A Travel Journal To Entertain And Random Scribbles To Enlighten
thefootloosescribbler The 1935 memoir King Lehr And The Gilded Age by Elizabeth Drexel Lehr (Lady Decies) is definitely worth reading, though at times it left…
thefootloosescribbler The Newport mansions in Rhode Island are always beautiful, but that is especially true around Christmas. A few weeks ago, my daughter and I…
thefootloosescribbler This article was first published in the Epoch Times on November 12, 2024. It would take a great many visits to explore San Jose’s…
thefootloosescribbler Every Halloween I go crazy. I decorate my yard to the nines with home-made creations that include menacing witches, a skeleton “bone-yard band,” hand-made…
thefootloosescribbler Over the hill from Silicon Valley lies the coastal area of Pescadero. Located about 20 minutes south of Half Moon Bay, it is well…
thefootloosescribbler This article was first published in the Epoch Times on September 11, 2024 In 1896, a journalist for the San Francisco Call reported that…
thefootloosescribbler It’s the heat that makes things difficult. We parked at the Yosemite Lodge Parking Lot, bought sandwiches, and went to rent bikes. Unfortunately we…
thefootloosescribbler The waterfalls of Yosemite are best in the spring. My husband and I returned to Yosemite in early June, specifically to see the falls…
thefootloosescribbler Hiking through the Mariposa Grove in Yosemite is like walking through J.R.R. Tolkien’s forest of Fangorn in The Two Towers. The giant sequoias look…
thefootloosescribbler One evening while staying at the Wawona Hotel (see blog), my husband and I took a ride on the nearby Sugar Pine Railroad located…
thefootloosescribbler In June, my husband and I returned to our favorite hotel in Yosemite–the Wawona Hotel. We stayed there last October (see yosemite blogs), and…
thefootloosescribbler One of the best ways to see the sunset in Newport, Rhode Island is to take a sunset sail in the Narragansett Bay. My…
thefootloosescribbler In my opinion, the Breakers is magnificent, Marble House is stunning, and the Elms is beautiful, but Rosecliff is the loveliest of them all.…
thefootloosescribbler Recently, I experienced an incredible photo-journey flying on a JetBlue airbus from San Francisco to Boston. The weather was clear and I had a…
thefootloosescribbler Last weekend, my husband and I enjoyed a gorgeous day of hiking among the green hills and wildflowers of Henry Coe State Park. At…
