Monthly Archives: August 2017

Shame

Driving south through California, east of of the Sierra Nevadas, I visited Manzanar.  This was one of the camps where over a hundred thousand Japanese Americans were relocated during World War II.  Only stone outlines remain where the buildings once … Continue reading

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Border

I took a quiet route back through western Nevada.  Nevada State 359 took me to a quiet crossing into California where California State 167 brought me north around Mono Lake. I took a moment and enjoyed the stillness, pondering the … Continue reading

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Totality

On the day of the solar eclipse, I left at 6am and drove north from Boise up the 55 and past Cascade Lake, passing the huge crowds parking in any open fields.  I headed east, taking a sleepy backroad into … Continue reading

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Capitol

David Lawrence Young, Jr. (my grandfather) was born in Boise, ID.  I drove around a bit and found the state capitol building.  According to family history, the Youngs lived here for a while after David Lawrence Young, Sr. (my great-grandfather) … Continue reading

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Dialogue

Exhausted and sick, I finally arrived in Boise, ID after three days of driving.  I checked in to the Holiday Inn and walked across the parking lot to Applebee’s.  While eating, an elderly couple was seated at the booth across … Continue reading

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Snowball

Spotted this Rick & Morty mural off 3rd St. in San Francisco.  “You shall now call me Snowball, because my fur is pretty and white.”

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Specific

My plan was to drive up to Idaho for the solar eclipse, but I was fighting a horrible, rib-rattling chest cold.  I know you’re not supposed to do this, but I looked through my medicine cabinet to see if I … Continue reading

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