June 7 –  In late December 1964 a massive rain system rolled off the ocean into Oregon and northern California and continued to drop rain for 20 days.  When it was done the floods had killed nearly 20 people, severely…

June 5-6, Until we drove US 101 in northern California we had no idea if Earl and Ethel visited the Redwoods?  There were no pictures of these tallest trees in the world in their album. Historical and current maps show…

Mon. June 4 – Traveling north from San Francisco Earl and Ethel would have traveled through California’s wine country, although “future wine country” would be a more appropriate description. Grape growers and vintners were present in the 1930’s, but on…

June 3 – Earl and Ethel arrived in San Francisco roughly six weeks after the Golden Gate Bridge first opened on May 28, 1937.  They took the following photo of the new bridge.  Did they ride the cable cars, go…

May 31-June 2 – Earl and Ethel’s photo album had three pictures tied to Sequoia National Park.  Two were separate photos of each of them standing in front of large Sequoias.  Some time earlier we confirmed that Ethel’s photo was…

Week 4 Days 27-29 We know we wrote about Grand Canyon being the “granddaddy” of them all, but, after three days in Yosemite we want to temper that a bit. This being both Lynn and my first trip to Yosemite,…

May 27 day 26 –Earl and Ethel did not visit the La Brea Tar Pits, but, we did.  Just like those 9-year-olds enthralled with the dinosaur bones (see Day 10 blog) the first time Carl read about Le Brea as…

May 26 day 25 – Earl and Ethel’s Griffith Observatory photo gave us the only indication that the couple traveled to Los Angeles. It was their only photo in LA! The Griffith Observatory first opened in 1935 to wide acclaim.…

May 25 day 24 – It wouldn’t seem right to have a US cross-county road-trip without mentioning Highway 66.  Checking our 1930’s road maps the most direct route from Boulder Dam to Los Angeles would have taken the couple to…