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A Happy Time Was Had By All: Woodies On The Wharf, June 2025

A Happy Time Was Had By All: Woodies On The Wharf, June 2025

Published June 23, 2025 by KarenGough

thefootloosescribbler Last Saturday, June 21, my husband and I spent a great day checking out Woodies on the Wharf in Santa Cruz, California. There was…

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Let There Be (Fresnel) Light! The Point Wilson Lighthouse, Washington State

Let There Be (Fresnel) Light! The Point Wilson Lighthouse, Washington State

Published June 7, 2025 by KarenGough

thefootloosescribbler Lighthouse buffs take note: a working Fresnel lens tops the tower at Point Wilson lighthouse near Port Townsend, Washington. Why is this exciting? Because…

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“Dear Mad’m” – A Book Review Of An Adventurous Old Lady

“Dear Mad’m” – A Book Review Of An Adventurous Old Lady

Published April 6, 2025 by KarenGough

thefootloosescribbler I want to go to the Siskiyou Mountains and look upon the “rushing, talkative” Klamath River. I long to hike where Dogwoods gleam “white…

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A Jilted Wife, A Gay Husband, And A Flawed Memoir

A Jilted Wife, A Gay Husband, And A Flawed Memoir

Published January 28, 2025 by KarenGough

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…

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Chronicles of a Halloween Story Walk

Chronicles of a Halloween Story Walk

Published October 21, 2024 by KarenGough

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…

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Hidden Pescadero: A California Beach, Marsh, and Town

Hidden Pescadero: A California Beach, Marsh, and Town

Published September 25, 2024 by KarenGough

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…

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The Lasting Allure of the Pigeon Point Lighthouse

The Lasting Allure of the Pigeon Point Lighthouse

Published September 12, 2024 by KarenGough

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…

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Yosemite Heat, Amusing Arguments, And A Tiny Frog

Yosemite Heat, Amusing Arguments, And A Tiny Frog

Published August 12, 2024 by KarenGough

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…

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A Spring Hike to Vernal and Nevada Falls in Yosemite

A Spring Hike to Vernal and Nevada Falls in Yosemite

Published August 7, 2024 by KarenGough

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…

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Tolkien-like Trees in the Mariposa Grove of Yosemite.

Tolkien-like Trees in the Mariposa Grove of Yosemite.

Published July 30, 2024 by KarenGough

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…

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Ten Things To Do At The Wawona Hotel in Yosemite

Ten Things To Do At The Wawona Hotel in Yosemite

Published July 14, 2024 by KarenGough

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…

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A Sunset Sail Through Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

A Sunset Sail Through Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Published June 29, 2024 by KarenGough

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…

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