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Moffett Field’s Hangar One Goes from Navy’s Dirigibles to Google’s Robots

Moffett Field’s Hangar One Goes from Navy’s Dirigibles to Google’s Robots

Soaking in the Past at Four of California’s Hot Springs

Soaking in the Past at Four of California’s Hot Springs

Altamont Pass: What’s the Story With Those Windmills?

Altamont Pass: What’s the Story With Those Windmills?

Giant Concrete Arrows Across the United States

Giant Concrete Arrows Across the United States

Cats: The Statues not the Town

Cats: The Statues not the Town

Lighthouse Point, Santa Cruz, California

Lighthouse Point, Santa Cruz, California

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  • Moffett Field’s Hangar One Goes from Navy’...

    2016/02/25
    by Ranger Gaudinski
  • Soaking in the Past at Four of California’...

    2014/12/25
    by Ranger Lautamo
  • Altamont Pass: What’s the Story With Thos...

    2014/11/19
    by Ranger Lautamo
  • Giant Concrete Arrows Across the United States

    2014/10/20
    by Ranger Gaudinski
  • Cats: The Statues not the Town

    2014/08/27
    by Ranger Gaudinski
  • Lighthouse Point, Santa Cruz, California

    2013/09/12
    by Ranger Gaudinski

Moffett Field’s Hangar One Goes from Navy’s Dirigibles to Google’s Robots

Posted by Ranger Gaudinski
|February 25, 2016
|in : Blog, California, History, Popular, Silicon Valley, TempPopHomePage
| (23) Comments
|31279 Views
Moffett Field’s Hangar One Goes from Navy’s Dirigibles to Google’s Robots
Looking out over Silicon Valley, the airstrips of Moffett Field and its three gigantic hangars are a defining feature. The airfield is a bastion of open space surrounded...
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Soaking in the Past at Four of California’s Hot Springs

Posted by Ranger Lautamo
|December 25, 2014
|in : Blog, California, Natural History, Popular
| (2) Comments
|39290 Views
Soaking in the Past at Four of California’s Hot Springs
The end of the year is a good time to look forward but also to look back and reminisce. Why not look back a few hundred years while soaking in one of California’s many ho...
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Altamont Pass: What’s the Story With Those Windmills?

Posted by Ranger Lautamo
|November 19, 2014
|in : Blog, California, History, Popular, TempPopHomePage, Wildlife
| (5) Comments
|60875 Views
Altamont Pass: What’s the Story With Those Windmills?
I’m sure many Californians have marveled at the thousands of wind turbines spinning atop the golden hillsides along Highway 580 between eastern Alameda and Contra Costa c...
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Giant Concrete Arrows Across the United States

Posted by Ranger Gaudinski
|October 20, 2014
|in : Blog, California, History, Popular
| (3) Comments
|46676 Views
Giant Concrete Arrows Across the United States
In terms of leaving a signature mark on the landscape the Egyptians built the pyramids, the Romans built straight roads across Europe, the Chinese the great wall. Here in...
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Cats: The Statues not the Town

Posted by Ranger Gaudinski
|August 27, 2014
|in : Blog, California, Highway 17, History, Los Gatos, Popular
| (8) Comments
|55040 Views
Cats: The Statues not the Town
Updated March 15, 2016 with new photos from Richard Beal, author of Highway 17: The Road to Santa Cruz. Living in Santa Cruz and driving back and forth over Highway 17, I...
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Lighthouse Point, Santa Cruz, California

Posted by Ranger Gaudinski
|September 12, 2013
|in : Blog, Geology, History, Natural History, Popular, Santa Cruz, West Cliff Drive
| (2) Comments
|13982 Views
Lighthouse Point, Santa Cruz, California
Geology, the lighthouse, World War II and surfing history are all woven into the story of Lighthouse Point. The Geology Lighthouse Point is composed of a particularly res...
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