by burtkauf | Nov 16, 2013 | calgold, California's Gold, holidays, Huell Howser
WOur good friends at KVIE have come up with something that might be able to help you with your holiday shopping list: kvie.org/shop/2 new podcasts up on iTunes or calgold.com (scroll down). 1st a RoadTrip to #VEGAS then its a search for the...
by burtkauf | Nov 14, 2013 | 4th Bore, Berkeley Tunnel, Broadway Tunnel, Caldecott History, Caldecott Tunnel, Fourth Bore, Grand Opening, Oakland Tunnel
Eastern portal of the Broadway High Level/Kennedy Tunnel. (Courtesy of Lafayette Historical Society) Caldecott Tunnel Timeline:BEFORE THE CALDECOTT THROUGH TODAY’S NEW FOURTH BOREAs we all eagerly await the opening of the new Fourth Bore of the...
by burtkauf | Nov 12, 2013 | Bay Area Backroads, CA, Cemetary, Grieving, Lafayette, Lafayette Crosses, Memorial, Memorial Day, Veterans Day
‘LAFAYETTE CROSSES’ PROVIDE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS FOR DIFFERENT EXPRESSIONSSome years ago a Lafayette couple took liberty to erect hundreds of crosses on a hillside they owned yet which fronted a busy street , freeway and subway...
by burtkauf | Sep 26, 2013 | Bay Area, CA, Charlie Chaplin, Diesel Trains, Early Hollywood, Florence, Movies, Niles, Niles Railway, Northern California, Steam Trains
Labor Day Weekend , September 2013, Niles Canyon Railway and the Train Museum offered their bi-annual Steam Train Day, a rare opportunity to not only see a vintage steam engine and train in action but to ride it. We also visited the historic burg of Niles (near...
