Discourse for all interested in all things air-quality related
As an East Coast resident all of 19 years at the time, prior to my Los Angeles, Anaheim, Fullerton, San Francisco visit in Sept. 1972 – my first trip to the Golden State – I had little idea of what smog was. I was going to Disneyland to take in all the sensory experiences this … Read more
Bicycling is not something I talk or write about that much. Though there’s an irony in this because it was not too many years back that several people assembled to discuss the prospect of launching a magazine, the content of which was to be all about the great outdoors. Meeting were myself (to serve as … Read more
For two years I’ve written about Earth Day on Earth Day (Apr. 22nd) and I figure: why should this year be different?! Witness “Earth Day 2014: ‘Conserve’ is the word” and “Earth Day 2013: The view of one interested observer.” So, here is this year’s Earth Day message. I never know exactly what I’m going … Read more
The ninth and last in this series. This tour winds up in Coos Bay, Oregon and I think fittingly. How so? Picture this “Great Western Cities ‘On-the-Air’ tour” series as a train. It has a beginning (the locomotive), a middle (the rolling stock) and an end (the caboose – you remember those, right?). In the … Read more
The eighth in this series. Reno renown Yeah, I’ve been to Reno on occasion, the northwest Nevada town also known by another name: “The biggest little city in the world.” In fact, I even traveled on through by train once, on my way back to California. Interesting that Nevada (the Silver State) and California (the … Read more
The sixth in this series. Flagstaff, Arizona is one “amazing” city. I say that because each and every time I visit I continue to be awed. There is just something about Flagstaff. A mountain community where two major highways cross (Interstates 17 and 40), Flagstaff is situated south of the Grand Canyon’s south rim at an elevation of 6,910 … Read more
The fifth in this series. Home to the permanently docked RMS Queen Mary and the Long Beach Grand Prix in April, Long Beach, California in Orange County, sits to the south of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County. So, why profile Long Beach for this “Great Western Cities ‘On-the-Air’ tour” series and not the bigger … Read more
The third in this series. The “Great Western Cities ‘On-the-Air’ tour” moves west to Salt Lake City, Utah. I can’t remember the exact first time I traveled to the Beehive State and the Great Salt Lake region in particular, but I’ve been to the city bearing the same name about four times now. When I … Read more
The second in this series. It was years ago – in the mid-‘80s in fact – that I made a car/bus/train trip to Baltimore, Maryland. I drove as far as Vail, Colorado. It was there that I boarded a bus to Denver. From the Mile High City to all mid-West and East Coast stops, traveling … Read more
The first in this series. A couple of years ago during spring, I traveled to the Lone Star State from California. Destination: Grand Prairie, Texas. Having only been to Texas on one previous occasion traveling through the Texas panhandle region, my visit to Grand Prairie was memorable and for reasons which should become clear. Right … Read more