Finding a Place to Stay

Del and I are going back to California in May for a few days for my son's graduation
from college. We found a great place to stay through a cool new site:  AirBNB.  Here's
where we are staying:

It's a cabana behind a lovely house and pool in Santa Rosa.

I found it through AirBNB.  This site has interesting places to stay all over the world and
even if you aren't taking a trip - you can go to their home page and just watch the amazing
array of lodgings that transition through their front page.

French Photo Booth

Here's a site for photobooth strips with a twist.

La Photo Cabine

It's modeled after a vintage french photo booth
(or Cabine) and looks and sounds like your're
stepping into a booth in Paris.

This would be great fun at a slumber party for
my daughter - or anytime.

Site Mash

WHen I was searching for my vintage Shasta Trailer the
Shasta Site Mash was where I found it. It combined all
the craigslist and ebay postings with Shasta trailers in them.
That way I could see Shastas on sale all over the US without
having to go to different Craigslist sites for different cities.

Lucky me! There is also a site mash for jobs, vehicles
and all sorts of things.  Very, very handy!

Hoover Dam

I had to drive past Hoover Dam on my way to Kingman, 
Arizona this week. I had no idea it is such a tourist attraction.  
It took me an hour to drive the five miles before and at the 
Dam. I should have planned better and stayed there longer 
but it was soooo crowded I don't know that I would have been 
able to deal with it . It is an awesome sight though.

From top left, 
semi - clockwise:  








1. Just past the 
SECURITY POINT - Trucks are no longer 
allowed to drive this route due to terrorist concerns - blowing 
up the dam would result in massive flooding;  
2. VISITOr CENTER - a huge crowded building with art deco 
overtones;  
3. STATUES - These were stunning! If you look carefully you 
can see that people's heads are about the size of the feet of 
these winged creatures;  
4. PALM TREES at the dam. I have never had such a treeless 
week in my life (actually it was just three days but they seemed 
twice as long since there were no trees anywhere!) Palm trees 
are very pretty - but they don't give one the same comfort that 
other trees do;  
5. MORE STATUES - A closer look at one of the statues, by 
Norwegian born artist Oskar Hansen;  
6. ME - The required ME shot for my 365 - pure luck that the 
curvy road sign was in the side view mirror;  
7. KINGMAN -Arriving in Kingman Arizona, 
8. ROUTE 66 - For Americans, well, for me at least, there is a 
little thrill in seeing the Route 66 sign. Here's a video montage 
set to the song "Get your Kicks on ROute 66" or see Mr Nat King COOL himself sing it here..  
He mentions Kingman, where I was, in the chorus.