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I traveled around the world and saw all kinds of “biggest” this and “largest” that. But it turns out that the longest single-span wooden covered bridge still surviving in the world is right back where I started in my home town. It has a total length of 233 feet and a span of 208 feet. [...]

Hi Ho San Francisco, very nice!

A friend of mine from Switzerland visited last weekend and we went to Santa Cruz. We drove up the coast and stopped by the Swanton Berry Farm for some olallieberry berry pie. The ocean was beautiful as usual.

I think it’s kind of funny that I spent three months in Germany and then came back to the United States to celebrate Oktoberfest. I have traditionally attended the Campbell Oktoberfest but this year I also went to ‘fest in Redwood City. The Campbell festival seems to be on a downward spiral because this year [...]