A Walk In Alum Rock Park

ByWayne Willis January 16, 2011March 10, 2018

We took advantage of Mo’s not being with us today to take a hike in Alum Rock park, in San Jose.

Not a bad way to end a continent, eh?

Stumbling Into FurCon

ByWayne Willis January 16, 2011January 25, 2018

Walking casually in downtown San Jose last night, we noticed something strange. First, lots more people than normal. And second, some of them were wearing costumes, hats with ears or fluffy tails. It turns out we had stumbled into FurCon – aka Further Confusion — an annual gathering of the “furry fandom” in a “furry…

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Alum Rock Park After A Spring Rain

ByWayne Willis March 24, 2011March 10, 2018

Alum Rock park is in the city limits of San Jose. Debi and I have hiked there on occasion, only inhibited by the fact that no dogs are allowed. But, now that Mo is gone, we go there more often, as a) it’s a spectacular spot and b) it’s relatively close. Walking up the path…

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Sailing With Zara

ByWayne Willis February 28, 2011March 10, 2018

Had a good time sailing last week, with a former business associate, Zara Haimo, and her friends. Zara recently bought a 36′ boat and takes it out on occasion. The four of us (Zara, Ursula, her son Jonathan, and me) sailed out to Alcatraz, up to Marin, out the Golden Gate and back. The winds…

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Ft. Myers – September To December 71

ByWayne Willis September 11, 2011March 10, 2018

The Redpaths had let us use the guest house in Ft. Myers Beach for a couple of the fall months as a sort of honeymoon present. The small, one-bedroom cottage was a great place to relax, cook, sort out our domestic roles, discuss the future we wanted (which, in retrospect SHOULD have been done earlier…

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Grass Valley

ByWayne Willis November 24, 2022November 24, 2022

Rt. 49 runs north and south along the west slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, at about 3000 feet elevation. Further east are serious mountains. To the west are foothills descending to California’s huge Central Valley. It was along this route where gold was discovered in 1848, triggering the Gold Rush and the…

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A Nice Saturday

ByWayne Willis April 9, 2011March 10, 2018

Deb and I took a “hike” in our favorite park in San Jose — Alum Rock Park. Walking by the Youth Science Institute, pictured here on the right, we noticed a lot of activity taking place in the park next to the YSI building Here’s what we saw: It looked like a group of girls,…

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