The West Coast

In 1945 at the end of World War II a soldier named Bob Rodgers found himself stationed in the German province of …

Images of Washington’s Bavarian Village (Below) Leavenworth is America’s most authentic Bavarian village. Offering shopping, restaurants, bars and theaters in a magical …

Sometime during the night of November 7th, 2018 the winds shifted over the Sierra Nevada. Winds blowing east from the Pacific were …

Getting lost isn’t bad. I’ve had some of my best adventures when I’ve gotten lost. Case in point, recently I was on …

On December 6th, 2020 San Francisco locked down for the second time in nine months. You could almost hear the collective groan …

Tell someone you’re going to Fresno and you’ll get a strange look. It’ll be the same look whether you’re in California or …

This self-guided tour of the Charles Manson murder sites in and around Los Angeles is designed to take three hours. By following …

At Windy Point in Palm Springs the wind is said to blow so hard that you are advised to wear goggles and …

Believe it or not, the Right and the Left are at it again. Among other things we’re squabbling over that old saw, …

Steve Jobs was a jerk. But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t a visionary. In fact, Jobs was almost singlehandedly responsible for making …