California

California

I think I have been to California about a dozen times to visit with friends. It's always fun to visit but I don't have any interest in living here because it just isn't green enough for my liking. I like the four seasons.

San Jose

• Mud Baths
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
• Sunset skylines
• breweries
• hanging in the hot tub, under the stars, overlooking the city

Carmel

• a weekend conference at a luxury hotel
• a drive up the beautiful Pacific highway
• wandering about this beautiful small town

San Diego

• crossing the Mexican border for lobster
• Jim and Suellen
• Alumni Meetings with The Institute of Shipboard Education
• The zoo
• The butterfly exhibit

San Fransisco

• Grateful Dead concerts on New Year's Eve
• big, beefy burritos
• Van Morrison concert
• Bonnie Raitt concert
• Sam, my college friend
• Crooked Street
• nudist centers
• Polk Street
• Giant Redwoods
• The sea lions
• BLISS, a sculpture
• Chinatown, Christmas Eve
• 2000 New Year's Eve Celebration