTcaaAG-QYLTzQafzW6GZMsVQj5J49YjFh2aFVVeyQNbyyLdrxddW1iX2KazJqkjM8EQt0kMLQJFg205lbL_1dWZ9kIPS0yD-Ova5yvqwiWSM-lf-4/s640/blogger-image-1393061620.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br><p></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">The new academy building includes an array of environmentally friendly features. It p</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">roduces 50 percent less waste water than previously, r</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">ecycles rainwater for irrigation, u</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">ses 60,000 photovoltaic cells, u</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">ses natural lighting in 90 percent of occupied spaces, and was</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> constructed </span>with an enormous amount of recycled steel and concrete.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "></p><div>It also has a green roof of over 2 acres.</div><p></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSB5TOjfc5gumkMVWa6LwaNJdw1-gKIJ01HWpmj_t4ktx6BAZyL7oeX-EzoqUoYEp0jQZ93_2CWlXyDGw6IOTjCNrc5azz2Xe8JztCbiFX471I4z2ARpxmekaGq4xa5pWOklyROfzZ0c0/s640/blogger-image--104613629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The roof becomes a landscape with California native species, that won´t need extra maitenance or water, attracting local species to occupy it. Thus, the green roof won´t be fully accesible to visitors, who can only walk through a small path.</i></span></p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXxgrLFQ2s09WecG-hPfA89ypmJ6kehIgPRpj69zRM59A_A7BCcfPHk5ZCv85uDFgyHrLMlzZfK3ZEueW9J42NLvdWyGcLrkBa2_gSgAjyxsUb7eeejSf6Q6QWrdvzAdgMHo3-whsH4U/s640/blogger-image--532842227.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXxgrLFQ2s09WecG-hPfA89ypmJ6kehIgPRpj69zRM59A_A7BCcfPHk5ZCv85uDFgyHrLMlzZfK3ZEueW9J42NLvdWyGcLrkBa2_gSgAjyxsUb7eeejSf6Q6QWrdvzAdgMHo3-whsH4U/s640/blogger-image--532842227.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG3IV0ehpJ2U76FFrvHiaDQ6DTTd7egEJGeW2SbiwSdP_RMPqGKRptl7qsmcsusxSUuWrDg8iEeJZCMxnTJcIhIp6hrIA7M_k5Hj7RtJgODAP48GUVK8fK8v_YSPtg4wyKMvpNgie0pdI/s640/blogger-image--649639154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG3IV0ehpJ2U76FFrvHiaDQ6DTTd7egEJGeW2SbiwSdP_RMPqGKRptl7qsmcsusxSUuWrDg8iEeJZCMxnTJcIhIp6hrIA7M_k5Hj7RtJgODAP48GUVK8fK8v_YSPtg4wyKMvpNgie0pdI/s640/blogger-image--649639154.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluhc7ZW6vzU2RIakRL1VyfJrmO1Y_gRfIN-XnmmAJng9mRiM5mIxVWBqsZ0WQhO3W5d2Sd9x1fwMAPnXzvcfPmHduynqrJnNkscG0Oz69Wc5dhW9_aO_6NzF6x43tlm456Yy7wvXAtNU/s640/blogger-image--1461353013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluhc7ZW6vzU2RIakRL1VyfJrmO1Y_gRfIN-XnmmAJng9mRiM5mIxVWBqsZ0WQhO3W5d2Sd9x1fwMAPnXzvcfPmHduynqrJnNkscG0Oz69Wc5dhW9_aO_6NzF6x43tlm456Yy7wvXAtNU/s640/blogger-image--1461353013.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsD_VwImdM53XnTwcWuxK1C4-jyzU1x9RlKtCDTMymQ-R9fX6swVlf95vuZYVlWeURxSz6er1aOA1wRgHJK3yXRuKo0XmwGULqr9UttAvDJ3zwTUWanb7NhCC7DDZ3oW8i47MlKOL8ds/s640/blogger-image--494645473.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsD_VwImdM53XnTwcWuxK1C4-jyzU1x9RlKtCDTMymQ-R9fX6swVlf95vuZYVlWeURxSz6er1aOA1wRgHJK3yXRuKo0XmwGULqr9UttAvDJ3zwTUWanb7NhCC7DDZ3oW8i47MlKOL8ds/s640/blogger-image--494645473.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Read more about the building here: </div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">http://www.arcspace.com/features/renzo-piano-/california-academy-of-sciences/</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">The second building I want to see is T<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">he </span><b>de Young Museum, </b>a<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> fine arts museum, over 100 years old, which showcases American art from the 17th to the 21st centuries, international contemporary art, costumes, and art from the Americas, the Pacific, and Africa. </span></div><div><br></div><div>Again, the 1989 earthquake led to old buildings being damaged and <font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">demolished and replaced by a single new building, opening in 2005. </span></font><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">It was designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron w</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">ho are also known for Tate Modern, London, 2000, Laban Dance Centre, London, 2003, the Allianz Football Arena, Munich, and many other arts buildings in America. </span></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">A new museum structure located in the middle of a major urban park was initially controversial. San Francisco voters twice defeated measures that were to fund the new museum project. After the second defeat, the museum itself planned to relocate to a site in the financial district. However, an effort led by generous supporters arose and kept the museum in the Golden Gate Park.</span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">The designers were sensitive to the appearance of the building in its natural setting.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDE1Ff3C56xQQ67LiOU0KmzGfvlUpFm2LzJyQ7fnj2z2BcdJv7itxxPOojKwLHNvjdQZUjPAro3V4Hlyoua5NGuMpcIqVHHsLPKmRmjj5-KcQrmoKzyzz_Cke3pTfUtNBaVFX4HBtQrmQ/s640/blogger-image-34541353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDE1Ff3C56xQQ67LiOU0KmzGfvlUpFm2LzJyQ7fnj2z2BcdJv7itxxPOojKwLHNvjdQZUjPAro3V4Hlyoua5NGuMpcIqVHHsLPKmRmjj5-KcQrmoKzyzz_Cke3pTfUtNBaVFX4HBtQrmQ/s640/blogger-image-34541353.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">The entire exterior is clad in </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">copper</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">, which is expected to eventually</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> oxidise, </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">and take on a</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> greenish tone</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">and a distinct texture to echo the nearby</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> eucalyptus trees.</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "> </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">The copper panels are </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">dimpled, and some are perforated.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKc_YkHzDlEXuxqlqGn9EeeFtaAYg_uWCaZFFppdNshFW25MN8a6miOE0JRYkN368JOK15iQdl4_9t3sUZXPK6JIpoVXr8w5dAn2-M7_4FDl7YL7JLhdN4Ao2-euUeck5fGgyDJ6_Ltg/s640/blogger-image--1375983584.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCM_QXYNdta2KTlAcFtvY_trPJl4cJHe8Ig3hlMv5Gg5bDbepdQJ4mahzO4Jpb0tDBfhL4ZLjXUnY2_CSPcc_Kjg3wsQ-nEUnWFQGl8i_LB71cHuWr8RQXUcvczEk4t3QPQ26vlmT4Gk/s640/blogger-image--1351457736.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">In order to further harmonize with the surroundings, shapes were cut into the top to reveal gardens and courtyards where 48 trees had been planted, the giant tree-ferns that form a backdrop for the museum entrance are particularly dramatic. New landscaping was planted with many transplanted trees and boulders. </span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">The building is clad with variably perforated and dimpled copper plates, whose patina will slowly change through exposure to the elements. </span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxNQAP5cVk20YcGnr8X3hN06mgib1m0AhiTe0zJudw2RihVXsfQQMwxFQOd3teJK06TCTrl33mGXTaRGHtTsM4NGu5BpWC2FWjgM7ndao7cQP_XvAq8vls7LtzAODIAdh-wIH20cZSE4/s640/blogger-image-345342106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxNQAP5cVk20YcGnr8X3hN06mgib1m0AhiTe0zJudw2RihVXsfQQMwxFQOd3teJK06TCTrl33mGXTaRGHtTsM4NGu5BpWC2FWjgM7ndao7cQP_XvAq8vls7LtzAODIAdh-wIH20cZSE4/s640/blogger-image-345342106.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">A 144 ft. (44 m) observation tower allows visitors to see much of Golden Gate Park and rises above the Park's treetops providing a view of the Golden Gate Bridge and Marin County beyond. It also provides a fine view of Renzo Piano's Academy of Sciences building, directly opposite.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYXdFV7D4_ZLXMGoh1EwlTIxydDdG9dFui4tM1PgTqQZhHd9qfR3X6bsDhi6mf7GwHxwi1mhJkzehKeEHrGpuMY88CqirOJyDeOeMgKD5YOd75tUcUtTncyp3sVWkYVcAvKNtNw6QEgmg/s640/blogger-image--462729413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYXdFV7D4_ZLXMGoh1EwlTIxydDdG9dFui4tM1PgTqQZhHd9qfR3X6bsDhi6mf7GwHxwi1mhJkzehKeEHrGpuMY88CqirOJyDeOeMgKD5YOd75tUcUtTncyp3sVWkYVcAvKNtNw6QEgmg/s640/blogger-image--462729413.jpg"></a></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); 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"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">The de Young, like many art museums outside the UK, is happy for visitors to take photographs, provided they don't use flash or tripods. I would not be allowed to photograph this David Hockney sketch in a UK gallery. </span></p></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZWfqB3fIgvwNhw2ZfWFTX5TuonChnW0ZMAF9smXOtF-lnAslhVcy9pFdtWoryye6T9G6AljzfJvleZsRBPBTARzQYEhP6bLiprdm377fKvdwJHdGeNtfOQGwxVgCF3K0Ccfq-HFapK-Y/s640/blogger-image--935999823.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZWfqB3fIgvwNhw2ZfWFTX5TuonChnW0ZMAF9smXOtF-lnAslhVcy9pFdtWoryye6T9G6AljzfJvleZsRBPBTARzQYEhP6bLiprdm377fKvdwJHdGeNtfOQGwxVgCF3K0Ccfq-HFapK-Y/s640/blogger-image--935999823.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY07tkqRUhIlYX1Gm2QyCVu4G7jitOGTpzLcpFOSptCZv9Pw1lNHdYmJNbIYLQGZJq8_S6W5na1_xcANeX-PdM5oad5V8ckCGblbqcLTShzNUtbZKDSXlNgvuN9dce3VVORTwZFTqJTRY/s640/blogger-image-212122464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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both buildings have interesting work to show and deserve more time than I gave them</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></font></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><table class="infobox vcard" cellspacing="3" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); margin: 0.5em 0px 0.5em 1em; padding: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; border-spacing: 3px; width: 22em; "><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; "><br></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Established</span></th><td style="vertical-align: top; "><br></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Location</span></th><td class="locality" style="vertical-align: top; "><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Park" title="Golden Gate Park" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; ">Golden Gate Park</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; ">San Francisco</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; ">California</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; ">United States</a></span></font></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Type</span></th><td style="vertical-align: top; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History" title="Natural History" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><font color="#000000">Natural History</font></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Visitors</span></th><td style="vertical-align: top; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Over 1 million visits annually</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Director</span></th><td class="agent" style="vertical-align: top; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_C._Farrington" title="Gregory C. Farrington" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><font color="#000000">Gregory C. Farrington</font></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Website</span></th><td style="vertical-align: top; "><span class="url" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.calacademy.org/" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">www.calacademy.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; "><br></p></div>John Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369782779995709905.post-31917855472837331672013-09-14T03:29:00.001+01:002013-09-14T03:29:15.661+01:00San Francisco : Alcatraz<blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdfptcK50CCDIFXGykxqDk3YJYLhBsBY4N_u9Je_8BJ2S0Y6mGdJKTbHRVHkx7u_0qXRICimxiRMadj8zlReVfmpSKdyMQYubTR22ufs_YR11cU8DAvzrmier8stk9saR-K_y_jXOCET8/s640/blogger-image-1223404055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdfptcK50CCDIFXGykxqDk3YJYLhBsBY4N_u9Je_8BJ2S0Y6mGdJKTbHRVHkx7u_0qXRICimxiRMadj8zlReVfmpSKdyMQYubTR22ufs_YR11cU8DAvzrmier8stk9saR-K_y_jXOCET8/s640/blogger-image-1223404055.jpg"></a></div><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Alcatraz island sits in the middle of the Bay, about 20 minutes by boat from the piers. It served as a penitentiary from 1915, until Robert Kennedy, as Attorney General, ordered it closed in 1963. The island, and it's elderly buildings, is now the responsibility of the National Parks Service and they operate the various trips for tourists. </blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">It is an enormously popular tourist attraction, and tickets sell out days in advance. I think I managed to get one (online) because I wanted just a single, and chose the Night Tour. I think, and I'm writing this a week later, it may be the very best tourist visit I have been on. </blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1lBsxrnZ4M-oKf8bSuDBmTnM3POzO0tgs2hDVk1x80g2LWXQ08EAXLI9JDE-FS5J7s7_tb9emX6qaEqu7_WGmOFLRVGJNNvbVOO1lAa2ATIiuAqsLLCDPWtsSpaMI1KM_ncG1mRxuE8/s640/blogger-image--2104173175.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1lBsxrnZ4M-oKf8bSuDBmTnM3POzO0tgs2hDVk1x80g2LWXQ08EAXLI9JDE-FS5J7s7_tb9emX6qaEqu7_WGmOFLRVGJNNvbVOO1lAa2ATIiuAqsLLCDPWtsSpaMI1KM_ncG1mRxuE8/s640/blogger-image--2104173175.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlgeyCOzOSgKqm2RNYX9Enerfy8uX8QJejKHeWrxvkU1n0GtvhC0k5CMTZokoSt55kGcW7GNY9Iz5iSBciRb4OY-8aewLDkyaZBxrdxllly3-rPFVY0Hn7XpFo3Tp1dmfACJBLbGkqQw/s640/blogger-image--1585002325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlgeyCOzOSgKqm2RNYX9Enerfy8uX8QJejKHeWrxvkU1n0GtvhC0k5CMTZokoSt55kGcW7GNY9Iz5iSBciRb4OY-8aewLDkyaZBxrdxllly3-rPFVY0Hn7XpFo3Tp1dmfACJBLbGkqQw/s640/blogger-image--1585002325.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnotfWxnHRVuRA8pf4ckcUHr7-s-idoDFe6AJWFjTx2h0DZYVRaUgVqRSJWq0UyhZPdiLt9qE3PFHYY-XyOWbRD8NH_W4rxPhWiBQv7O_iGMPebu0ekdLhv1N-I26sROPSZpVxqswnKkE/s640/blogger-image-1360365733.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnotfWxnHRVuRA8pf4ckcUHr7-s-idoDFe6AJWFjTx2h0DZYVRaUgVqRSJWq0UyhZPdiLt9qE3PFHYY-XyOWbRD8NH_W4rxPhWiBQv7O_iGMPebu0ekdLhv1N-I26sROPSZpVxqswnKkE/s640/blogger-image-1360365733.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">It is a cold and forbidding place, and at night even more so; we had an evening of contrast, strong sun as we stood in line on shore, but the temperature dropping quickly as the boat moved out into the water and the fog came rolling in. The deep sirens of ships in the bay, and the booming foghorn on the Golden Gate Bridge, add to the eeriness. It takes just twenty minutes to cross to the island. </blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIxyfcn53CTKtHexhGHAryjjSBxPDg771kBxMpNK-f_mEQKKsYaeccpqwej1ERtnO4AWad07wC5LqMgEUW1fDqlvFLhnykaAwWvWAm2qTPibpHG4T8BkD_pmKwojYUUTp25X6yYRtmtk/s640/blogger-image--2044323223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIxyfcn53CTKtHexhGHAryjjSBxPDg771kBxMpNK-f_mEQKKsYaeccpqwej1ERtnO4AWad07wC5LqMgEUW1fDqlvFLhnykaAwWvWAm2qTPibpHG4T8BkD_pmKwojYUUTp25X6yYRtmtk/s640/blogger-image--2044323223.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">There were perhaps two hundred of us on the tour, and we were all remarkably quiet during the ascent from the small dock, up the hill to the main prison buildings. The guides are all from the National Park Service, and this undoubtedly contributes to the quality of the tour: they are very knowledgable, take their jobs very seriously, although not without charm and humour. </blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2M9w1ps24e6an0SfZckjBLkknUjCyBhkWImYD01Y8B4qsZ_po5t2aEPNKjBtSkLZJJTWw_sxXIKnurIGyggA5srXKomSkYvJPFzf2tsIdcDM0wspeUXwZ55zmD2dbQoquHZ_qqLoD2w/s640/blogger-image--1381916950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2M9w1ps24e6an0SfZckjBLkknUjCyBhkWImYD01Y8B4qsZ_po5t2aEPNKjBtSkLZJJTWw_sxXIKnurIGyggA5srXKomSkYvJPFzf2tsIdcDM0wspeUXwZ55zmD2dbQoquHZ_qqLoD2w/s640/blogger-image--1381916950.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div id="editor_content_editable_tag" width="99%" height="99%"><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">For much of the tour within the buildings you wear headphones and listen to a commentary which guides you from place to place. 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The buildings stand largely as they were when the prison closed, </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">nothing is fake or scenic; the audio does the rest.</span><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgckx0K1-6warJAY4B9O_YC0GI8X7l0V2R-dJSRA2Ro1OBSI2LFWTRtNk9Kg8L9gHBlcziguZ4C3omal7eIV5GN6evBpo2Q-oai-2tc117QKJ7Mp8Gn1GDmyxshNKehEbANZ62MnU9XqoI/s640/blogger-image--1066633170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgckx0K1-6warJAY4B9O_YC0GI8X7l0V2R-dJSRA2Ro1OBSI2LFWTRtNk9Kg8L9gHBlcziguZ4C3omal7eIV5GN6evBpo2Q-oai-2tc117QKJ7Mp8Gn1GDmyxshNKehEbANZ62MnU9XqoI/s640/blogger-image--1066633170.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">If you are ever going to be in San Francisco, I'd urge you to book in advance, and go prepared to walk some distance, on uneven ground, and wrap up warm. </span></div>John Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369782779995709905.post-2776713285187057062013-09-10T04:38:00.001+01:002013-09-10T06:14:48.817+01:00California: redwoods, wine, architecture<div><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">I've crossed the state line from Oregon into California</span><br><br><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br>I was up early (for me) on Monday September 2nd and drove just a couple of miles out of Crescent City. I was looking for Howland Hill Road, a drive through five miles of dense woodland, which would give me my first look at the Californian Redwoods. </span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><i>Howland Hill Road, which passes through the center of the park, is one of the best redwood drives anywhere. Depending on how recently it's been resurfaced, this narrow dirt road can be as smooth and flat as a paved road, or it could be a continuous string of potholes. Starting from the south, the road climbs steeply into the park. Shortly after cresting, it enters the redwoods, immediately passing through a remarkable cluster of monster trees. Cut into a hillside, the road provides some nice views of the lushly-vegetated ravine below as it descends through an otherworldly landscape. There's a sense of isolation from the outside world, since you're enclosed by fern-carpeted hillsides on either side and the forest canopy above, but also because the verdent, open woods are so unlike anything else you can drive through</i></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Well there were potholes, it was largely an unmade surface for five miles, the thick mist rolling in certainly suggested isolation, and I saw just two other cars in the first half hour. They were useful, as without them you have no chance of portraying any scale in your photos, any sense of how big theses trees are.</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">There was some drama as a hefty branch had come down from one tree, blocking the road. 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The Avenue is a 30 mile route, the old road left intact when the adjacent new highway was built. Just before entering it I came across a lone hitchhiker and gave her a lift. (I've seen just a handful of hitchhikers on the whole trip). After buying groceries locally, 24 year old Francesca was returning to her camp site within the redwoods, but planned to abandon the site and free-camp in the woods for the next two nights. Brave girl. </span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">We stopped a couple of times to explore the Eel River and photograph more redwoods. </span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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I'm going to drive up the Anderson Valley, rich and fertile land for fruit - which means wine country. Although there are many wineries with tasting rooms, I'm not tasting today, just enjoying the scenery.</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i><span class="s40"> </span><span class="s27">Anderson Valley is one of the great grape growing areas in California. What were once large parcels of land supporting cattle and sheep are now being developed into vineyards. Along h 128 you will see new and old vineyards in the valley and on the hillsides. Many of these grapes are sold to wineries outside of the valley. There are 31 wineries in the valley, 28 of which have tasting rooms, a few charge a few bucks to taste but will deduct the tasting amount from purchases.</span></i></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><div class="page" title="Page 17"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 9pt; "></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKuU-aFrs4U9LZHEgRSCbtBvJ7nG7E2xJQgRicylOfcGP2s2C-P3qm_NViiWfRkV24dX7xm-T-sAYAZJgPQVS7Ljm8uJq2jlDF4QaqFBsWOc5DuEQWUbFlJC0-33eXA8-xW2AXJJmMTE/s640/blogger-image--1422433715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKuU-aFrs4U9LZHEgRSCbtBvJ7nG7E2xJQgRicylOfcGP2s2C-P3qm_NViiWfRkV24dX7xm-T-sAYAZJgPQVS7Ljm8uJq2jlDF4QaqFBsWOc5DuEQWUbFlJC0-33eXA8-xW2AXJJmMTE/s640/blogger-image--1422433715.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWzeFyzkI1uZytMMM3LOnnlI0V70tkOwf-wGuYvRvKncNUtNPHMRtBd9uH23jVq-6zvDwoWw3G8BhJqvWiAtjvMXw3-Al5AeLB-SDDdO_bNMnPsSOkSLKYFkLcxJ5NoDsBVFu2oFtj_k/s640/blogger-image-1844728954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWzeFyzkI1uZytMMM3LOnnlI0V70tkOwf-wGuYvRvKncNUtNPHMRtBd9uH23jVq-6zvDwoWw3G8BhJqvWiAtjvMXw3-Al5AeLB-SDDdO_bNMnPsSOkSLKYFkLcxJ5NoDsBVFu2oFtj_k/s640/blogger-image-1844728954.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCu9va4ppVqliAoq16mu_04pU7sp7XKRSxdyb_aXoLX3vTsAVJNHJVLcEmH8LMvkWFyAOpm0vNhxhK12xeuaqoBmwsEHyXNrL8oYFSrUNU2DaRqBxOijjT8VfBas1JT1jfsIJpTAbnT8/s640/blogger-image--1979199683.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCu9va4ppVqliAoq16mu_04pU7sp7XKRSxdyb_aXoLX3vTsAVJNHJVLcEmH8LMvkWFyAOpm0vNhxhK12xeuaqoBmwsEHyXNrL8oYFSrUNU2DaRqBxOijjT8VfBas1JT1jfsIJpTAbnT8/s640/blogger-image--1979199683.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmL0FndUMgBLeEqO-uAWXVwuWZ6b7boOID46jKbFvewl_7mqVIPirA9GF0-upsDxbbI5CGQXeurL7bNSpv-dO3MtXeXq7dgi1Nav8SMDbTSnpAWkzDl5ugmcNBtuW93FLoDDpzUpSPh8Q/s640/blogger-image--1349193546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmL0FndUMgBLeEqO-uAWXVwuWZ6b7boOID46jKbFvewl_7mqVIPirA9GF0-upsDxbbI5CGQXeurL7bNSpv-dO3MtXeXq7dgi1Nav8SMDbTSnpAWkzDl5ugmcNBtuW93FLoDDpzUpSPh8Q/s640/blogger-image--1349193546.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Lunch on the road</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZsGRTZkRMLf4NV-94_aOCdpWdLlnT85g26trn6tlVBDs6mV7z85yMCFbMeCnFCyDUGmD8KM9vuf9wJA9vS1NXKEvFCxwXWleJxVarX_xYMmPuDr3qqoMxDTslzNyPYx_GBWuJ-P2Qw4/s640/blogger-image--1537714005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZsGRTZkRMLf4NV-94_aOCdpWdLlnT85g26trn6tlVBDs6mV7z85yMCFbMeCnFCyDUGmD8KM9vuf9wJA9vS1NXKEvFCxwXWleJxVarX_xYMmPuDr3qqoMxDTslzNyPYx_GBWuJ-P2Qw4/s640/blogger-image--1537714005.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div></div></div><p></p></div></div></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">By mid-afternoon I'm in the town of Healdsburg, my stop for the night, and I fall into my routine: find the hotel, check-in, drop the bags, and get out on the bike. This is a great way to explore a new town or city, especially in this weather. In fact I like the town, and the hotel, so much that I stay a second night. </span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">The Best Western hotel, Healdsburg</span><br></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowaVM0C0z5pmcDzkqce1h0IbptmWhOgAf7949yXvM_kMkle-CAVZhmyXdB_OWqtJXxudmIY1C3zwGktAJtqOvj_9_e25ui-uv_PAaAYgINgvzpcEXqpAA1RCetiT_KJZ_XU3Tgj-jFt8/s640/blogger-image--1782060484.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowaVM0C0z5pmcDzkqce1h0IbptmWhOgAf7949yXvM_kMkle-CAVZhmyXdB_OWqtJXxudmIY1C3zwGktAJtqOvj_9_e25ui-uv_PAaAYgINgvzpcEXqpAA1RCetiT_KJZ_XU3Tgj-jFt8/s640/blogger-image--1782060484.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">The next morning I drove out of town to find Preston winery which I'd read about on somebody's blog. If I'm going to taste wine at a vineyard, I like to do it at a small producer, not part of some large corporation, where you meet the people who produce the wine and run the business (see my blog from Felton Road, New Zealand). 19th Sept 2011.</span><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://johndeedesign.blogspot.co.uk/2011_09_01_archive.html">http://johndeedesign.blogspot.co.uk/2011_09_01_archive.html</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span class="s27" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><i>Preston of Dry Creek is an organic farm and winery located in Dry Creek Valley near the historic farm town of Healdsburg, California. Founded in the 1970s by the eponymous Preston family, the nature of the business has changed over time from a conventional estate winery to a diversified farm, counting wine as one of many home-grown and hand-made food products. The Prestons include in their repertoire of concerns and commitments food, environmentalism, and community activism. </i></span><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">You can find us at 9206 West Dry Creek Rd. At our tasting room, you will be able to sample Lou's bread, estate-grown olive oil and cured olives, organic vegetables, fruits and nuts from our gardens, you-pick strawberries, estate-laid eggs, sauerkraut, salami and local, artisinal cheeses. We only offer guided tours to our wine club members, but all customers can enjoy a self-guided tour of the farm. You can enjoy this bounty in our picnic area and when you're done, you can stroll through our organic gardens. Our farm store is now two stores. Your host or hostess takes the time to hear your traveler's tale in exchange for your attention to his recounting of the farm saga. </i></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></i></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Well I loved it, all of it, and tasted, bought, picnicked, and enjoyed the gardens of this small, working estate. It is so small they have no agent or distributor, ship no wine other than within California, have no wish to expand the vineyards and the output. </span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">This was the other reason I knew to stay a second night in the same hotel: i had no wish to hit the highway after an idyllic few hours in the sun. </span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); 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font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">One of my "must do's" on this trip is see the work of some significant 20c architects, and there is a very large project, from the 1960's sitting close to the highway as I head south.</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><i><span class="s8">The </span><span class="s7">Mar</span><span class="s7">in County Civic Center</span><span class="s8">, is the last commission by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, located in San Rafael. Construction commenced in 1960, just after Wright's death and was completed in 1962. Located away from the former county seat in downtown San Rafael, the expansive complex stretches across two valleys just east of US 101. Its pink stucco walls, blue roof and scalloped balconies are distinctive. The smaller wing is the county administration building and the larger the Hall of Justice, joined by a round structure on a small hill that houses a county library. The main Civic Center building has been nominated for the UNESCO World Heritage List as a part of ten properties by Frank Lloyd Wright. </span></i></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><i><span class="s8"><br></span></i></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><i><span class="s8"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2KdPnIhrM9SPgJsK9JPILToUuV_4ec5a4g2-oY2n0fvSpBOP3OmIEhM8FhZl1FGY2xSgRaSUKmLBd2fwj8X0g0hU2rfScFndIH7v1IvCLfmNThR5vZTLinrxDy9P6mWWAZqRCB_DtcM/s640/blogger-image--152643441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><span class="s8"><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><span class="s8">And so, time to drive the last few miles into the Big City on the Bay, San Francisco.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><span class="s8"><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><span class="s8">Some other images from these few days in Northern California:</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><span class="s8"><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><span class="s8"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipy4WhgmjZSlH11hFRntCDxGP6tfJWhkCe5DxOW84gas1sDabnBN0qb4U_ok5SoIxycBiclfRn6U46tUy7HQgCKikILFOJ0Pe8YawcRaEZP3718HavDJBFBBFueV4iftMynwqRpwlGBzM/s640/blogger-image--287303891.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipy4WhgmjZSlH11hFRntCDxGP6tfJWhkCe5DxOW84gas1sDabnBN0qb4U_ok5SoIxycBiclfRn6U46tUy7HQgCKikILFOJ0Pe8YawcRaEZP3718HavDJBFBBFueV4iftMynwqRpwlGBzM/s640/blogger-image--287303891.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"Grassfed burgers". Er, what?</div><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><span class="s8"><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><span class="s8"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXgr6M9dASHx9oZ07EZrSUTIxuF1zeSI8vq1AcoMr5FWShy3MkOgUa_ajtIMi-snMyTA7bTOJ6xvlV5nRRmHZif4qdOeAXiw8Ags1EztPAvyAf3TaavSlUe46F3sG4YXN5RY5cOC26WyE/s640/blogger-image-1012127298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I stopped here for my mid-morning coffee, at the <i>60's Cafe</i>. Great decor, old movie posters, Beatles LP covers, a juke box (playing The Troggs ) but lousy coffee.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRhQGV7wdKDBdPxCL94MixqiVUbuxp5i2tOZNLQHT0GCDVKm99lwdrcfvJ5XzGjp-3omS6U3XM6bHkNM6PqiH2t14XWNl1h4AKzgBIqPCH8vUHd5MOwVPY_kqCYRLIQqM1UlQf_3CLvI/s640/blogger-image--1133387405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRhQGV7wdKDBdPxCL94MixqiVUbuxp5i2tOZNLQHT0GCDVKm99lwdrcfvJ5XzGjp-3omS6U3XM6bHkNM6PqiH2t14XWNl1h4AKzgBIqPCH8vUHd5MOwVPY_kqCYRLIQqM1UlQf_3CLvI/s640/blogger-image--1133387405.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxpfh3Psxmlour9jTiBiMF4B8Pi9aTs_EJ3Zud9iu7tc-jIhHJ-7j3EPn7ym1ERP1sc4xDux1vl1j9l-04gg_fkta_melEv1n0bDXH4R-vpq7oOLOVIA82ukTVQgj1vtnGSmhFxtqVyo/s640/blogger-image-637418358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxpfh3Psxmlour9jTiBiMF4B8Pi9aTs_EJ3Zud9iu7tc-jIhHJ-7j3EPn7ym1ERP1sc4xDux1vl1j9l-04gg_fkta_melEv1n0bDXH4R-vpq7oOLOVIA82ukTVQgj1vtnGSmhFxtqVyo/s640/blogger-image-637418358.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJTYr_oVP_IeLt6TfTQR1qPodB-V-rFYzJzMnb9JRjGitr8s_DhiVPRW9VJR2_M2fp3C6EPlbOs9H98JNkt0K48dGN7b-lXyAntxISKEF6o_KJOqEVkffHQCbsHKhjgPa6XutGFSsSuY/s640/blogger-image--669982442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJTYr_oVP_IeLt6TfTQR1qPodB-V-rFYzJzMnb9JRjGitr8s_DhiVPRW9VJR2_M2fp3C6EPlbOs9H98JNkt0K48dGN7b-lXyAntxISKEF6o_KJOqEVkffHQCbsHKhjgPa6XutGFSsSuY/s640/blogger-image--669982442.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgouMFTNaMf3f4QtNBFte4EmaNGbWdQ7xZDFPJKuPB8iqPomfFyI6JaITNpBhgiDkK183FSnVS7-khwkJDi-dIV9cB4xZ3i6Sleu0cHIEVpZi5zq8pnWOdaV07Wmt43YV7BE0CL0OWcK60/s640/blogger-image--1306958509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgouMFTNaMf3f4QtNBFte4EmaNGbWdQ7xZDFPJKuPB8iqPomfFyI6JaITNpBhgiDkK183FSnVS7-khwkJDi-dIV9cB4xZ3i6Sleu0cHIEVpZi5zq8pnWOdaV07Wmt43YV7BE0CL0OWcK60/s640/blogger-image--1306958509.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">I won't comment on every place I passed through or stopped in - I covered about 240 miles down to the Oregon border with California - nor will I post every photo. There's only so many shots of the ocean that one can take in.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHhO7J5b_gdrTrHqx6uPA-g2ykwEn9TCJ3vpKk4mD8qkmXyDcSXs4Ogx_e9u_0MZNljLl_vjOePXAklgZZHWYCzaN85BzN8x0c-JMOkucTRTkNsUQb729TFmcR8dTRADVfpSXlZAhoD8/s640/blogger-image-261977525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHhO7J5b_gdrTrHqx6uPA-g2ykwEn9TCJ3vpKk4mD8qkmXyDcSXs4Ogx_e9u_0MZNljLl_vjOePXAklgZZHWYCzaN85BzN8x0c-JMOkucTRTkNsUQb729TFmcR8dTRADVfpSXlZAhoD8/s640/blogger-image-261977525.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_y1GRewMQOM3aFgzORm5ZR4pUXHr37PQoPyv5D6_4946LfpauWzHf5LHKH13eeg-nzEtEx_AgbfoDPdT5Pplbi-qs382xQSogQtvg5hCanbQtKeDvH6uJYIzPfbtK39cerddQwrF21Q/s640/blogger-image--649785495.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_y1GRewMQOM3aFgzORm5ZR4pUXHr37PQoPyv5D6_4946LfpauWzHf5LHKH13eeg-nzEtEx_AgbfoDPdT5Pplbi-qs382xQSogQtvg5hCanbQtKeDvH6uJYIzPfbtK39cerddQwrF21Q/s640/blogger-image--649785495.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TjPozZvaAyfkQjC6TEbKbTtnPgoiocyxEz5KVc8dyHeWn7jozKbX526b7nPKEN9tXbeI44ZSygLAub1brzDNaIhJHf6kWkR2QUYngZWqehGB0eXdwcXwSN98XllqeW-1DxJyw1t9Nr0/s640/blogger-image-606597658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TjPozZvaAyfkQjC6TEbKbTtnPgoiocyxEz5KVc8dyHeWn7jozKbX526b7nPKEN9tXbeI44ZSygLAub1brzDNaIhJHf6kWkR2QUYngZWqehGB0eXdwcXwSN98XllqeW-1DxJyw1t9Nr0/s640/blogger-image-606597658.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div>Yaquina Head lighthouse and interpretive centre, 3 miles north of Newport. The lighthouse dates from 1873. <br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2oDyFou9VVVbvWKJ1GWT25I63QbOV2Si-F3M8pYjuZsDVqId0wYCofFHJvKCuJhoKviWA2yoBb0uqgJkufZAm-rzePTW5ZlMx0ZfIzdgD6ptKKLZu75DCVHJMzSg_acXv74kLpVxAMY/s640/blogger-image-809320945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2oDyFou9VVVbvWKJ1GWT25I63QbOV2Si-F3M8pYjuZsDVqId0wYCofFHJvKCuJhoKviWA2yoBb0uqgJkufZAm-rzePTW5ZlMx0ZfIzdgD6ptKKLZu75DCVHJMzSg_acXv74kLpVxAMY/s640/blogger-image-809320945.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsnPUERc_G3NShGmD6_Ocj39Wl9iCU0rRUK_HhRDEBoRwZGpb9_n2RbTRG7fIQ5k-CuWdpHlJvYLFTQo7drrpaRbfmwK-c2OWdQIpRNgMCpgZmpUHOsrrBlC0mY9m1Hi0d5paM8djJvxc/s640/blogger-image--910803514.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsnPUERc_G3NShGmD6_Ocj39Wl9iCU0rRUK_HhRDEBoRwZGpb9_n2RbTRG7fIQ5k-CuWdpHlJvYLFTQo7drrpaRbfmwK-c2OWdQIpRNgMCpgZmpUHOsrrBlC0mY9m1Hi0d5paM8djJvxc/s640/blogger-image--910803514.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br>I will mention the town of Newport, population 11,000, where I stayed the night of Friday 30th at Agate Beach. The date is significant, as it was the start of the Labor Day weekend. Everywhere was very busy, with families taking the three-day break. I really liked this little town, with the commercial fishing and haulage activities taking place on the same crowded street the locals and visitors use for shopping and dining. I had f</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">irst class fish and chips at Mo's, one of four establishments they have on this coast. In the middle of the Main Street, just on the water's edge, is a short floating dock with sea lions dozing on it. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6jkJGcOsvuF2EfwmOblCNMNvBzOog0o08Y1AMOQS-b4s7mFQAe4D0CSu7ox_LTvtUju2u03En6Q-maffC_KuPD_YuuVakkI620NxAzwAaCYEflldmfNAWVmzzUtQ6CajGEA35LGbfWY/s640/blogger-image-33116615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6jkJGcOsvuF2EfwmOblCNMNvBzOog0o08Y1AMOQS-b4s7mFQAe4D0CSu7ox_LTvtUju2u03En6Q-maffC_KuPD_YuuVakkI620NxAzwAaCYEflldmfNAWVmzzUtQ6CajGEA35LGbfWY/s640/blogger-image-33116615.jpg"></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSTbUX2h1zA-Lfwrxd40gg2Ge5q9VOJCWUjQBoVm5GsiRvLl8lIUu1gUHfNIzQxRTg2tmlycA1e2DipBXWcNPPJWr37yX2njtqbzz0dqhgYPU-IqthAMo1T3mHgw4LIhUknRzgqyRia0/s640/blogger-image-2004393021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSTbUX2h1zA-Lfwrxd40gg2Ge5q9VOJCWUjQBoVm5GsiRvLl8lIUu1gUHfNIzQxRTg2tmlycA1e2DipBXWcNPPJWr37yX2njtqbzz0dqhgYPU-IqthAMo1T3mHgw4LIhUknRzgqyRia0/s640/blogger-image-2004393021.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhrgBTuYjZlpc167044AZMpwDdAybcXL9St-p_-HwbnNt_7TNWjazt7cL0igadYoOGinLrG9uqsKuWBQyT8pyJJzqIqYhHu_XOUoxqPdKv5UbOjkN7vr_0CxVOsiY3s8dX9fuZDXIlPA/s640/blogger-image--650803592.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhrgBTuYjZlpc167044AZMpwDdAybcXL9St-p_-HwbnNt_7TNWjazt7cL0igadYoOGinLrG9uqsKuWBQyT8pyJJzqIqYhHu_XOUoxqPdKv5UbOjkN7vr_0CxVOsiY3s8dX9fuZDXIlPA/s640/blogger-image--650803592.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUk-ysM3QWOatULgP5O2NWqfeVovKD2CNHJ3McMhre1Oe_Ok5v7cejXN5WVQrXkkOGPf6c3RWrIga9DIo4mI2fQQsuU0c8kfpNITk-e1VtxP_f7-CYZe38PPfgSrPe10UzsEX3B8DWrwk/s640/blogger-image-281541799.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUk-ysM3QWOatULgP5O2NWqfeVovKD2CNHJ3McMhre1Oe_Ok5v7cejXN5WVQrXkkOGPf6c3RWrIga9DIo4mI2fQQsuU0c8kfpNITk-e1VtxP_f7-CYZe38PPfgSrPe10UzsEX3B8DWrwk/s640/blogger-image-281541799.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6ndkqOkRIsCpCoxKDA_-pDlXtkhCDdFS77RIaUDpPIZMJEJ8rAWjbeU8GtGJQJ3eLXd-oOvt7sVETm3xvMrN9qjzep-fVR1OQqKHpWdvo6Rn7N7ykPe-MCGpzcs9Wp4_vPAZmJuNShU/s640/blogger-image--2082138691.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6ndkqOkRIsCpCoxKDA_-pDlXtkhCDdFS77RIaUDpPIZMJEJ8rAWjbeU8GtGJQJ3eLXd-oOvt7sVETm3xvMrN9qjzep-fVR1OQqKHpWdvo6Rn7N7ykPe-MCGpzcs9Wp4_vPAZmJuNShU/s640/blogger-image--2082138691.jpg"></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div><br>Yachats "the gem of the Oregon coast" didn't shine for me: no photo either.<br><br></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Florence, another town of around 10,000 people, also caught my interest. While waiting for my lunchtime sandwich to be made, I browsed the wine section. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LT2hPxTN8Pbj0o9zYgyEzKmuNhMi-W4a_DGezoK1UoDI7L_mMUm_IRS7llZe8GW37oRbXmRpi4zA6OM122Tzh9sZsuG5qXggarxwPJLDxg5lvpC_yNGl3u0HvilhmVR_KWGWZZoJVQ4/s640/blogger-image-440854509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LT2hPxTN8Pbj0o9zYgyEzKmuNhMi-W4a_DGezoK1UoDI7L_mMUm_IRS7llZe8GW37oRbXmRpi4zA6OM122Tzh9sZsuG5qXggarxwPJLDxg5lvpC_yNGl3u0HvilhmVR_KWGWZZoJVQ4/s640/blogger-image-440854509.jpg"></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnMt55TvwzUj9cSkzIRRtePHAguRJq9rTqvzx0lM848sz7u_BPLOA4z5mDHBQy9EtJpOZfYjycDAgXUtQMHQlsaTf5GdteJBk5p7ncnDXFKyA4EddAW2fZPakwIVEN45bby27e2u_6MM/s640/blogger-image--1046151073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnMt55TvwzUj9cSkzIRRtePHAguRJq9rTqvzx0lM848sz7u_BPLOA4z5mDHBQy9EtJpOZfYjycDAgXUtQMHQlsaTf5GdteJBk5p7ncnDXFKyA4EddAW2fZPakwIVEN45bby27e2u_6MM/s640/blogger-image--1046151073.jpg"></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhadzNpjJBNhAJ4yfDxpfqvBpn1uKzp_zFWvXeapmNpLM2J3J3wxE_DUecBPMCNXMpYxAOkx-7B46CN3-n97qwCaQHtx1v_QxMXAyzcE6nVrZcT9LZFUYtdARdmJrvY2RoLBzEg8E4ys/s640/blogger-image--1996386463.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhadzNpjJBNhAJ4yfDxpfqvBpn1uKzp_zFWvXeapmNpLM2J3J3wxE_DUecBPMCNXMpYxAOkx-7B46CN3-n97qwCaQHtx1v_QxMXAyzcE6nVrZcT9LZFUYtdARdmJrvY2RoLBzEg8E4ys/s640/blogger-image--1996386463.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tRl9wBg0gVeoc112eC4mWcCPQCdB5gw2zbYZFg_NolPGUp2O54hUPe7polCI22eaP9iuhJDP9rjyYA4z-yPKzwcJtEvBX3G8Lr6E5GbuZgMr6scoxvOPwLtVXDGJoVkBJmb3VqTjZvw/s640/blogger-image-1711195479.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tRl9wBg0gVeoc112eC4mWcCPQCdB5gw2zbYZFg_NolPGUp2O54hUPe7polCI22eaP9iuhJDP9rjyYA4z-yPKzwcJtEvBX3G8Lr6E5GbuZgMr6scoxvOPwLtVXDGJoVkBJmb3VqTjZvw/s640/blogger-image-1711195479.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br>There were a lot of bikers around, on the roads, travelling in pairs, and in the towns, gathered at watering holes, drinking beer. This group and I had enjoyed breakfast in this little cafe. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIelVJqZn4TCMXp-LMTgUra3v2d1-GURDIwbKfjNaED3vYIi1lS7F95ISCuvDKCB0UOnDyLQ-anbmPJ3yNPc3UANlbxWBMeFwyipvLKUKDWS8p6ZNkw0bKUyNdx5r_bgEOmeZHjKrEJPo/s640/blogger-image-1201303212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIelVJqZn4TCMXp-LMTgUra3v2d1-GURDIwbKfjNaED3vYIi1lS7F95ISCuvDKCB0UOnDyLQ-anbmPJ3yNPc3UANlbxWBMeFwyipvLKUKDWS8p6ZNkw0bKUyNdx5r_bgEOmeZHjKrEJPo/s640/blogger-image-1201303212.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "> I had </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">sat at the bar in this cafe. The lady next to me, early '50's, very smart, with her 80-ish father, chatted about London, my travels, the arts, growing her own organic fruit and veg, and so on. She then said " <i>I hope you don't mind me asking, but we were watching a TV documentary. Isn't your country being taken over by Muslims?" </i>I'm not often lost for words.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><i><br></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><i><br></i></span></div></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">There were also many cyclists, right up and down the coastal highway. Some travelling solo, others </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">in pairs, yet more road racing, and a few hardy souls with loaded panniers of camping kit. I say hardy, because the temperature was usually in the high 20's, and quite punishing.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmi6v9NbZ2ttW9EgvWfXeyr-atB11F2RA1Di-Cib_6ZHVi5W6FhEMRicJ4-hS1HOlKnJUWvF0HQCTkG7YFoOko_CgKRMvRFhCRMTfrbC6QVGkZFzM42h3T5ByLgLxlWjBSVixr9hARMY8/s640/blogger-image-1767657042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmi6v9NbZ2ttW9EgvWfXeyr-atB11F2RA1Di-Cib_6ZHVi5W6FhEMRicJ4-hS1HOlKnJUWvF0HQCTkG7YFoOko_CgKRMvRFhCRMTfrbC6QVGkZFzM42h3T5ByLgLxlWjBSVixr9hARMY8/s640/blogger-image-1767657042.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOblLkLqKN9FJirZNBgOfgsjgNDF6MSUHump6JbIDgScG9Ii9rnGR99LYa9L0XJE_rEwHcnX8LSOSFPyamkvzNI-sUGI9pA3Mx9eWqFNxkOUVTYutw0_cmagJciTpGH6tD8NCDB7rt4Sg/s640/blogger-image-684002768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOblLkLqKN9FJirZNBgOfgsjgNDF6MSUHump6JbIDgScG9Ii9rnGR99LYa9L0XJE_rEwHcnX8LSOSFPyamkvzNI-sUGI9pA3Mx9eWqFNxkOUVTYutw0_cmagJciTpGH6tD8NCDB7rt4Sg/s640/blogger-image-684002768.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">That full tank cost $ 65.31.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXG-1GhPRAFNAHDlPMEZhg5F7NAJpvUQ4mPi07K31Tq5myGnl6thX4fEMbF-XyxM4bhlDtRqx4OZgvFY2BpTlFtTPYKOe8RVV2Ne6iwSfAT7H9txbxkMKkpluge4Itxei_EGOwIrO2hY8/s640/blogger-image--1140956258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXG-1GhPRAFNAHDlPMEZhg5F7NAJpvUQ4mPi07K31Tq5myGnl6thX4fEMbF-XyxM4bhlDtRqx4OZgvFY2BpTlFtTPYKOe8RVV2Ne6iwSfAT7H9txbxkMKkpluge4Itxei_EGOwIrO2hY8/s640/blogger-image--1140956258.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">Gold Beach, a small town with a surprisingly large bookshop, and Rebecca's, serving "damn fine coffee". (Agent Dale Cooper, for those who remember <i>Twin Peaks</i><br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBKD4PO9HJM1ubEkn-VzlV1Oj3NqOnTh1GWAbKH-Jj11vah7bXrcFLS2GiSH8E_rtoBz4ozhpfDwdrZC48tCd_YZalgZ49gBpkFPmXK4KdcHOSQ13DTjgo0vKB10Xyaov6vePBVInKqHY/s640/blogger-image-1672039006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBKD4PO9HJM1ubEkn-VzlV1Oj3NqOnTh1GWAbKH-Jj11vah7bXrcFLS2GiSH8E_rtoBz4ozhpfDwdrZC48tCd_YZalgZ49gBpkFPmXK4KdcHOSQ13DTjgo0vKB10Xyaov6vePBVInKqHY/s640/blogger-image-1672039006.jpg"></a></div><br><br>The west coast of America is at risk from tsunamis, and most places seem to have evacuation and other plans in place.<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJXOYj1eDiMMuXUx1Xf4k_OD_c1UDMNMMDpgqSVZNDv7AehwFC7HBVUiw6doONClLqznGFCkOHXH9YtX36Nv2yIrnnNLPDzbqsN7eOeHM2Ut32qn41t7ND18hcta1Vlb2aKkDts2yO8U/s640/blogger-image-102363294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJXOYj1eDiMMuXUx1Xf4k_OD_c1UDMNMMDpgqSVZNDv7AehwFC7HBVUiw6doONClLqznGFCkOHXH9YtX36Nv2yIrnnNLPDzbqsN7eOeHM2Ut32qn41t7ND18hcta1Vlb2aKkDts2yO8U/s640/blogger-image-102363294.jpg"></a></div><br>One last beach stop before I leave the state of Oregon, and I took this because I was fascinated by the lush greenery running right down to the sandy beach. That's rare. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbommqXY83EGuaGGgMGsyxBWV8u-DC1mhkidnY72d1OVWBpXoCHzdyrdxuyUGp3f5kCHI_Sg7H3I5j9eeBAH7pIBnfB6Xmq9N3YVEmBkWsl7XUrrvGSKEsDoaWShIoJedD6iUEdYkvejI/s640/blogger-image-1069102970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbommqXY83EGuaGGgMGsyxBWV8u-DC1mhkidnY72d1OVWBpXoCHzdyrdxuyUGp3f5kCHI_Sg7H3I5j9eeBAH7pIBnfB6Xmq9N3YVEmBkWsl7XUrrvGSKEsDoaWShIoJedD6iUEdYkvejI/s640/blogger-image-1069102970.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Coming next.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT33G4sQuBoKNLGROdVW0L9ToTQFAMwEHcA9Z42BcfyiOd5aqj7-qoiqJ89xCYMl0W2Yjg5F9Fo9tGdv1UQ-dGvex8L30YziaaN5_TbD8Uo97ta9CTjn6VOCST3GHuC19pvg2hCK5ahC0/s640/blogger-image--1886579449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT33G4sQuBoKNLGROdVW0L9ToTQFAMwEHcA9Z42BcfyiOd5aqj7-qoiqJ89xCYMl0W2Yjg5F9Fo9tGdv1UQ-dGvex8L30YziaaN5_TbD8Uo97ta9CTjn6VOCST3GHuC19pvg2hCK5ahC0/s640/blogger-image--1886579449.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div></div>John Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369782779995709905.post-58911537076486705092013-09-08T00:19:00.001+01:002013-09-08T00:19:00.461+01:00Columbia River Gorge<br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">On my penultimate day in Portland I drove out of the city, along the south bank of the Columbia River. It's a well regarded trip, to do the Columbia River Gorge, but as the south side is mainly viewed from the highway, it's less appealing for the driver, me. However, I was able to turn off a couple of times onto lesser roads, like Historic Route 30,</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> and see some superb scenery. </span><div><font face="Helvetica" size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica" size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJy_ZExVEWloacyogrdf6UJZEkEju01Yz6-Le4V-5464gUmTIRB638T-NyA6JysKwVZYS6wDyznDlJi4RXmikVaT01wcXdhCCWMHvMymwLnSVy6VoeY-9d5Q6x1U9v5miwb4qE6-VaMs/s640/blogger-image-1287906520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJy_ZExVEWloacyogrdf6UJZEkEju01Yz6-Le4V-5464gUmTIRB638T-NyA6JysKwVZYS6wDyznDlJi4RXmikVaT01wcXdhCCWMHvMymwLnSVy6VoeY-9d5Q6x1U9v5miwb4qE6-VaMs/s640/blogger-image-1287906520.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlguceeX-wmNNwTCYi0CzSay32je2WfaS6NrUnEOE36kjSPv0ZUyXdsjDBFybqB4syLUQgnqVEkaXQ6mYxFTAFJOGOq4A1DpUMti_DE2aMw3RLSGnNsHxwWOJ0u0Qgd-DQ4UYr7IcNX5c/s640/blogger-image--491991595.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlguceeX-wmNNwTCYi0CzSay32je2WfaS6NrUnEOE36kjSPv0ZUyXdsjDBFybqB4syLUQgnqVEkaXQ6mYxFTAFJOGOq4A1DpUMti_DE2aMw3RLSGnNsHxwWOJ0u0Qgd-DQ4UYr7IcNX5c/s640/blogger-image--491991595.jpg"></a></div></div><br></span></font><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">This distinctive black farm building seems reminiscent of those buildings seen in many westerns.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewxRTmLoTpqZ6LR5-fTakhmfXZu0pvhIuCQQehCcpAvmr9e4qT3BGf-u3HS21iFXtO3xFRlQFfdGDnJqSclgSbPBHGWKnzOMVhwIUD4QSacrtSqqOiePJIMbXsoG2A18_hnKvEZM56NE/s640/blogger-image--2071850477.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewxRTmLoTpqZ6LR5-fTakhmfXZu0pvhIuCQQehCcpAvmr9e4qT3BGf-u3HS21iFXtO3xFRlQFfdGDnJqSclgSbPBHGWKnzOMVhwIUD4QSacrtSqqOiePJIMbXsoG2A18_hnKvEZM56NE/s640/blogger-image--2071850477.jpg"></a>.</div><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">The best views were at Rowena Crest. These views may look like models or tourist posters: they are my photos of the real thing. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoywh8TfA9SjonFifDmsnPtkXkonNo8UP-EgZPY4fPiiCF87nbECPLi3N2POWhWFGEJ4PfE98O9zzg-lPOCvtcHGXGq99E1CjdM6x9N0pxqjZEsVd36LZ7b43omM5MHPpmYSDvyPIj3s/s640/blogger-image-743524579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoywh8TfA9SjonFifDmsnPtkXkonNo8UP-EgZPY4fPiiCF87nbECPLi3N2POWhWFGEJ4PfE98O9zzg-lPOCvtcHGXGq99E1CjdM6x9N0pxqjZEsVd36LZ7b43omM5MHPpmYSDvyPIj3s/s640/blogger-image-743524579.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKBoTjbgJmaipJ91kisepPas4cHqPuIN_j9HuTobPR_oE9qo1pcq6nPHnkq1eV-HTNIrRm_R4J65zV3z9-7bvC0k_5X-xDMEzhnrwJJXZ1qMQ-Dudp_gxBhedkjYWy9NM8iw3JrKMIlU/s640/blogger-image-1460470965.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKBoTjbgJmaipJ91kisepPas4cHqPuIN_j9HuTobPR_oE9qo1pcq6nPHnkq1eV-HTNIrRm_R4J65zV3z9-7bvC0k_5X-xDMEzhnrwJJXZ1qMQ-Dudp_gxBhedkjYWy9NM8iw3JrKMIlU/s640/blogger-image-1460470965.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQTCkIkYPjZ3NgVwrqeGTeFgPfALJtzFS0iW1_YBd6WYZjwpYtJsibGOQmpyHKihYq_cul5JAAgNyTcO1pk478S2GEU7K9fE9sqiTM8Ci_C_329xFwiEXqXZdUrAxBZU5jDqx_MJqJJ0/s640/blogger-image-1612755597.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQTCkIkYPjZ3NgVwrqeGTeFgPfALJtzFS0iW1_YBd6WYZjwpYtJsibGOQmpyHKihYq_cul5JAAgNyTcO1pk478S2GEU7K9fE9sqiTM8Ci_C_329xFwiEXqXZdUrAxBZU5jDqx_MJqJJ0/s640/blogger-image-1612755597.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">The limit of my eastward travel was The Dalles, about 85 miles from Portland. There are two places where vehicles can cross the river and I took this option, returning home along the north bank, which is actually in Washington State. Round trip was about 190 miles. </div></div>John Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936822710348828123noreply@blogger.com0