The blog I wrote today is not really about the wildflowers in Death Valley, although I included a bunch of photographs we shot of wildflowers on a hillside around 3,000 feet in elevation. Most of the wildflowers in Death Valley have already bloomed and died back this year, because the weather is
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03/31/2015
Everybody we talked to, including the park rangers, warned us that the trip to The Racetrack would take at least 8 hours, and we probably should not drive down that gravel road all by ourselves. Since driving that winding road would mean I would have to rent a jeep and drive it because my husband
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03/30/2015
The one thing I have discovered since coming to Death Valley is there are more things to see and do than a person can probably accomplish in 5 or 6 trips to this remarkable National Park. Yet, we're trying to squeeze in as many attractions and serious photography as possible. Of course, everybody
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03/29/2015
To say I was unprepared for the beauty and spectacular views in 20 Mule Team Canyon would be a gross understatement. It would be like saying I sell only a few homes a year in Sacramento. The place is incredible, and it's only the beginning of our adventure here in Death Valley National Park. I a
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03/28/2015
I'm hearing Sheryl Crow in my head and we aren't yet out of our hotel room, yet I can't help being excited about leaving Las Vegas. I've had my share of slot machines and woozy nights decades ago, and now I am thrilled to be going to Death Valley. More about that tomorrow . . . which involves Bla
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03/27/2015
The company my transaction coordinator works for recently raised the rates my TC charges. Her fee went up about 10%. She hasn't had a raise during all of the years she has worked with me. I pay her fee and I do not charge my clients for it. Years ago I used to work that small fee into the paperwo
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03/26/2015
I wouldn't be surprised to discover there is a bug on my car. You know, the kind of GPS bug somebody could plant that follows my travels, because everybody in Sacramento knows that I rarely leave my home office unless I'm going out to list a home in Elk Grove or elsewhere. I wouldn't be astonishe
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03/25/2015
I often use the phrase, "just when you think you've seen it all," because there are days my mouth hangs open and bugs fly inside. There are also the days I bang my head on my desk and stop because it feels so good to stop. Just when I figure there is nothing else that can astonish or amaze, I'll
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03/24/2015
We can be so busy with our work in Sacramento real estate that we could completely miss the first few days of it being officially spring, a mistake I have made in previous years but elected not to do yesterday. It was a beautiful day in Sacramento, with a high of 71. One more degree and it would
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03/23/2015
Most home sellers are out-of-touch with the real estate market. They either talk about something that happened a year ago, which has no bearing on today's market, or they compare oranges to apples -- homes that have zero in common with their own. The first place many sellers go online to look at
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03/22/2015
