Heading out to California

By Howard B. Owens
Aug 10, 2010, 9:33am

This afternoon, Billie and I board a California-bound plane.

We'll be on the West Coast for one week.

We'll be visiting San Diego, Bakersfield and Ventura. In Bakersfield, we'll gather with the whole family to celebrate my parents 50th wedding anniversary.

While we're gone, the staff at WBTA -- particularly Geoff Redick -- will update the site with breaking news and other news items. Billie and I will post any news that comes in over e-mail -- particularly, of course, crime and arrest reports. And I'll try to have a daily poll and a couple of deals of the day.

I've done a sort of informal survey of people I've talked to over the past week about posting pictures from California while we travel and there was general enthusiasm for the idea, so I plan on doing that.

Unfortunately, Pachuco can't make the trip, but he is happy and cozy at Beds-N-Bones, his favorite pet lodge.

So, here's a song of California -- Tom Russell doing "California Snow," which he co-wrote with one of my favorite singer-songwriters, Dave Alvin. It's topical -- dealing with immigration -- and it mentions El Cajon in the first verse (the whole geography of the song is a part of California I know well).

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Dave Olsen

Have a safe trip and a fun

Have a safe trip and a fun time

Aug 10, 2010, 12:03pm Permalink

Tim Howe

Yeah, what Dave said :)

Aug 10, 2010, 4:34pm Permalink

Mardell Lamb

Safe travels Howard & Billie.

Safe travels Howard & Billie. Congrats to your parents 50th. I'm sure they'll love having their family in Cali to celebrate. Enjoy. Don't work too hard ~ have FUN. Always thankful to the both you for your dedication to the Batavian!

Aug 10, 2010, 7:10pm Permalink

Have Fun! Stay safe and don't

Have Fun! Stay safe and don't forget to come back. :-)

Aug 10, 2010, 9:11pm Permalink

Gary Spencer

Howard & Billie, Have a safe,

Howard & Billie,
Have a safe, enjoyable vacation!! I wish you the best!!

Having said that, I'll say this: I personally don't think the Batavian is the right forum to post your vacation pics. I thought this site was for news and information that is going on in and around Batavia. You don't cover news stories that happen outside of Genesee County and I don't think it makes any since to post your vacation shots here.

The proper place would be on your facebook or your personal blog page, not here.

Of course that is just one mans opinion, and we all know about opinions!

Aug 10, 2010, 9:47pm Permalink

Dave Olsen

Lyrics by Woody Guthrie,

Lyrics by Woody Guthrie, Music by Jeff tweedy, Jay Bennett and Wilco:

Aug 11, 2010, 9:49am Permalink