The Bald Journaller
Into the Valley of Death...
Schoolboy or schoolgirl error, drive an hour past Bakersfield yesterday to shorten today's drive. Into the mountains again we go, to a...
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The Bald Journaller
Apr 22, 20225 min read
National Parks Week! (and a bit more about trees!)
So today is National Parks Week here in the good ol' USA. Which somewhat bizarrely (to us) seems to include a promotion to encourage...
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The Bald Journaller
Apr 19, 20223 min read
Chillin' California Style (but without the drugs)
The laundry is done, we have clean clothes again, and the batteries are recharged from gentle strolling around Paso Robles and San Luis...
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The Bald Journaller
Apr 18, 20224 min read
Central California - turn left!
Nareesa's very happy; the sun is shining, the air is warm and the rain is a distant memory. 24ºC in the shade and a beautiful old town to...
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The Bald Journaller
Apr 17, 20222 min read
Things that go bang in the night
OMG! Well that was exciting! A fabulous Spanish tapas meal was followed by a restrained glass of wine in the Acme Bar (yes it really was...
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The Bald Journaller
Apr 16, 20225 min read
Escape to Alcatraz
No more trees! (for now). Today I is mostly talking about penal reform! Well, not really (well, a bit), but, as any aficionado of this...
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The Bald Journaller
Apr 14, 20222 min read
It's still about the trees!
Blimey, this redwood forest goes on a bit! We're less than 200 miles from San Francisco and still surrounded by giant redwoods. We even...
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The Bald Journaller
Apr 13, 20222 min read
Walking with giants
Today, I is mostly talking about trees! Big trees, massive trees, veritable giants of trees. Come to think of it, giants of anything!...
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The Bald Journaller
Apr 12, 20223 min read
Four seasons in one day! (well three I suppose - summer definitely not present)
Before I forget again (which I did yesterday - must have been the wine!), over the weekend we spent a rather splendid afternoon at a...
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The Bald Journaller
Apr 10, 20222 min read
A brief stop in Eugene
Home of the University of Oregon and home of our friends Mary & Wayne and their daughter Monica. We last saw Mary and Wayne in 2003 in...
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The Bald Journaller
Apr 9, 20222 min read
Time to head south ... State no. 2 (unless you count BC, which is a province, in which case it is 3)
Mostly a travel day today, but with a few stops along the way, from Washington to Oregon. Not much to say so I shall (mostly) keep my...
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The Bald Journaller
Apr 8, 20222 min read
A day in and around Leavenworth
2ºC as we crossed the mountains yesterday. 22ºC today! Funny old world. What an absolutely glorious day. What an absolutely glorious...
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The Bald Journaller
Apr 7, 20223 min read
Leaving Canada, and entering ... Germany?
Well here's a thing. We have arrived in Bavaria apparently. I have yet to work out why but Leavenworth in the southern Cascades is a...
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The Bald Journaller
Apr 5, 20225 min read
Another day, another Vancouverite (is that a word?)
It is genuinely hard to get out of greater Vancouver, because for some reason I don't quite understand I seem to have collected a huge...
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The Bald Journaller
Apr 5, 20223 min read
Macaw, parakeet or cockatoo?
They all look the same to me! And so today we found ourselves at Vancouver's highest point in Queen Elizabeth Park - don't get me started...
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The Bald Journaller
Apr 4, 20222 min read
There's a reason it's called the Wet Coast
Well at least we got out for a walk in the morning before the heavens opened. One advantage of having a dog - Michelle not us, that would...
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The Bald Journaller
Apr 2, 20223 min read
Vancouver - it seems like only yesterday!
I've wondered several times if I should publish a blog on this trip. It feels somewhat frivolous, given the war in Ukraine. But then the...
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The Bald Journaller
Dec 2, 20212 min read
A Scandinavian Winter - chapter 10
Day 10 - heading home to isolate! That is it for this trip. Just a little teaser with a picture taken as I left the Hurtigruten boat on...
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The Bald Journaller
Dec 1, 20213 min read
A Scandinavian Winter - chapter 9
Day 9 - a day in Oslo and a visit to Edvard Munch and friends I lied! It doesn't just house Edvard Munch! It allows a few of his close...
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The Bald Journaller
Dec 1, 20214 min read
A Scandinavian Winter - chapter 8
Day 8 continued - The Bergensbanen from Bergen to Oslo Sorry, the Dubliner (the pub and the bloke I got talking to in it last night) got...
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