The Adventures Of Tom Bissell
Posted in AdventuresWithYum on Thursday 07 May 2009 12:41am
Yum and I are having a great time in Manteca. We love how close this town is to the outdoors. In mid-April we went swimming at Lake Camanche off highway 88. Lake Camanche was nice and cool during that heat wave we had here in California. We finished off our evening with some gambling at [...]
Posted in Blogs on Wednesday 08 April 2009 07:37pm
We’re all moved in. Almost everything’s put away. It’s starting to feel cozy. First impression: Manteca is Hayward. I see the same people, the same downtown, the same good side of town and bad side of town. Except Manteca is 40 degrees hotter than Hayward in the summer. And Manteca is stupid cheap–rent, food, gas–everything [...]
I think it means beef fat in Spanish. And that’s where we’re moving to. Manteca. The city of beef fat! It’s been a year in Vacaville. It’s been nice. I didn’t really get a good feel for it. It was too much like suburbia to me. Caught in the middle between Sacramento and the Bayarrhea. [...]
Posted in AdventuresWithYum on Sunday 08 March 2009 11:39pm
We’re in Yosemite Valley! After choosing our new apartment in Manteca this afternoon we took a drive up to Sonora and decided to keep going to Yosemite Valley. We’re staying at Yosemite Lodge tonight. It’s warm and dry and the bed is quite comfortable. Yum is already asleep. And son of a goose… I’m lying [...]
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The Adventures Of Tom Bissell
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