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Photos from the Solvang Motorcycle Museum

central California, Family fun, motorcycles, Photos, pictures, Solvang, solvang motorcycle museum, Southern California, vintage motorcycles / 1 minute of reading / August 15, 2011

These photos are from the Solvang Vintage Motorcycle Museum, located in Solvang, CA. Although I was aware that this museum existed, this was my first visit there. It was never convenient on prior visits. Their hours are set up around the fact that Solvang is a tourist town. As I recall the museum opened at 11 AM on Saturday and Sunday. I do not recall their weekday hours. Anyway, I am really glad I stopped by. I am pretty familiar with antique motorcycles and feel confident that I have at least heard of most makes and models, however, this collection …

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Another visit to Solvang

central California, microbrewery, Photos, pictures, restaurants, Solvang, solvang brewing company, Sort This Out Cellars, Southern California, winery / 1 minute of reading / August 15, 2011

Last year, I introduced Tanya to Solvang, CA. Solvang is known as Denmark west due to its large Danish population. It is a quaint little town in the Santa Ynez Valley. It is a very nice ride or drive, either by car or motorcycle. Besides lots of touristy things, it is the home of my favorite winery, Sort This Out Cellars [STOC]. After a visit to STOC we found a nice hotel down the street to leave Buddy at, then we headed over to the Solvang Brewing Company. Solvang Brewing Company is fairly new and I guess we got there …

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Photos from the Sacramento Delta

Buddy, central California, Dixon, Fairfield, geek good girl, harley-davidson, motorcycle show, Photos, pictures, Sacramento Delta, Stockton / 1 minute of reading / July 2, 2011

When I came back from Indiana, Tanya came with me. A good friend of mine was having a party prior to the Dixon May Fair Motorcycle Show & Swap Meet. He has been doing this party for many years, and this year I made a point of making it. Since he lives in the Sacramento Delta, we had to leave the day after we got home. I opted for the car over the bike and brought Buddy with. On the way to Dixon, we stopped in Fairfield at the Jelly Belly factory. Hot tip, Belly Flops. We had to go …

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Our drought is over

central California, picture of the day, Project 365 / 1 minute of reading / March 21, 2011

I am declaring California’s drought as being officially over. There is no way that we can still be short of water. I found it amusing when I was driving up I-5 the other day, through the San Joaquin Valley. There were several signs protesting the “Congress Caused Dust Bowl.” During the summer, they made sense. The other day they were surrounded by lush, green fields and ponds. Not very dusty. My photo of the day for day 80 of Project365 is my reflection in a wannabe pond.

Project365 photo recap for February 2011

central California, geek good girl, picture of the day, Project 365, Travel, walking, Yosemite National Park / 1 minute of reading / March 1, 2011

Another month has passed us by. This year is going by pretty quickly. February included a couple of journeys up to Yosemite National Park. Tanya and I spent our first Valentine’s Day together, so that was cool. I have to admit, my shadow theme for this month was not a great idea. I probably should have saved that one for August.

Another Sierra Nevada morning

central California, Oakhurst, picture of the day, Project 365, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Travel / 1 minute of reading / February 25, 2011

I decided to try and get another shot of Horsetail Falls, so last night Buddy and I hit the road and headed back up north. Since Oakhurst has better cell phone and wireless Internet reception than Mariposa, we spent the night there. My picture of the day for day 54 of Project365 is of me admiring a carved replica of the Statue of Liberty which we came across on our morning walk.

Photos from a snowy Yosemite

Buddy, Canon EOS Rebel, central California, Photos, pictures, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Travel, Yosemite National Park / 1 minute of reading / February 24, 2011

If you are a regular reader of GotBaddog.com you will recall that last week Tanya and I went up to Yosemite to try and photograph a natural phenomena that occurs the last two weeks of February at Horsetail Falls. This phenomena requires a few things to be right in order for the effect to happen. These include sunlight and enough water coming over the falls in addition to the proper positioning of the sun, which only happens in February. We lucked out and went 2:2 on Saturday and Sunday. On Valentine’s Day we could see a storm was moving in, …

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Valentine’s Day at Yosemite

Buddy, Canon EOS Rebel, central California, geek good girl, Photos, pictures, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Yosemite National Park / 1 minute of reading / February 22, 2011

Since we had such good luck last week, shooting Horsetail Falls, I decided to come back to Yosemite. As I was driving back up to Oakhurst, I realized I never finished putting up the pictures from our Valentine’s weekend. I completely missed the photos from Valentine’s Day itself. It was very overcast, and it was obvious a storm was headed our way, so we cut through the park and came out on Highway 41. These are the photos from Yosemite National Park, going from 140 across to 41.

A wooded view

central California, Mariposa, picture of the day, Project 365, Sierra Nevada Mountains / 1 minute of reading / February 16, 2011

Saturday started with a walk through Mariposa, CA with my faithful companion, Buddy. Mariposa Creek provides for a nice view due to the nature that surrounds it. This includes not only the foliage, but there were lots of cool birds to check out as well. My photo of the day for day 44 of Project365 is of me as I paused on a bridge to enjoy the view of the creek.

Photos from Horsetail Falls at Yosemite

Canon EOS Rebel, central California, Photos, pictures, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Tanya, waterfalls, Yosemite National Park / 1 minute of reading / February 14, 2011

Since we had pretty good luck on Saturday, we decided to return to Horsetail Falls on Sunday. We got there about 3.5 hours early and picked our spot. Everything looked great until the sun started going down. There was a huge cloud bank which threatened to block the sun’s rays from hitting the falls, a very important ingredient to the equation. To be honest, I was ready to pack it in along with many others. Luckily, Tanya wanted to stick it out. At the last minute the sun broke through and we got our shots.