This selection of our 11 Quicktime slideshows shares views from the past few years of places we especially enjoy visiting; also TV video of the Wood and West Gallery
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Hope you enjoy the tour!
Updated: March 1. 2008
BALBOA PARK
Points of Interest:
Aerospace Museum
Automotive Museum
Model Railroad Museum
Spreckels Organ
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USS MIDWAY
Museum Docked at
Navy Pier in San Diego
From WWII to Desert Storm
To All Who Served . . .
THANK YOU!
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DRIVE TO BRANSON, MO
To attend the opening of Hector Olivera’s concert series and visit former San Diegans, now Sedalia Mayor and United Way Director.
Note: Route 66 landmarks
TOUR TO ENSENADA, MEX
Through Tijuana;
Stop off at The Rosarito Beach Hotel;
Drive along the Pacific Ocean past Condo developments and Fox Studios where “Titanic” was filmed.
Destination Ensenada and unique silver shops
SAN DIEGO ZOO
Entertaining our Australian visitor with a trip to the Zoo
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CLIMBING COWLES MTN
In Mission Trails Regional Park and about 2 miles from home . . . a hiker’s challenge.
LAKE MURRAY
Also part of Mission Trails Regional Park and a 6 block walk is our fishing and boating reservoir. On this day there was a community Faire.
SIMPSON’S NURSERY
In the southern part of San Diego is a unique Nursery whose owner collects classic cars and displays them free of charge in 2 barns open to the public.
MODEL HOMES
A little further south on the border with Mexico our Building Contractors’ Assoc. built some homes to tour and then sell.
ANIMATED WOOD CARVINGS
Lastly, this 15 minute video is a compilation of ABC and CBS-TV local coverage of Jack’s animated wood carvings when 1st displayed in the San Diego area in 1989 and again in 2001, just prior to his selling the entire collection to The Blazin’M Ranch in AZ ( http://www.blazinm.com ) where they are on display for tourists in their own Wood and West Gallery.