USA Today article-we paid $3.59 the day this came out! But it was worth it!
Betty & Milton Do Big Sur--Finally!!
Anne, Rachel, Bett, Marion Old Town ABQ 14 May
Old Town ABQ 17 Apr
Anne, Marion, Rachel, Betty Old Town ABQ
Musicans Old Town ABQ
Chipmonk ABQ park
Coyotes from burned Trees ABQ
Killing the fire Dragon ABQ
Mother Nature weeping
Anne & Milton w/Crane ABQ
Eagle at ABQ park
Arizona Sandstone
Painted Desert-Chinde Point 1
Painted Desert Chinde Point 2
Painted Desert 3
Painted Desert 4
AA Tepees-Banded Hills PD
Blue Mesa
AC Logs at Blue Mesa
Logs at Blue Mesa 2
Logs at Blue Mesa 3
Reminants after early collectors
Betty at Big log Petrified Forest
Milton At log Petrified Forest
Biggest Log in PFNP
Finally in #50!
Hoover Dam
Turbines
Auxiliary generator
Winged victory #1
Winged victory #2
tough plant
anchor point for new bridge over river
Work on new bridge west side
Joshua Tree in bloom
joshua blooms & seeds
Betty at Nevada State line last of the 50 States
Las Vegas NY-NY Casino
NY-NY
Fire boat at NY-NY
MGM Casino
Luxor Casino
Milton in Luxor
Mandalay Bay Casino
Excalibur Casino
Paris Las Vegas Casino
Bellaggion casino at nite
Bellaggio entrance
Flowers on main lobby ceiling
Bellaggio Floral Garden
Lady bug form small flowers
Flower cranes
Flower snail
Water jet arch
snail
Flower pot with jets
Flower frog
Betty & flower hat
Glass flowers
Chocolate fountain, 27' high, 1 ton chocolate
Harley store
Paris at nite
Paris
Bellaggio oblisk
Flower pot spilling flowers
Bug at nite
Bellaggio dancing waters
Dancing waters
Dancing Waters
Caesars' Palace Casino
milton finally makes DV
Overview of lowest spot
Lowest spot -287'
Painted sands
-240 feet
Colored sands
20 mule team borax cart 180 miles, 10 days
Steam powered Borax train
Golden Canyon Area Death Valley
Devils Golf Course
Devils golf course
Fairway
Salt chunk
Badwater Basin-Lowest spot 287 ft below sea level
Golden Canyon colors
Artists palet
DV colors
Artists Palet
Mushroom rock
Milton on trail of Ancient Bristle cone Pines
Bristle Cone pine, not ancient, too snowy
Mono lake
Tufa outcrops at Mono Lake-calcium carbonate deposts from fresh water springs
Cal Neva Lodge Lake Tahoe 20-24 April 07
Betty enjoying the scenery Friday afternoon, 20 April
two state pool
Marilyn Monroe's room
First view of Lake Tahoe Sat morn
View from Hotel Sat
Lake Tahoe beach!
Gathering Storm-Sat 21 April
View across the lake
Sunday morning view from hotel
Sunday morning 22 April
Parking lot Sun morning
After the snow
Clearing??
View from room
Snow
Jeep with 4“ snow
RV in lot
Sun afternoon
Clearing Sun morning
Betty & Milton at Lake Tahoe Nevada State park (NE side) Sun afternoon
Cold waves LT Nevada State Park
More cold waves
Crystal Bay Nevada (North End)
North End
Monday morning view towards North West shore (Cal)
California shore from Hotel room Mon Morn
North West Lake
NW
West side
View from room Mon morning
Emerald Bay- Prettiest spot on lake (South West )
Betty at Emerald Bay Mon noon
Behind Emerald Bay
Cascade at Emerald bay
Squaw Valley Ski area Monday
Squaw Valley
Monument to Donner Party Monday afternoon
Downtown Reno Mon
Restored stage coach Reno casino
Reno casino ceiling
Tahoe Mon evening
Southwest Lake (Cal side) Mon evening
Last Look at Tahoe from hotel Tues morn
Tahoe as we remember it -Farewell
Emigrant Gap, 7200', west of Donner pass
Emigrant gap Tues
James Marshall pointing to gold discovery site, Coloma Cal
Marshalls' sawmill, gold discovery site, Coloma, Cal
Sawmill
Real stagecoach Coloma museum
Madrone tree ?
California bluebonnets (Lupine) Coloma
Betty at Amador Farms nursery, Plymouth Cal, Wed, 25 Apr
Lady Banks rose
Grape vines , Plymouth Cal
Amador Farms
Spanish Lavender Amandor
Artichokes
Rock Rose, Amandor Farms, Wed 25 Apr
Rock rose close up
Crepe myrtle & vines
Amandor Farms
Iris
California Poppies & yellow stuff
Columbia-Old gold mining town in mother lode, now Cal state park
Bench
Lady Banks rose, Columbia, Wed 25 Apr
Lady Banks, biggest we saw
Columbia Justice court
Justice Court (all of it!)
Candy emporium, open for business
Columbia main street, Wed, 25 Apr
Dentist office
Saloon, Bar sent around horn
Columbia fire pump, 12 men could pump at once
Improved model
Old hotel & resturant-ate lunch here
Columbia Emporium, calico for sale here, authentic patterns
Wells Fargo office, for looking, not freight
Yosemite Valley Wed evening to Sat morning 25-28 Apr
Apple trees in Curry Village Thur morning
Yosemite Valley - Upper Yosemite Falls
Upper Yosemite Falls
Valley with trees & Granite
Pink Dogwoods
Pink Dogwood up close-not native
The Ahwahnee Lodge-classic National Park
Lodge
Betty & Milton splurging for lunch in The Ahwahnee Thurs
Dining room
Upper, Mid Creek & Lower Yosemite Falls (1430+675+320=2425') longest in NA
Lower Yosemite Falls up close 320'
Half Dome - 8600'
Cathederal Spires -6200'
Bridal Veil Fall - 620'
El Capitan - 7600'
Ribbon Falls - 1612'
Cascade Falls
Cascade Falls in total (almost)
Yosemite Valley El Capitan, Half Dome, Bridal Veil Falls
Yosemite Valley & Bridal Veil
Bridal Veil with Rainbow
Bridal veil with bigger rainbow
Bridal Veil Falls
El Capitan 7600'
Half Dome in evening - 8600'
Betty & Milton at Upper Pines Campground
Upper Pines Campground, no hook ups
Grizzly Giant at Mariposa Grove of Big Trees (Sequoias)
Sequoia at Mariposa grove of Big Trees, Friday, 27 Apr
Fallen Monarch- 1899 photo shows calvary officers on tree ON HORSES!
Mariposa Grove of Big Trees, Yosemite, 500 strong
Betty studing sequoia facts
Grizzly Giant
Grizzly Giant, larget tree in grove (most masive)
Grizzly Giant top, typical, 2700 years old
Milton at Grizzly Giant
Tunnel Tree
Cal Tunnel Tree, bigger than you would think!
Betty at California Tunnel tree
Bark 12-18 inches thick
Bark 12-18 inches thick at base
Cinnamon & green
Fallen Monarch
Sequoia root octopus
Silver Strand Fall 1170'
El Capitan & Half Dome
El Capitan
Creek from Bridal Veil
Bridal Veil Creek
North Dome 7600'
Half Dome from Mirror Lake
Mirror Lake & North Dome
Pleasant walk
Upper Pine Campground with native Western Dogwoods
Native Western Dogwoods-larger blooms
Cascade Falls Sat on way out
Monterey house Saturday evening 28 Apr
Harbour Seals on beach Monterey
Female & juvenile Harbor Seals
Echium flower pretty & common
Pacific Coast at Monterey
Baja Cantina, Carmel, good hamburers & Mexican
Bouganvilla at Monterey
Monterey Bay Aquarium Sun, 29 Apr. Built around old Sardine cannery
Jellyfish ballet
Another tank of Jellies
Kelp tank
Sardines (?) in kelp
Strange duck (Ruddy?)
Black Oyster catcher, black bellied plover
Monterey Bay
Palagic & Brandt Cormorants
Scuba divers on kelp beds
More jelly ballets
Sun Fish
Sun Fish side
Blue jellies
Jellys in a frame
Glass Jelly sculptures
Original boilers from cannery
Cannery boilers
Flowers
Rhotodendron
Betty on 17 Mile drive, Pebble Beach, Mon 30 Apr
17 mile drive Pebble Beach
waves
Waves at Pebble beach
Pacific at Pebble Beach
Pelagic & Brandt Cormorants
Pebble beach tee & green
Cypress & flowers Pebble Beach
Pacific on 17 mile drive, Pebble beach
Beach along 17 Mile drive
California poppies
Ghost Cypress, 17 mile drive
Lone Cypress, 17 mile drive
Lone Cypress, most photographed tree in US
Pacific on Mon, 30 Apr
Ice plant flowers
Pink Ice Plant at Carmel mission
Carmel Mission
Carmel mission courtyard
Ice plant -pink & red
Yellow ice plant
Pebble Beach
Sails on Pacific
squirrel
Point Lobos Nature Reservation
Great Blue Huron Whalers cove Pt. Lobos
Harbor Seals Whalers Cove
Harbor seals
Granite point Pt. Lobos
Sea Lion Rocks Pt Lobos
Punta de Los Lobos Marinos Sea Lion Cove, Divils Caldron, Sea Lion Rocks
Red ice plant
Sea Otters, Headland Cove
Sea Otters in Headland Cove, Pt Lobos
Ice Plant blooms
Monday-We finally get to Big Sur!
SW Coast -Pt Lobos
SW coast Pt. Lobos
Big Sur Coast Carmel Highlands
Big Sur Coast Carmel Highlands area
Big Sur coast
Big Sur tunnel rock #1
Bixby Historical Bridge-1932
Bixby Bridge-1932
Big Sur Coast
Big Sur
Blue & White Pacific on Tuesday
Pacific on Tuesday
Big Sur Tuesday
South
Tuesday
Pacific
Tunnel Rock #2
Lunch time at Whalers View
Coast
Lunch Companion California Gull
Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal rookery-females & juveniles
Some of the 5000 elephant seals present on Tuesday
Elephant seal-Piedras Blancas Reserve- San Simeon
Elephant seal
Female molting-cooling with sand
Cordwood
More of the 5000 at Piedras Blancas
Close up
Hearst Castle entrance Wed 2 May
Hearst Castle on the hill 2 May
Hearst Castle entrance
Neptune pool
Neptune Pool after third restart
Carrara marble
Columns at Neptune pool
statue pool
Temple figures
Rhododendron
Castle cupola
Tile floor
Moorish window
Gardens
Fontain
Cottage (12 bedroom) chimney
Cottage bedroom
Cottage furnishings
Ceiling
Roses & Italian marble
Cottage
Sarcaphogas replica
Terrace
Egyptian theme
Tower
Front door & towers
Front door
tower
Terrace & fountain
Front door statuary
Front door a la Florence
second floor windows
Fireplace mantle
Dining room with choir seats from Europe-authentic, note mustard jar
Flags & ceiling
Ceiling from Europe
Ceiling from European Caatle
Doorway from Europe
Wooden statue from Europe
European ceiling from 13th century
Indoor pool-gold gilt
Diving Platform
Diving platform with reflections
Mass of ice plant
Ice plant blooms
Eichium at Morro Bay
Jupiter's Beard-Morro Bay
Fog enshrouded Morro Rock
California Quail
Solvang Thursday, 3 may
Danish influence
Solvang
Good Bakery
Flowers-Solvang
Betty at resturant
Solvang windmill
Patio
Fountain
San Luis Obispo Mission - 1772
San Luis Obispo Mission
Mission Altar
Decorations
Mural Flowers
Mission fountain
Fountain in Mission Plaza
Thursday Nite Farmers Market - Motorcycycles on display
Indian Motorcycle
Baloon vendor at Thursday festa
Crowd at Food booths
Irish dancer
Irish Dancing Group
Tri-Tip barbeque
Barbeque vendors
Crowd at Farmers market
Baloon Vendor #2
River Boat at Lake Havasu City, AZ
London Bridge-- $4m, 2m to buy, 2m to set up
British Square
British Lions
Men who conceived idea and made it happen
Resort on Colorado River
Dragon Pass, NM
Dragon Pass NM-home of Cochise & Geronomo
Great white whale near end of journey
Dragon Pass
Jeep after midnight storm in Ozona, TX
Trailer in Ozona RV park after small tornado
Ft Sam entrance
Ft Sam flags
Ft. Sam Houston markers
Betty, Milton & Pete- Ft. Sam
Pete's marker Ft. Sam Houston
Betty at Japanese Garden, San Antonio
Market in San Antonio
Market in SA
Fountain in market
Market shops
Cafe
Pinatas in cafe
