January 2023 It was an overcast cold and chilly Saturday, my daughter and I decided to risk the rain and go for a nice hike for the day. We headed north of Atlanta for about an hour to Stone Mountain to hike up to the top. This is the only mountain around for miles and…
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West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Canada
North America’s Largest Mall One stop destination for entertainment and widest variety of retailers. More than 800 stores and services including 11 world-class attractions, 2 hotels, and over 100 dining venues. Check out the photos from my visit…
Cross Country Road Trip
October 2022 This past October we did a five day drive cross country. Almost 2500 miles, saw beautiful scenery along the highways from northern Nevada thru Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and finally to Georgia. The cross-country drive east starting along America’s loneliest Road Highway 50 is spectacular, wide open, and way out…
Porto’s Bakery, Burbank CA
August 2022 Stopped by LA’s most famous bakery a few weeks ago, Porto’s (since 1960). They have some delicious amazing baked goods, got some to bring home. It was hard to decide what to get, everything the have is made right there onsite. Gotta love fresh baked desserts! Porto’s is an institution in Southern California…
Huntington Beach, CA
March 2020 Huntington Beach California. Used to live about 15 miles from Huntington Beach and as a kid took the bus often during the summers to head to the beach with my boogie board to hang out in the surf and sand with friends all day. HB has a beautiful beach front with lots of…
Downtown Detroit
December 2021 Local scenery from downtown Detroit in the area around the hotel I stayed at while working at the convention center. Interesting place, historic, mid-century and modern-ish all at the same time. There were a lot of cool unique buildings to see and the dining was great at the Apparatus Room restaurant inside the…
OctoBEERfest 2020 Ride
Off-roading in Nevada and California
Ride around the neighborhood
Been playing around with my GoPro 9 and am digging the time warp mode and the results that filming in that mode produces, it’s a pretty cool effect. Here’s a short film I made riding to my friend Gary’s house and back in our neighborhood in Nevada.
Stargazing in Nevada
Dec 2020 The star of Bethlehem was visible this week for the first time in nearly 800 years. The “star” is made up when the planets Jupiter and Saturn align just right to appear as a single very bright star. This is the star that the wisemen followed that famous night on Christmas Eve to…
Fantasy in Lights
Fantasy in Lights show at Callaway Gardens in Georgia
Billy Goat Tavern, Chicago IL
November 2018 Since 1934 the Billy Goat Tavern has served up food to Chicagoan’s at 30 N. Michigan Ave and was made famous by Saturday Night Live’s John Belushi and cast in the late 70’s. The Billy Goat Tavern become a famous icon in the city and the saying Cheezborger Cheezborger Cheezborger, No Pepsi… Coke…
Mt Patterson Off-road Ride, Nevada/California
September 2020 Met up and went for a ride in Nevada a few weeks ago with a bunch of friends out to Mount Patterson in Nevada/California where we rode 85 miles up, over, and around the entire mountain. The ride took us thru spectacular aspen and pine forests, lots of creek crossings, Lobdell Lake, a…
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