Big Sur – No Billboards, No Ads & Sheer Scenic Driving Pleasure
Big Sur – The name always conjures-up thoughts of stunning cliff top Pacific Ocean lined scenery.
We took the drive along portion of Highway 1 earlier this year.
The State of California realising the worth of the region in 1965 designated the 72-mile (116 klm) long section of the highway as the first ‘California Scenic Highway’.
A year later in 1966, Ladybird Johnson and the wife of President Johnson led the official designation ceremony at Bixby Creek Bridge.
The same year, the ...
Royal Blue Golf Club – A Crown Jewel In Bahamas Golf.
In less than two years the stunning and immaculately presented Royal Blue Golf Club has become a crown jewel in Bahamas golf.
Royal Blue is the first Jack Nicklaus ‘Signature’ golf course in the Bahamas and officially opened for play in May 2017.
Those of us who reported on the 2015 Hero World Challenge, and the first time the Tiger Woods hosted event moved to the Bahamas, we would drive past each day seeing the sad sight of a golf course but with no golfers.
The course was named TPC ...
John F. Kennedy … Timely Visit To Dallas 54-Years After The Events Of 1963.
It was a Saturday morning in Australia – November 23rd, 1963 – and I can still recall to this very day what I was doing that morning.
Of course, I am now showing my age but I was headed to a schoolboy game of cricket at Willoughby Park in northern Sydney and close to the family home.
I also recall, and now 54-years on, asking someone why all the flags were flying at half-mast and the reason being the events of Friday, 22nd November, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.
Having never been to Dallas ...
Meeting Tommie Brown & The Mayor Of Alligator, Mississippi.
It was of those chance encounters but in a town boasting around just 200 citizens.
The four of us, including my brother, Steve and his wife Sally who were visiting from Sydney, were making our way north from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee.
I had observed a sign saying ‘Welcome to Alligator’ when we travelled to this part of the States earlier this year in reporting on the PGA Tour’s FedEx St. Jude Classic some 90-minutes drive north in Memphis.
Now my first thought, ...
Moonlight Brilliantly Lights Up Belle Of Cincinnati On The Ohio River.
We were lucky to be in the right place at the right time when a full moon lit-up the Belle of Cincinnati that was at berth on the Ohio River.
Helena, Arkansas – Mississippi River Delta Charm.
In his 1883 memoir of his days as a steamboat pilot legendary author, Mark Twain described the town of Helena, Arkansas as “one of the prettiest situations on the Mississippi”.
The port town of Helena, Arkansas was founded 50-years earlier on the mighty Mississippi River and with Helena growing from the agricultural wealth of the Delta region.
The Civil War found it’s way to town with the 1863 Battle of Helena and an attempt by the Confederate Army to relieve pressure on the besieged ...
Stunning Lunar-Like Landscape Travelling I-8 From San Diego, CA To Phoenix, AZ …. Video.
It was a few months back but I was reminded the other day of travelling from La Jolla, and where we were staying for the Farmers Insurance Open, and bound for the Career Builder Challenge in Palm Springs.
However early in the journey along Interstate 8 (I-8) we passed through some stunning scenery and very lunar-like in appearance.
I-8 runs from the southern edge of Mission Bay at Sunset Cliffs Boulevard in San Diego, California, almost at the Pacific Ocean, to the junction with I-10, just southeast ...
