John Muir

Muir Beach

Late Saturday afternoon I met the Pacific Ocean for the first time (Thank you, Sally!). And I fell in love. I couldn't bear to cover the thundering sound of the ocean or my peals of laughter. Turn up the volume. Enjoy.

California

"Goin' to California with an achin' in my heart
Someone told me there's a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair"

-Led Zeppelin

Two days after the semester started, I flew to Sacramento, CA with my Gal Pal Sal to attend the Annual International Conference of the Association of Science Teacher Educators to present a paper (more research from the "big D"). We spent three days and three nights in Sacramento hobnobbing with brilliant science educators, taking to old friends, planning new venues of research, and making new friends. It was, as always, a fabulous conference.

Saturday, Sal rented a car and we drove to Muir Woods and Muir Beach. Breathtaking. That night we stayed on Lombard Street in San Francisco. Sunday we tramped from Pier 1 to China Town and back again. That evening I dined with my Aunt Bernice, Aunt Mary Anna and Uncle Martin. We ate a delicious meal at Kabul. Sal and I returned to the Midwest at the crack of dawn on Monday. It was a whirl-wind, wild, wonderful trip. And I was without a camera. But I did have a Flip Video video recorder with me. So my goal over the next few days is to sort through the 30 - 90 second videos I took and share some of my experiences. Stay tuned.