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Yesterday, Jim and I decided to take a road trip and complete a loop around the Bay Area Peninsula. He has been hard at work upgrading the electrical system in the Airstream – replacing the converter with an inverter/charger and installing lithium batteries. And,… Continue Reading “U. of California Santa Cruz Arboretum 1.20.2025”
Expansive view from the top of the ridge – the line between sea and sky is barely visible in the distance.
While we are hanging out at our son’s home in Skylonda on the Bay Area Peninsula, I have been exploring the many open space preserves that exist here along the coastal Santa Cruz Mountains. I just discovered the Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve and… Continue Reading “Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve 1.15.25”
These baby redwoods were growing at the base of a large diameter redwood on the trail up to the top of the preserve – and the dark, damp trunk made a nice backdrop for the bright green needles and red stems.
April 25, 2023 Today marked the first day that we encountered serious mud along the trail! I had heard horror stories about the possibility of mud and thought that it could not possibly be as bad as everyone predicted. We had 17 kilometers to… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino: Lauzerte to Saint-Martin”
April 24, 2023 Oddly, when reviewing my journal notes for our walk this day, I had written that it was a rainy day! But, when I processed the pictures for this post, the sky seemed mostly sun and clouds. Photographs don’t lie so perhaps… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino: Montcuq to Lauzerte”
April 23, 2023 Today’s walk was very rural, quite soggy and long – 22 kilometers. It was a very pretty day, though, through agricultural lands that were bright green with the spring rains. The day started with a pretty sunrise at our lodging in… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino: Labastide to Montcuq”
Filoli Historic House and Garden is a short drive from my son’s house near Woodside, California. I have visited several times over the past few years. It speaks to my love of public gardens – especially those that were at one time private residences.… Continue Reading “Filoli Historic House and Gardens Holiday Season 12.5.24”
April 21, 2023 We arrived in Cahors via taxi from Bach and luckily for us the hotel allowed us to check-in early. We had reservations at the Hôtel-Restaurant La Chartreuse. The hotel sits on the banks of the Lot River across the waterway from… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino: Cahors”
April 20, 2024 Before departing Limogne-en-Quercy, we stopped by a local grocery to pick up some snacks. This was the first “supermarket” we had encountered on our journey since leaving Le Puy-en-Velay. I had gotten used to – and loved! – the quaint “épiceries”… Continue Reading “Le Puy Camino – via Podiensis: Limogne-en-Quercy to Bach”
Lynn Amber - Travel & Photography 