Monday, July 10th - In the early evening we drove from my brother's place on Alameda Island in the Bay Area to Davis, about an hour inland to the northeast. I noted the mothball fleet at Suisun Bay which had been dozens of old Navy ships all moored up in lines when I was more regularly traveling that route 15 years ago, now was reduced to just ( Read more... )

Friday, July 7th - we drove up to Northern California along The Five. Of note, i thought The 5 was remarkably wide near home where it's six lanes on a side, but they're actually expanding it to eight per side ( Read more... )

Tuesday, July 4th - After spending a pleasant morning in "my new office" my grandfather's enclosed porch, we went to my uncle Kim's place for lunch. He's just "across town" in another suburb of Rochester, similar to Irondequoit, beautiful old houses surrounded by lawns without fences and enough large trees to feel like a forest, with a literal ( Read more... )

Sunday, July 2nd - The Buffalo airport at 8:30 on a Sunday morning was very quiet, it seemed to be just the passengers from our flight walking through the terminals and a few airport staff. Out by the curb I seemed to be the only one out there. Called my dad, who was already waiting at the cell phone notification parking lot and he showed up ( Read more... )

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( Previously: Up the 395 from So Cal to Independence! )


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July 12th - "It's desert noir" I commented, as I snapped a photo of a ramshackle falling-down old house with junk around it, with Mt Whitney rising up behind it. Somewhere near the Manzanar internment camp.

I'd only arrived in the states just the day before and already we were on an epic roadtrip! My uncle was getting (re)married in a small ( ( Read more... )