Website Outline
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   Speed
       SCCA Driver's School – Earning my SCCA novice racing driver's license
           Article – Learnin' in the rain
           Pictures – Lots of cars on the track
           People – Friends, instructors, fellow students
       California Racing Experience – Driving a stock car around Calif. Speedway
           Article – Smooth going at 160 mph
           Pictures – Cars, students and their families
           NASCAR Race 2000 – The good ol' boys come to town
               The Track - A look around the beautiful California Speedway
               The Midway - Souvenir trailers and show cars
              Pre-race Activities - Vintage aircraft, skydivers and Harleys
               The Race - Matt Kenseth takes the checkers
       Skip Barber Racing School – Formula Ford style cars around Laguna Seca
           Article – Loved the turns, even the Corkscrew
           Pictures – Cars, students and track
           CART Race 1999 – The CHAMP race here every year
       Jim Russell Racing School - Formula Ford style cars around Sears Point
           Article – What a roller coaster ride around Sears Point (now Infineon)
           Pictures – Cars, students, nurses
           SCCA Race 2000 – First day of the season for recreational racing
       Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving – Mustangs in the desert
           Article – Part 1: Site Tour – What fun we had the first day
           Article – Part 2: Basic Skills – How to go fast in eight easy steps
           Article – Part 3: Practice – Plenty of time to get it right
           Article – Part 4: Student Race – Feet don't fail me now
           Pictures - Shots from all four days

    Ayn Rand – Learn more about the great novelist/philosopher

    Art
       Sculpture – Original works, some copies, and photos
       Painting – Original works and reproductions
       Vases – Different sizes, shapes, colors and cultural origin
       Italy – Italian Renaissance artworks in Rome and Florence
           Roman Walking Tour - from St. Peters to the Pantheon
           Roman Ruins - the colloseum and the Forum
           Tivoli - Mountainside palace, plus Hadrian's villa
           The Vatican - St. Peters, the Vatican museum and the Sistine Chapel
           Borghese Gallery - Home to many of Bernini's works
           Welcome to Florence - a short tour of the popular sites
           Chianti Countryside - a trip through wine and olive country
           Outdoor Sculpture - a look at the many famous outdoor works
           Michelangelo in Florence - his works are all over town
           Farewell Dinner - a fabulous feast of a rooftop terrace restaurant
       Surfer Memorial – A great outdoor sculpture in Santa Cruz, California
       David Lancaster – My friend the composer, painter and photographer
       Clay Modeling – A class I took at the University of Santa Cruz
       Posters – Works I used to own but gave away for lack of space

    Sea Kayaking
       Map of the Bay Area - For your reference
       San Francisco Waterfront – A beautiful day in December on the waterfront
       Half Moon Bay – Taking a class to learn how to survice a tsunami
       Monterey Bay – Beautiful place for a day away from shore
       Elkhorn Slough – Wildlife galore in this nature preserve

    Kristin – Favorite shots of my favorite daughter

    The High Sierra
       Cathedral Lake – How can you top the scenic beauty of this hike?
       Yosemite Valley – A pretty scenic place any time of year
       Tuolemne Meadows – High meadow away from the crowds
       Young Lakes – High lakes above the trees and firewood
       Carson-Iceberg Wilderness – We walked for two days and say no one

    Bike Rides
       Los Gatos Creek Trail – Scenic trail through Silicon Valley suburb
       Vasona Park – Beautiful park at the end of the Los Gatos Creek Trail
       Monterey Coast – You cannot find a more beautiful bike ride than this

    Europe 1953
       Germany – Bavaria, the Alps, Oberammergau, Black Forest, Rhine River
       Linderhof Castle – One of King Ludwig's most beautiful mountain homes
       Austria – A trip to Salzburg, the Castle, the salt mine gang
       Netherlands – The canals of Rotterdam and the beautiful countryside
       Frankfurt Zoo – World class zoo, even in 1953
       Paris – Great views of this great city
       London – Shots of all the popular tourists spots
       Germany Then and Now – Compare scenes in 1953 to those in 2003

    Odds and Ends
       USS Enterprise in 1971 – A look at the famed carrier off the Vietnamese coast
           Tour – A quick look around the ship
           Aircraft – A look at the aircraft, some of which are still in service today
           Launch – Watch the sequence from hookup to flight
           Recovery – Watch them land (most of the time)
           UnRep – Underway replenishment (supply ship alongside)
           Spare Time – Things to when not on duty at sea
           Liberty – A look around Subic Bay, Philipines
           Enterprise in 2003 – What the ship looks like thirty years later
       Hockey Night Down Low – San Jose Sharks vs. the Vancouver Canucks
       Christmas 2002 – With my adopted family at Christmas in Fresno
       Hickman Family Railroad – Lots of shots of our model railroad layout
           Scenes from the Railroad - Closeup shots showing the details
           Under Construction - Here's how we built it
           How To Make a Mountain - Mountains made easy
           History of the Railroad - Photos of past layouts of the same equipment
       Rational 4th of July, 2000 – Friends gather for a picnic