All the Pages Are My Days - the first 12 years
the (archived) online world of Mike Rodriquez 2002-2012
The last day of our trip found us taking it pretty easy. We drove south a ways to see the Cottonwood charcoal kilns (charcoal was used in the smelters, which were used to process ore), spent some time mineral and fossil collecting near the shore of Owens Lake and finished up the day with one … Read more
After visiting Rhyolite we headed over to Titus Canyon Road, a steep, rugged, beautiful and fun to drive road. Unless it’s rained recently, the road should be entirely safe, even for passenger vehicles (of which we saw quite a few; the road was actually somewhat busy given it’s location and condition.) This map places Titus … Read more
Continuing coverage of Mike and Sheryl’s November Desert trip. 24 November 2003 After spending a restful night in Stovepipe Wells, we took off for another day of exploring the northern Death Valley area. Our first stop was at the ghost town of Rhyolite, located in extreme western Nevada. Founded in the early 1900s, the town, … Read more
During our stay we’ve had a variety of interesting meals; returning to sentimental favorites for the buffet at Ballys and the 10.99$ steak and lobster at the Stardust, plus a nice dinner at Postrio. The first two places still met expectations (and I did get enough of the peeled shrimp at Ballys); Postrio delivered a … Read more
On Saturday we continued our journey, leaving Bishop after an always pleasing stop at Schat’s Bakery. The variety of baked goods there is amazing and the quality is top-notch. North of Lone Pine we took time to drive through the camp at Manzanar, where Americans of Japanese descent were interned during WWII. It was a … Read more
We’re spending a couple of days on the eastern side of the Sierras before heading over to Las Vegas for the Apachecon conference. We spent a nice day on the road between Bishop and Bridgeport today, checking out the hot springs near Mammoth and Bridgeport and taking a quick spin up by Twin Lakes where … Read more
Lisa and Moneka had some fun and did a great job carving jack-o-lanterns from the pumpkins we grew this year:
In what may become an annual tradition, we spent our second Labor Day weekend up at the Seafoam Lodge on the Mendocino coast. As noted last year, Seafoam is a great place to spend a relaxing weekend. And, just in case you missed them the first time, here’s a link to the photos we took … Read more
