Tag Archives: California
August days in Death Valley
During the summer months at Death Valley, birds sometimes drop out of the sky, killed by the extreme heat. Would our car die as well? As the car slid down Highway 190 into Death Valley, the temperature indicator continued to … Continue reading
Posted in Family and Kids, Hiking, Mountains, Travels
Tagged California, California hiking, national parks
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Hello to Manzanar
Back in 7th grade, when I read Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston’s memoir, Farewell to Manzanar, the wind and sand had buried most remains of the Japanese internment camp that Houston described so eloquently in her 1973 memoir. By the early 1970s, … Continue reading
