Tagged With "Highway 395"
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Re: August 23, 2017: Wolf Creek Pass - Colorado
I know it's high up, but there is still an awful lot of snow up there. What time of year did you take the photos, Samantha?
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Re: August 23, 2017: Wolf Creek Pass - Colorado
Hi there DrFumblefinger, it was the middle of May! Crazy huh? lol
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Re: Terry Fox Monument, Thunder Bay, Ontario
What a great story! That guy is an inspiration to all.
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Re: Terry Fox Monument, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Thanks for sharing this story with our audience, Ottoman. I remember Terry Fox well. His run across Canada became an important news story, and the image of him hoping on his good leg before stepping with his prosthesis has always remained with me. He was a remarkable brave young man, and it's sad that he didn't live to see the profound influence that one life can have. A reminder how how cancer can strike anyone. No age, no sex, no race, no social class is immune from its reach. I really...
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Re: Terry Fox Monument, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Thank you Travel Rob, Travel Luver and DrFumblefinger for taking the time to share your thoughts. I appreciate it, and am happy that you all enjoyed this blog.
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, July 12, 2014: Multnomah Falls, near Portland, Oregon
Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, July 12, 2014: Multnomah Falls, near Portland, Oregon
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, July 12, 2014: Multnomah Falls, near Portland, Oregon
You're a funny man, Rob.
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, July 12, 2014: Multnomah Falls, near Portland, Oregon
The photo from the bottom gets the bridge in too ,so you picked a great location for the shot.
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Re: Jan. 10, 2019: Driving the Alaska Highway to Kluane
Definitely getting away from it all. A slice of time to clear the mind of the junk we carry around
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Re: Coastal California: A Village, a Hamlet, and a Wide Spot in the Road
Great pictures, great vegetables, great kids... The San Gregorio Stage Stop...would I be right in guessing that it also served as a gas station at some point? The architecture suggests so...
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Re: Coastal California: A Village, a Hamlet, and a Wide Spot in the Road
The Stage Stop is one of those buildings that's become invisible, even while being half the commercial district of San Gregorio. Maybe this illustrates the fact that we see things differently when we're in the picture zone, that it was the first time I really looked at it. I assume it was a gas station, looks like a pump rusting there on the left. But even I'm not old enough to have seen it in action.
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Re: The Dempster Highway: a Drive to the Arctic Coast of Canada
This is amazing! I'm far too adventureless to attempt a trip like this, but your pictures and descriptions make me wish I were there. And to think, before your piece on Tuktoyaktuk, I had never even thought of the expression "Arctic Coast!"
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Re: The Dempster Highway: a Drive to the Arctic Coast of Canada
It sounds like a great adventure! Thanks for sharing it with us. This road trip has been on my bucket list for some time, but sounds like it's worth delaying until the road to Tuk is completed. I've heard fall is a nice time to go. Not only is the tundra vividly colored, but there are no mosquitos (frozen to death by evening frost). Know any downsides to this, Tom?
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Re: The Dempster Highway: a Drive to the Arctic Coast of Canada
Originally Posted by DrFumblefinger: It sounds like a great adventure! Thanks for sharing it with us. This road trip has been on my bucket list for some time, but sounds like it's worth delaying until the road to Tuk is completed. I've heard fall is a nice time to go. Not only is the tundra vividly colored, but there are no mosquitos (frozen to death by evening frost). Know any downsides to this, Tom? Yes, I would wait until the road is finished. I had to fly from Inuvik to Tuk and return by...
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The North Cascades: a National Park and Scenic Highway
The North Cascades Highway (Washington SR-20) offers the northern most route across the Cascade range in Washington state, just south of the Canadian border. The eastern (and highest) part of the road is...
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Road Trip, Day 1: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas and The Skunk
Gateway to the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas March 9, 2015 In the late ‘80s, I lived in L.A. for a couple of years. My S.O. knew lots of cool L.A. stuff. One of those was something he’d read that...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, April 18, 2015: A Rainy Morning at Point Arena
Leaving Elk on the Mendocino County coast, I turned left onto California Highway 1 and drove south under a heavier-than-foggy sky. The plan was to make a couple of stops for pictures, then turn inland and head into wine country for an...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, April 25, 2015: Форт-Росс (Fort Ross)
It had been raining off and on as I drove down California Highway 1 along the Mendocino and Sonoma County coast, when I arrived at the closed gate to Fort Ross State Historic park, a real blow. I hadn’t visited this beautiful and...
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August 23, 2017: Wolf Creek Pass - Colorado
Join Samantha for an excursion to the San Juan Mountains, and to this scenic pass on the Continental Divide.
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A Final Walk in Tierra del Fuego National Park
DrFumblefinger explores Lapataia Bay. The southern end of the PanAm highway is located here, and the Bay is within a stone's throw of the Chilean/Argentinian border, a border that has long been disputed.
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MacBride Museum, Whitehorse (Where Gumbo was #362)
Gumbo was visiting the MacBride Museum in the Yukon Territory, the oldest museum in the Yukon.
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French road signs: "I'm supposed to do WHAT?"
Half the population of France, apparently, is confused by common road signs—perhaps because there have come to be so many—according to a recent survey. And if it's that hard for the locals, imagine the effect on tourists, especially...
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'Faites Attention!' France tells drivers: no headphones
If you're traveling to France this year and plan on driving, leave your headphones, earpieces, Bluetooth headsets and the like behind, or in your bag. As of July 1st they're banned on the road in France, whether you're driving a car or riding a bike....
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"American Treasure Tour"—Extensive Collection of Americana
Love Americana? Then Stephanie Kalina-Metzger has the perfect tour for you, featuring some of the most unusual and rare vintage items you'll ever see.
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April 12, 2018: Lincoln Highway Murals (and more)
George G shares some sights from Pennsylvania's Lincoln Highway.
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Gold Country, California: Grass Valley
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, knowing the place for the first time. These words on a mural overlooking a parking lot in Grass Valley pretty much sum up the...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, July 12, 2014: Multnomah Falls, near Portland, Oregon
Fed by springs, rain and snow melt, the 611 foot high Multnomah Falls was still spectacular last September when I drove along the Columbia River Gorge Scenic Highway and stopped 30 miles east of Portland. An admitted acrophobic, I...
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Terry Fox Monument, Thunder Bay, Ontario
On this, the thirteenth anniversary of 9/11, I thought it would be a nice idea to tell a story of courage, hope, inspiration, of a hero...Terry Fox was all of these, and more. For those of you who may not be...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, October 11, 2014: Highway 395
My favorite stretch of lonely road in the world is the 200 miles of Highway 395 south from Topaz Lake, where it enters California from Nevada, where these pictures were taken, south through Bridgeport and the turnoff to Bodie , past Mono...
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The Dempster Highway: a Drive to the Arctic Coast of Canada
Most of Canada is well-travelled by tourists and not off-the-beaten path. But there is one highway in Canada that is remote and relatively few Canadians go there. That is the Dempster Highway. It stretches some 736 km (457 miles) from Dawson...
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Coastal California: A Village, a Hamlet, and a Wide Spot in the Road
I was born in San Francisco and grew up in the Bay Area, mostly in Redwood City on the Peninsula, 25 miles south of the City, on the east side of the mountains that separate the bay from the ocean. During my teens, on warm weekends and hot...
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Smart car? Smart phone? Now Germany's building a smart bridge
Germany is building a new bridge on the Autobahn at Nuremberg which will use embedded sensors to provide maintenance and traffic information.
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Denmark's eagles are on the rise
Coming back from near-extinction, Denmark's eagles are setting record numbers.
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August 7, 2019: Red's Old 395 Grill, Carson City
DrFumblefinger enjoyed the food and décor at Red's in Carson City. The décor is quite unique and it's a popular place.
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Montpelier, Home of President Madison
George G shares details of a visit to Montpelier, the home of President James Madison and his spouse, Dolly Madison, in Orange County, Virginia.
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Norway's 'most spectacular road' opens for season
Summer season is starting for Norway's Trollstegen, a road that is among the most beautiful and most dangerous in Europe.
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Jan. 10, 2019: Driving the Alaska Highway to Kluane
DrFumblefinger shares the story of the Alaska Highway and some photos taken while driving a segment of it this past summer.
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Re: Road Trip, Day 1: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas and The Skunk
Thanks, you made us feel like we are on the journey with you!Can't wait for the rest of your Roadtrip!
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Re: Road Trip, Day 1: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas and The Skunk
Agree with you, Rob! Thank you, PM, for letting us sit in the back seat of your road trip! Can't wait to see where we drive to next. Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? (I was an annoying kid)
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Re: Road Trip, Day 1: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas and The Skunk
And what a great teaser headline!
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, April 25, 2015: Форт-Росс (Fort Ross)
I didn't know this history about California and I find it very interesting. I love to visit state and national historic sites; they offer such insight into America's complex history! Thank you for a great post!
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Re: Road Trip, Day 1: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas and The Skunk
What an interesting place. Looking at the city on Google maps it certainly has that institutional utility look of a government facility. If not knowing it was the Mendocino State Hospital I would have thought it was an old military base. Thanks for sharing.
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Where in the World is TravelGumbo (#395)
A new travel puzzle is posted for the week. Gumbo is off on another adventure in a unique place — and it's up to you to figure out where that is!
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Re: Where in the World is TravelGumbo (#395)
Here's are the first new clues... one from the interior and one exterior. There will be more each day...
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Re: Where in the World is TravelGumbo (#395)
We'll keep our indoor-outdoor pattern going a while longer; here are two more clues to our whereabouts...
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Re: Where in the World is TravelGumbo (#395)
Here are the last clues before the weekend... If you think you're ready, send your answer to TGSuggestions@gmail.com
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Re: Where in the World is TravelGumbo (#395)
Satruday, with a lovely interior and a less-than-lovely piece of exterior. If you have an answer, email it to TGSuggestions@gmail.com ; if you don't yet, you can hold out for tomorrow's last clues. If you guess right (two have already!) your name will be in the Monday blog revealing the answer...
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Re: Where in the World is TravelGumbo (#395)
Last call...Here are the Sunday clues. Answer Monday morning—will you have your answer in in time? Send to TGSuggestions@gmail.com