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2024 July roadtrip #10: Rockies
The road from Denver through the Rockies to Salt Lake City, started up I70 then took a side route on C13 to C24. Stopped mid-day on the...
dougbergh
Jul 29, 20241 min read


2024 July roadtrip #9: Heartland
Starting the return trip, accelerating as we go as a pack horse would as it senses the barn. Northern route: I70. 4 hrs to Louisville, 4...
dougbergh
Jul 27, 20242 min read


2024 July roadtrip #8: Smokeys
Great Smokey Mountains: a range between the Carolinas & Tennessee. Interest piqued by Bewilderment by Richard Powers. Have a read,...
dougbergh
Jul 26, 20241 min read


2024 roadtrip #7: TR
Spent 4 days graciously hosted by dear old friends Kathy & Byron, who moved to Travelers Rest South Carolina several years ago, and are...
dougbergh
Jul 26, 20241 min read


2024 July roadtrip #6: Cookeville TN
Our destination: Sandy's house, also Meghan's. Big fun spelunking with Amelia & Rowan:
dougbergh
Jul 23, 20241 min read


2024 July roadtrip #5: Memphis
Stayed in The Exchange, an historic high-rise in downtown Memphis. 5 block walk to Beale St where we listened to some blues. Downtown is...
dougbergh
Jul 21, 20241 min read


July 2024 roadtrip #4: OKC & Little Rock
Oklahoma City: Fairly shitty little AirBnB in a nice transitioning neighborhood, NW 16th st. Next morning we drove through downtown. Most...
dougbergh
Jul 21, 20241 min read


2024 July roadtrip #3: Santa Fe
Stayed two nights at an ex-girls summer camp "Treetop Santa Fe" at the top of a mountain. Nice campground, outdoor kitchen, bathhouse...
dougbergh
Jul 15, 20241 min read
2024 July roadtrip #2: Sedona AZ
Camped on a bluff with a canyon down to a creek on one side and across to a highway on the other ..
dougbergh
Jul 13, 20241 min read


2024 July roadtrip #1
We are off to Tennessee to see Sandy, Meghan and her brood. First stop: Sedona az. It's an 11 hour drive and we'd like to get there in a...
dougbergh
Jul 11, 20241 min read
2024: let’s try this again
OK so I'm giving this 'retirement' gig another shot; maybe this time I'll get it right. This is the first post in the category, the...
dougbergh
Jul 11, 20241 min read


January 2023 Storms
Santa Cruz, the folly of men Pleasure Point Aftermath: Capitola Aftermath: Los Gatos Capitola low tide a week later
dougbergh
Feb 26, 20231 min read


Jan 1: SF
Back to the city for The Newyears Plunge Road to SF through Pacifica, big wind coming The scene The prep The plunge The success The reward
dougbergh
Feb 26, 20231 min read


Dec 17: SF
[I have been remiss. It is Feb 25, 2023; I shall attempt to recreate the past 2 months] After a big experiment on the 16th, sunrise in...
dougbergh
Feb 26, 20231 min read


Dec 15: SF
Today I walked from our house through The Presidio to Baker Beach..
dougbergh
Dec 15, 20221 min read


Dec 10-11: SF rain!
Back to the city, with Leslie, over the weekend. The Presidio.. At Fort Mason there is a bar called The Interval, run by an organization...
dougbergh
Dec 15, 20221 min read


Dec 5-7: Home!
Home for a dentist appointment. Wed 6th, Leslie had a field trip to Natural Bridges for her class. I went with, strolled & napped along...
dougbergh
Dec 8, 20221 min read


Dec 4: SF
Chamber music concert in the Century Women's Club, in their 1904 Edwardian on Franklin. Club started by Phoebe Hearst in 1886, still...
dougbergh
Dec 7, 20221 min read


Dec 2: SF
Lincoln Park and the Richmond today.. Took the 1 California (remember: $1.25!) to 33rd ave, where California ends at steps into Lincoln...
dougbergh
Dec 4, 20221 min read


Dec 1: SF
Monday 11/28: lost day. No idea. Tuesday 11/29: Presidio branch, SF public library. A Carnegie library. Did some reading.. Then to North...
dougbergh
Dec 1, 20221 min read
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