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Patrick W. O'Bryon
Writer. Traveler. Europhile, especially Italy and France. Hobbies: rescuing animals from abuse, abandonment and mistreatment, and being sous chef around the kitchen to my chef de cuisine wife.
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Corridor of Darkness, A Novel of Nazi Germany (paperback)
Tag Archives: Big Sur
AN ALL-TOO-BRIEF VISIT TO CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
Carmel-by-the-Sea. Ridiculously charming. Incredibly costly (a nice 1500- square-foot bungalow might be yours for only $1,200,000, but wouldn’t you prefer a great ocean view at $5M or, hey, why not $10M?). But all so full of character it’s well worth … Continue reading
DROWNING OFF BIG SUR: A Tale of Stupidity and Survival
I’m not afraid of the water. But perhaps I should be. Let me explain why… As a teenager I was really quite stupid. Not ignorant—I knew a lot of stuff—just filled with the stupidity that makes teenagers do ridiculous things … Continue reading
Posted in Travel Memoir, Uncategorized
Tagged Big Sur, Carmel, drowning, family vacation, Hearst Castle, Mendocino, nature, outdoors, Pacific Ocean, riptide, road trip, scuba diving, Sierra Nevada, skin diving, teenagers, teens, undertow
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