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New Orleans #69

In Search of Wyland Walls

The Blue Whales is the last wall in a long driving trip. We found the wall no problem, but had some trouble trying to find parking as downtown was extremely busy. We got a photo on …

Posted by dane on Sat, Jan 6, 2024

San Padre Island #53

In Search of Wyland Walls

Orcas off the Gulf of Mexico has been recently repainted, unfortunately, not by Wyland. It looks like the original image but it is clear that the style of the new artist varies …

Posted by dane on Thu, Jan 4, 2024

Dallas #82

In Search of Wyland Walls

Ocean Life seems a little misplaced in Dallas, which is a long ways from any ocean. While some walls are hard to find, this one was as easy as they get. It even has a parking lot …

Posted by dane on Wed, Jan 3, 2024

Apple Health Data Analysis Series - Part 1

Do your own data analysis on Apple Health DataWhen Apple came out with the Watch and Health Apps they were quite limited and it seemed like they were not that useful. As Apple does …

Posted by dane on Tue, Nov 28, 2023

Lake Nacimiento during the poppy bloom

With the big rainfalls we have had this year we knew that there would be wildflowers. While spending a few days in Paso Robles we thought we would explore a little and ended up …

Posted by dane on Mon, Apr 10, 2023

Huge Crystals in Granite at Monastery Beach

Cora and I love climbing around the rocks at Monastery Beach in Carmel. We get to see granite in a lot of places in California but it is rare than you can see it layered like this, …

Posted by dane on Fri, Oct 14, 2022

Milwaukee #72

In Search of Wyland Walls

Whale Commuters has quite the history in Milwaukee . The original wall was on the rounded concrete facade of the former courthouse annex. Some residents loved the wall while others …

Posted by dane on Tue, Jul 12, 2022

The Rocks Across the Bay

I’d read about folded radiolarian chert getting pushed up onto land and I’ve seen pictures but I have to say the pictures do not do it justice. Driving down Conzelman …

Posted by dane on Sun, Apr 24, 2022

McArthur - Burney Falls State Park

The waterfall through the basalt cliff is spectacular. We got to see it late in the afternoon and the sun was not at the best angle but this is a place that is worth going to more …

Posted by dane on Thu, Jan 27, 2022

Cycling from Carpinteria to Ventura

There is a path that goes from Rincon Point (with a little effort you can actually start from Carpinteria State Park) all the way to Marina Park in Ventura. Much of the trail is …

Posted by dane on Sat, Jan 22, 2022

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