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Yosemite National Park

Wed, 9 Jun 2010 23:19:27 -0700

Yosemite is one of those rare places on earth that God seems to have specially preserved to refresh humanity until Eden is restored on the new earth. It is one of the top places one should see if they ever find themselves in California. Locals who have never taken the time to visit have really missed out on something special. Below are some photos I took in June of 2010 that hopefully help convey some of the magnificent sights that await those who bother to make the journey. Enjoy.

Daffodil Hill

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:03:21 -0700

It’s a Spring tradition... one of which I hadn’t taken part of until now. I’m talking about a visit to “Daffodil Hill” in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sutter Creek, Ca. The one and a half hour drive from Sacramento is beautiful, but the farm is where you’ll find a wonderful explosion of color in the yellow and white springtime flowers.

For about the last 20 years or so the family that keeps the farm has been planting daffodil bulbs. Today there is an estimated 300,000 bulbs scattered about! Timing your trip is important as peak bloom time can vary due to weather conditions. I ended up visiting just after peak, but it was still very beautiful.

Below are photos of my trip. At the bottom of the page you’ll find a link to a website with more information.

Douglas

Living More Than a Century

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:58:43 -0700

Today is a sad day. My Aunt Caroline passed away. I called her Aunt Caroline but she is actually my grandfather’s sister. She was the last of the brothers and sisters still alive and for me she was also one of the last living links to my maternal grandfather. She was 105 years old.

Caroline lived during a time of amazing changes. She was born in 1902 so she was alive to see the invention of: Neon lighting, the parachute, the radio receiver, stainless steel, sonar, radar, television, nylon, the jet engine, the helicopter, the first computer, the microwave, the long playing record, velcro, the hard drive, the video cassette recorder, the laser, the computer mouse, video games, pocket calculators, the personal computer, the digital camera, the compact disk, the world wide web, satellite TV and the iPhone. Amazingly, she was nine years old when the Titanic sank. Talk about living during interesting times!

I was fortunate enough to have sat down with her in 2005 for a 20 minute casual interview. Below is a short portion of that interview. It’s not often you get to ask questions of someone who has experienced so much. It was an honor.

Advertisement in Reader's Digest

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:21:40 -0800

This past month I was pretty excited to find out that we had placed a full page ad in the January 2008 issue of Reader’s Digest for the Final Events DVD I helped produce. I went into a book store and bought a copy for my files. It was be interesting to see what kind of response we get from this type of ad. I think it’s great that Amazing Facts is willing to experiment with different types of media.

By the way, the ad is right in the middle of a very interesting story, so if you have a copy of this issue make sure to read the story too!

Douglas

Snow in the Sierras

Sun, 9 Dec 2007 16:16:18 -0800

Well, if I’m not mistaken this past week gave the Sierras the first big snow of the season. One of the great things about living the Sacramento valley is that even though the valley stays relatively warm during the winter, there usually is some snow just up the road in the Sierras. That was the case this past weekend when I drove up highway 80 with some friends to check out what last weeks storm had brought to the mountain tops.

I hope that you get a chill from just looking at the photos on this page because outside the car it was truly cold. I checked the temp on my iPhone and it was about 28 degrees when these pictures were taken. Yikes! Notice that the snow plow is hard at work clearing the sides of highway 80 below. The building in the photo below that is the Donner museum at Donner State Park. There was plenty of fluffy white snow there and I got hit in the back by a beautiful snow ball.

All in all this was a great way to get into the Christmas spirit. I hope you enjoy these shots.

DG