Joshua Tree
Joshua Tree National Park, located in Southern California near Palm Springs, is a park named after a tree that has a very “Dr. Seuss” kind of appearance. These trees are…
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God’s Servants
Jeremiah and Angel are ministering for the Lord in an area that many people would prefer not to be. Living in Los Angeles, CA, their hearts beat for the many who are…
Are you kids OK?
She was a middle-aged woman, approaching us while we were cleaning up after our breakfast in a local park in Morro Bay, CA. Her greeting, however, caught us by surprise…
Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
That song has been going around in my mind for some time, even now, nearly a week after we left. Undoubtedly our time in San Jose was a big highlight of our…
Ride Lombard Street
Lombard Street in San Francisco is famous the world around While we didn’t drive down this part, we did watch people come down the very steep and very winding road.
A Romans 8:28 Experience
Sometimes things happen that we just don’t understand, like the artwork above. We had planned to stay a week in San Jose near Daniel and Dia, and then head on down to…
‘Oops’ Update
Our previous article left some of our readers with unanswered questions. So we are attempting to resolve those questions. Whenever a particular experience takes place…
One of those “Oops” Moments
What do you do when the unexpected happens? In our case, we had parked the van and were in a store when a Toyota decided to take our parking place. It was quite a…
I Need a Tee-Shirt: “Survivor—Highway One!”
The ranger at one of the lighthouses we visited in California said “Everyone should drive Highway One at least once in their lives, and that’s enough.” We had already…
Resurrection Lily
Believed to have originated in Japan or China, the Resurrection Lily has simple leaves, which are not present when the flowers emerge from the crown. The leaves sprout…
Redwood Giants.. . . WOW! (part 2)
When we thought that we had pretty much covered the Redwoods, we found that we had really only begun. The Redwoods to the south of the national park were actually bigger…
Redwood Giants.. . . WOW! (part 1)
Bonnie and I have heard from “our youth up” about the Redwood trees and how big they grow. They actually are taller than the giant Sequoya trees but they are only half…
Tree Giants
The California Costal Redwoods are gigantic trees that cannot easily be conveyed with still pictures or even with videos. As Bonnie and I walked through the Redwood…
Oregon Lighthouses
While exploring the Oregon coast, we made it a goal to visit all nine of the historic lighthouses on the Oregon coast—and we did it! One thing we noticed was that at…
Newport Sea Lions
They kept calling my name. But even when I responded, they wouldn't quit calling me! Well, it sounded like they were calling “Art, Art, Art, Art. . .” But maybe they…