From the Cave

 

 

 

San Andreas Fault Creations #3

San Andreas Fault Creations #2

San Andreas Fault Creations

Agua Dulce

 

Vasquez Rocks

Vasquez Rocks have been used innumerable times in motion pictures, various television series and in moving and still photography advertisements, and continue to be used in them today.The prominent rock formation can be seen in: Outer Limits, Star Trek, Bonanza, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, Roswell, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Paul, New Girl, and A Single Man.

Storm in the City

 

LA Dreams of London

Endless

South O' the Border

Yummy Baja fish tacos

Mickey Mouse Meteorology

 

Ferry Ride to Balboa

 

 

Ferris Wheel @ Balboa

 

 

 

 

 

 

"George W. Ferris built the Ferris Wheel for the 1893 World's Fair, which was held in Chicago to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's landing in America. The Chicago Fair's organizers wanted something that would rival the Eiffel Tower. It was considered an engineering wonder: two 140-foot steel towers supported the wheel; they were connected by a 45-foot axle, the largest single piece of forged steel ever made up until that time. The wheel section had a diameter of 250 feet and a circumference of 825 feet. Two 1000-horsepower reversible engines powered the ride. Thirty-six wooden cars held up to sixty riders each. The ride cost fifty cents and made $726,805.50 during the World's Fair. The original Ferris Wheel was destroyed in 1906, but there are other ferris wheels at theme parks and carnivals everywhere."

 

 

Pumpkin Ginger Cupcakes

Pumpkin Ginger Cupcakes Recipe

 1 can pumpkin

 

3 large eggs

1 cup sugar

 ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly

Readjust your apron if necessary.

¾ teaspoon baking powder

¾ teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

¼ cup (about 1¼ ounces) crystallized ginger

Cut ginger into 1/8- to ¼-inch pieces.

1½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour

Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and ginger into a medium bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on low-medium speed, beat the melted butter, sugar, and pumpkin until smoothly blended. Mix in the eggs and crystallized ginger. On low speed, mix in the flour mixture until it is incorporated. The batter will be thick.

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line 12 muffin tin cups with paper cupcake liners.

 

 Fill each paper liner with a generous ¼ cup of batter, to about ½ inch below the top of the liner. Bake just until the tops feel firm and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool the cupcakes for 10 minutes in the pan on a wire rack.

Enjoy!