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- Camping in Yosemite: How to get a campsite
Camping in Yosemite: How to get a campsite The tradition of camping has a lot of benefits for you and your family to experience. Camping in Yosemite National Park is an experience you want to have.…
- Lunch, Laughs, and Letterman
I don’t stay up to watch his show anymore, and I haven’t been a regular viewer in several years.I’m catching up on these final shows via CBS.com.The whole farewell thing with Dave is reminiscent of what I went through…
- Life through Vinyl
We have the good people at Parade magazine to thank for telling readers that April 18 is National Record Store Day.…
- Forestiere Underground Gardens
Underground gardens Our valley’s summer heat is intense and unrelenting. By the time that cool fall days finally arrive, they are welcome and refreshing.…
- Completing the Apollo 13 Circle in Colorado
April 11 is the forty-fifth anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission to the moon.…
- Tuolumne County Museum
Located in the Jail The Tuolumne County Historical society operates one of the best museums in the southern Mother Lode region.…
- Welcome to the World Grandson
My wife and I recently became grandparents. Our grandson came into this world surrounded with a lot of love. For the first time in my life, I’m a grandpa.…
- On the 99- The Palm Meets the Pine
WHERE THE PALM MEETS THE PINE PHOTO BY STEVE NEWVINE There’s a California landmark that just about anyone who has travelled from Merced to Fresno on highway 99 has seen countless times: most of the time experiencing a…
- Merced's Central Park: Applegate Park, Zoo & Kiddieland Merced
flag in park Applegate Park is Merced’s central park Located along the Bear Creek Bikeway, the park is an excellent destination on bike or foot.…
- Target Renovation Will Make Merced a Five-StarbucksTown
Photo by steve Newvine Merced has been called a lot of things by a lot of people. Some names have been positive, some names have been negative.…
- Meeting and Covering Mario Cuomo
Over the New Year holiday, we learned of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo’s passing at the age of 82.…
- A Pot Luck Filled with Love Plus
Love Plus Life Skills Training and Mentoring Fall Program It was a pot luck dinner in many ways like the holiday parties that help define Christmas time: friends getting together, co-workers taking a moment to spend…
- Madera County Museum
Madera County Museum It’s a great time to visit the Madera County Museum---unless it is very hot! Why now and not during the summer?…
- Stanislaus National Forest
Stanislaus National Forest Merced County is adjacent to two national forests. Flowing westward through the county, the Merced River forms the dividing line between Stanislaus National Forest and Sierra National Forest.…
- Christmas in Port Leyden
Photo by Steve newvine Ask a child what Christmas is all about, and most likely he or she will answer “presents”. Ask an adult the same question, and you’ll probably hear the word “family”.…
- Milliken Museum and Los Banos Historic Sites
Photo by adam Blauert Treasure trove of artifacts With people, it’s what’s on the inside that counts. The same is true for museums.…
- Visit Hagaman Park-Merced County
Photo by adam blauert Hagaman Park Located on a bluff above the Merced River in northwestern Merced County, Hagaman Park is especially popular with residents of the west side of the county.…
- Turlock Museums
Photo by adam blauert Museums in the Valley Although part of Stanislaus County, Turlock is only 25 miles north of Merced – closer than some other towns that are within the county.…
- Golf’s Greatest Challenge
photo by steve newvine This picture shows my golf ball just a few inches from the cup. I took the picture the day I almost claimed the greatest prize for a golfer: a hole in one.…
- Calaveras Big Trees
Photo by adam blauert The wonder of the Big Trees A shady grove of giant sequoias is a great place to be during the hot months of summer.…
- Gold Rush Towns of the Central Foothills
PHOTO BY ADAM BLAUERT Gold Rush Towns of the Central Foothills Gold, silver, and other minerals have been mined throughout California.…
- Mariposa County Museums
Photo by adam blauert Mariposa County Museums Mariposa County’s history and natural resources provide a wealth of interesting stories, knowledge, and sights.…
- I Wish You Had Met Rick
photo by steve newvine I wish you had met Rick. Your life might have been changed just a little bit.…
- A Snowmobile’s Restoration Restores Memories
It sat in the window of the Denslow Equipment Company, a farm machinery business in Boonville, New York, a few miles from my hometown. It was a circa 1960s Ski Doo snowmobile.…