Posted by Karen on 19-Apr-2009
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Lori and I went to the UC Davis Arboretum with the Sacramento Digital Photography Meetup Group. The Arboretum out at the University is a collection of different style gardens that you meander through along the Putah Creek. It was a very warm day, so we meandered slowly and stopped often. The ducks were in an extremely active mode; it seems to be mating time and the ducks seem to prefer the “everyone gang up on one lady duck at once” method. Not only does it happen out on the water, but it happened right next to me on the path too!! Poor lady ducks don’t stand a chance.. LOL! Lots and lots of flowers of every kind, a really pretty place to spend some time.
GPS Stats: • Odometer: 3.93 miles • Total Time: 4:49 • Moving Time: 1:31 • Moving Average: 2.6 mph • Overall Average: 0.8 mph
Posted by Karen on 01-Aug-2008
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Today I toured The Hermitage – Home of President Andrew Jackson. “Old Hickory” was our seventh President from 1829-1837 and Nashville is where he made his home with wife Rachelle. As you walk around the grounds and buildings, you have a audio player that gives you a narrative for each of the numbered spots you encounter. The mansion is well preserved, and even though they don’t want you to take pictures inside the mansion, I snuck in a few… shhh! In back of the mansion is a large manicured field with a path circling it. Along the path you see the slave quarters, an old farm building, the springhouse and several cabins. The formal gardens are cared for once again and are lovely to walk through. In the back corner of the garden is Jackson’s Tomb and the family cemetery. Lastly I toured the museum and browsed the gift shop before heading back to the hotel. It’s wonderful to see that we have our country’s history preserved so well.
Posted by Karen on 24-Sep-2005
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Last day of vacation, I’m heading north up highway 95 and then will turn left at highway 50 to home sweet home. Highway 50 in Nevada is nicknamed “the loneliest road”, well highway 95 is pretty lonely too. One of the first things to catch my eye is a sign on an abandoned way station in the middle of nowhere, “Restaurant, Bar, Sluts”; I guess even the sluts weren’t enough to keep this place in business. ;) I drove past Walker Lake, a rugged looking lake in the desert. Passed through Hawthorne, an army town with a large munitions dump on one edge of town and a sculpture of bombs painted red, white and blue on the other end of town. Continuing on, I saw a “shoe tree”; a lone tree by the side of the road with dozens of shoes hanging from it. Finally I came to the turnoff for Churchill State Park, the remnants of a military fort from the 1800’s. I checked out the park and then took the dirt road shortcut over to Highway 50–a 4-wheeling we will go! And there’s Highway 50 and there’s California and there’s Sacramento and there’s home!
