Here’s a quick look at the galleries of pictures from all our stops in California. You can go to the individual photo pages for more details on each stop.
Cloverdale and the Russian River
Our docent, 92-year-old Margie, standing before the original stagecoach that delivered travelers to The Geysers.
The Nixon Library and Museum
Marine 1
Nixon's Oval Office
A piece of the Berlin Wall
Nixon and Zhou Enlai
What Nixon started -- Our Presidents in China over the years.
Nixon's support of Israel
Nixon's Supreme Court Legacy
SALT Agreement
Nixon goes to China
Shoshone
Dates growing on the tree
Bunches of dates
An oasis
The old gas station in Shoshone
A real oasis in the desert!
Death Valley National Park
On the salt flats
Salt flats - 282 ft below sea level
Sunset over the mountains from the salt flats
Heading out toward the salt flats
The sign above says SEA LEVEL - That's 282 feet up.
The sun reflects off of the Salt Creek
Salt Creek
The sun reflected in Salt Creek
The boardwalk along Salt Creek
Whitewater Preserve
The mountain's reflection in the clear water
Palm Springs Art Museum and Sculpture Garden
A Cloudy Day in the Desert
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens; Palm Desert
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens
Mother and baby
Snowbirds. The lorikeets spend the winter in Palm Springs and then summer in North Carolina.
Feeding the lorikeets. They are very noisy and excited.
Cabot’s Pueblo Museum; Desert Hot Springs
Heated privy
Weather Rock
Ancient weather rock
Salton Sea and some dunes
Center of the World and Museum of History in Granite
Looking down from the church on the hill
no room for error
A work in progress
The key to understanding
Quote by Jacques-Andre Istel, founder of the Museum of History in Granite
Looking down on the maze
Talmud and game theory
Cats in our homes
Half scale replica of the Liberty Bell
The little church on the hill
Steve standing at the center of the world
The little church on the hill
Sundial with Michaeangelo's arm of God pointing
Staircase from the Eiffel Tower