On The Road

Good Morning All,

This weekday feature is for Balloon Juicers who are on the road, travelling, etc. and wish to share notes, links, pictures, stories, etc. from their escapades. As the US mainland begins the end of the Earth day as we measure it, many of us rise to read about our friends and their transient locales.

So, please, speak up and share some of your adventures, observations, and sights as you explore, no matter where you are. By concentrating travel updates here, it’s easier for all to keep up-to-date on the adventures of our fellow Commentariat. And it makes finding some travel tips or ideas from 6 months ago so much easier to find…

Have at ’em, and have a safe day of travels!

 

Should you have any pictures (tasteful, relevant, etc….) you can email them to [email protected] or just use this nifty link to start an email: Start an Email to send a Picture to Post on Balloon Juice

 

Pictures after the fold

 

First up, from BillinGlendaleCA

Where it was taken: Casa de Governor Pio Pico State Park, Pico Rivera, CA
When: March 18, 2017
Other notes or info about the picture: Pio Pico was the last Governor or Mexican Alta California before it became part of the United States.  He retired to this adobe beside the San Gabriel river.  This is the front of the home.

Where it was taken: Casa de Governor Pio Pico State Park, Pico Rivera, CA
When: March 18, 2017
Other notes or info about the picture: This is the courtyard of Pio Pico’s home.

Where it was taken: Nixon Presidential Library, Yorba Linda, CA
When: March 18, 2017
Other notes or info about the picture: Infrared photo of the courtyard of the Nixon Library.  The house Tricky Dick was born in is in the background.

Where it was taken: Nixon Presidential Library, Yorba Linda, CA
When: March 18, 2017
Other notes or info about the picture: President Nixon’s birthplace, he was born in the room behind the window on the left hand side.

Where it was taken: Nixon Presidential Library, Yorba Linda, CA
When: March 18, 2017
Other notes or info about the picture: The chopper that was used as Army/Marine One, this is the chopper that carried Nixon from the White House the final time on August 9, 1974.

 

Where it was taken: Nixon Presidential Library, Yorba Linda, CA
When: March 18, 2017
Other notes or info about the picture: President Nixon’s birthplace in Infrared.

Where it was taken: Nixon Presidential Library, Yorba Linda, CA
When: March 18, 2017
Other notes or info about the picture: President Nixon’s gravesite.

Where it was taken: Nixon Presidential Library, Yorba Linda, CA
When: March 18, 2017
Other notes or info about the picture: A rock…from the moon.

Where it was taken: Nixon Presidential Library, Yorba Linda, CA
When: March 18, 2017
Other notes or info about the picture: The Oval as it looked during the Nixon administration.  This is the second Presidential Library I’ve been to, the first being the Truman Library, and it’s the first time I’ve seen a replica of the Oval Office.  I hear the shrine dedicated to St. Ronnie also has one.

 

And finally, from Ellen.

I thought I would send one or two more San Diego photos. One of the beach
and one from the Carlsbad Flower Fields.

 

Thanks Ellen!

 

I have a slew of pictures to post for next week, but please keep sending them in, everybody!

Have a great weekend and travel well, for those of you on the road.