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NY

Western NY – interesting stuff

The Book Corner, Niagara Falls - around since 1927 (Main Street)
Fort Niagara
Niagara Falls State Park
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
Buffalo History Works - includes links to the Buffalo Central Terminal and Buffalo Broadcast Pioneers sites
Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Pictures:

A favorite place by the Falls

Scan from Winter Garden brochure

1901 Expo photo

CA

Northern California – interesting stuff

Bookstores:

Kepler's book store
Know Knew Books

Gone but not forgotten: Wessex Books, a Clean Well Lighted Place for Books

General cool stuff:
Monterey Bay Aquarium – one of my favorite places on Earth
Point Bonita Lighthouse at Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Winchester Mystery House
Lick Observatory (Mt. Hamilton) l, how Mt. Hamilton was named
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
North Beach, SF’s coolest neighborhood
East Bay Vivarium – THE place to shop for reptiles in the Bay Area

Sporty:
Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve, San Mateo County
Mission Peak (trail starts near Ohlone College)
Motorcycling @ Skyline, Alice's Restaurant
Los Altos Rod & Gun

Restaurants:
Duarte’s Tavern - A restaurant/bar in Pescadero with the best seafood around
Moss Beach Distillery – They smuggled rum here during Prohibition, now it’s a great place to eat. And it’s haunted.
Hogs Breath Inn – Clint Eastwood’s place in Carmel
Lugano – Great Swiss restaurant in Carmel

Pictures:

Hakone Gardens Saratoga, CA	Hang glider at Fort Funston San Francisco, CA	Playground at Observatory Mount Hamilton	Another playground pic
Christmas at the Pruneyard Campbell, CA	Pruneyard #2	Pruneyard #3

IA

Iowa – interesting stuff

History:
Living History Farms - Urbandale, IA
State Historical Society of Iowa

Sporty:
Charles “Butch” Olofson Shooting Range
Daryl's Gun Shop, Inc.
Brownells

Pictures:

Living History Farm #1 Urbandale, IA	Living History Farm #2	Living History Farm #3 (Trick or treat night)
Winter view from our porch

WA

Washington state – interesting stuff

Redmond Parks
Snoqualmie Valley Rifle Club

Gone but not forgotten: Weapons Safety, Inc.

Pictures:

Obligatory Seattle Center pics
Pics from Snohomish: amazing old tree (now gone), river, downtown
Mount Saint Helens

Mount Saint Helens was amazing, we visited it the day after Thanksgiving, 2007. Pics taken from
Johnston Ridge, the site (5 miles from the crater) from which David Johnston was observing the
preparation for the volcano's eruption in 1980. Unfortunately, 5 miles was still too close.

Some pics of Roslyn, WA are here