King's Beach, Lake Tahoe, September 2024, Part 1

View from King's Beach at the north end of Lake Tahoe looking more or less south.

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Look left.

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Look right.

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Room with a View.

Look right.

Look left.

Crown Motel.

(C) 2024, by John Sailors. All rights reserved.

Travels of Marco Pollo: Penguin Tourists

Penguins are notoriously unpopular customers at vacation resorts. They just stare at the sun from noon to sunset, never even notice the cocktail bars serving expensive rum-and-fruit smoothies. 

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Presidentially Trivial: Washington Standing Up for Country

Presidentially Trivial

It's little known but George Washington was rarely invited on fishing trips, especially on smaller boats. 

Presidentially Trivial: Lincoln's Camp David

Before Camp David was built in the 1930s, presidents had to find their own vacation spots. Abraham Lincoln had a frontier-like log cabin built, designed after the one he'd grown up in. There, he'd escape from the Civil War White House to relax and practice his sax.

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Shocking Photos Expose Cats at Play

A photojournalist working undercover among house cats captured candid photos of how the felines play when the humans are away.

She shared these first samples anonymously to protect the cover she uses in her ongoing work exploring the secret life and worldview of cats.

Her samples are shocking. 

Good Clouds for Driving

Road scenes under clouds, Tracy to Dublin, California, June 2023. Cellphone and dirty windows.

Monterey's Asilomar State Beach and Beyond [Beach Walks, May 2023]

Monterey Peninsula, Asilomar State Beach and other stops. 

Monterey typically wakes up to a marine layer, a wet blanket that dims the peninsula's brilliant colors. It's a joy when the cloud suddenly clears, as it tends to around noontime.

Asilomar State Beach stream.