Going To Paris

Charlottesville March 8, 2026 Reno was a major "detraining" point on the California Zephyr. It looked to me like many of them were ready to head to the casinos. From Wikepedia: Reno is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada , along the Nevada– California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County . Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, in the Truckee River valley, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada , it is abo

Charlottesville March 8, 2026 I am filling in some blanks from my trip across the country. The following information comes from Wikipedia. Truckee is an incorporated town in Nevada County, California , United States. As of the 2020 United States census , the population was 16,729, an increase from the 16,180 counted in the 2010 census . History Name Truckee's existence began in 1863 as Gray's Station, named for Joseph Gray's Roadhouse on the trans-Sierra wagon road. A blac

Charlottesville March 7, 2026

Charlottesville March 6, 2026 Yesterday was the first class of the next five-week session of First Tee. To start class, we formed a circle and the kids and the coaches shared our names and our ages. When it was my turn I head myself say my name and “67.” I had this weird sensation that it was someone else saying their name. How could it be me? I’d been busy all week at the gym and coaching First Tee. I was in a Zen place helping the kids improve their golf swing and lea

Charlottesville March 4, 2026 Wow! I've been wanting to take the California Zephyr for several years -- I now I have! What a thrill, especially through the Sierras and the Rockies. If I recall correctly, this video is east of Glenwood Springs. I picked several songs for the soundtrack that I thought were appropriate for this adventure.