SLOcoug
@slocoug.bsky.social
U.S. history and archiving teacher at Bakersfield High School, local Kern County historian, working in Bakersfield and playing in San Simeon, CA. WSU grad. Go Cougs! EWU grad. Go Eagles! Quaker. LGBTQ+ Ally
My friends Dan and Lisa helped me re-install the McKittrick Tar Pits marker for the Kern County Historical Society on Saturday. Kern County used to have Dire Wolves and Saber Tooth Cats! I haven't started my 20 year old Honda 2000i generator in 5 five years, started on first pull. amazing
September 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
My friends Dan and Lisa helped me re-install the McKittrick Tar Pits marker for the Kern County Historical Society on Saturday. Kern County used to have Dire Wolves and Saber Tooth Cats! I haven't started my 20 year old Honda 2000i generator in 5 five years, started on first pull. amazing
My brush with fame: Robert Redford was standing on the front porch of WSU president Glen Terrell's house in the early 1980s. I was walking to class and took a short cut up the president's driveway. Robert was in his bathrobe with a cup of coffee, raised it and said good morning as I passed.
September 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
My brush with fame: Robert Redford was standing on the front porch of WSU president Glen Terrell's house in the early 1980s. I was walking to class and took a short cut up the president's driveway. Robert was in his bathrobe with a cup of coffee, raised it and said good morning as I passed.
This might be the most random item - other then the clip to a 9 mm pistol - that I have found while walking the Streets of Bakersfield.
August 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This might be the most random item - other then the clip to a 9 mm pistol - that I have found while walking the Streets of Bakersfield.
Our family was riding around in the truck yesterday and my 4 year old great nephew saw a porta-potty in the back of a delivery truck when he said, “Look! A toilet box!” Our new name for porta-potties.
July 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Our family was riding around in the truck yesterday and my 4 year old great nephew saw a porta-potty in the back of a delivery truck when he said, “Look! A toilet box!” Our new name for porta-potties.
I guess we can stop saying, “It’s just like 1930s in Germany!”
No, it’s 2025 in America.
No, it’s 2025 in America.
June 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I guess we can stop saying, “It’s just like 1930s in Germany!”
No, it’s 2025 in America.
No, it’s 2025 in America.
My sisters and I were kids when our parents drove us to Idaho Falls, Idaho for my father’s high school reunion. While my parents attended the reunion on a Saturday night, my sisters and I walked from the hotel to a movie theater and watched the movie Jaws.
June 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My sisters and I were kids when our parents drove us to Idaho Falls, Idaho for my father’s high school reunion. While my parents attended the reunion on a Saturday night, my sisters and I walked from the hotel to a movie theater and watched the movie Jaws.
Last week I found a 9mm clip in a crosswalk. Today I found a fishing pole. I wonder what tomorrow’s tide will bring in.
June 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Last week I found a 9mm clip in a crosswalk. Today I found a fishing pole. I wonder what tomorrow’s tide will bring in.
The simple beauty of a low tide. #sansimeon
June 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The simple beauty of a low tide. #sansimeon
The California central coast early in the morning. The only tracks on the beach were pelicans and seagulls. #california
June 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The California central coast early in the morning. The only tracks on the beach were pelicans and seagulls. #california
Over the years, I have found some very random things while on a walk. But a 9 mm Ruger clip laying in the crosswalk? That’s a first. But then again, I live in Bakersfield….
June 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Over the years, I have found some very random things while on a walk. But a 9 mm Ruger clip laying in the crosswalk? That’s a first. But then again, I live in Bakersfield….
Memorial Day and my wife’s birthday on the same day. I would have loved to have made her a cake and shared it with our daughter and grandson. I miss my Sargent.
May 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Memorial Day and my wife’s birthday on the same day. I would have loved to have made her a cake and shared it with our daughter and grandson. I miss my Sargent.
Coyote, deer and raccoon tracks on the beach this morning. #centralcalifornia #sansimeon
May 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Coyote, deer and raccoon tracks on the beach this morning. #centralcalifornia #sansimeon
A perfect abalone shell! #centralcalifornia #sansimeon
May 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A perfect abalone shell! #centralcalifornia #sansimeon
Came across my first Cobweb Thistle in bloom while hiking along the Central California coast today.
May 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Came across my first Cobweb Thistle in bloom while hiking along the Central California coast today.
I may have the best looking accidentally landscaped gas meter in all of northern San Luis Obispo county!
May 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I may have the best looking accidentally landscaped gas meter in all of northern San Luis Obispo county!
What good is government unless it doesn’t help the people?
May 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
What good is government unless it doesn’t help the people?
With the Trump administration trying to distract and dodge from the #whiskeygate controversy, a reminder that a crossword puzzle, with codewords as answers, almost derailed the D-Day landings in France on June 6, 1944. Operational security matters.
Crossword Panic of 1944 - Historic UK
The planning of the D Day landings was almost complete - what could possibly go wrong?...
www.historic-uk.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
With the Trump administration trying to distract and dodge from the #whiskeygate controversy, a reminder that a crossword puzzle, with codewords as answers, almost derailed the D-Day landings in France on June 6, 1944. Operational security matters.
Available homemade #Philidelphiaeagles sign in an antique store in Cayucos, California. The attached tag alone makes the sign priceless.
March 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Available homemade #Philidelphiaeagles sign in an antique store in Cayucos, California. The attached tag alone makes the sign priceless.
I think Harley Quinn has the correct attitude. #sacramento
March 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I think Harley Quinn has the correct attitude. #sacramento
February 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Driving over the one lane bridge in Fort Hunter-Liggett on the Nacimiento-Ferguson road in Monterey County, California. The river was dry last week
February 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Driving over the one lane bridge in Fort Hunter-Liggett on the Nacimiento-Ferguson road in Monterey County, California. The river was dry last week
Photo taken from near the crest of the Nacimiento-Ferguson Road in Monterey County, California on Valentine’s Day. An unprecedented view of the Pacific Ocean
February 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Photo taken from near the crest of the Nacimiento-Ferguson Road in Monterey County, California on Valentine’s Day. An unprecedented view of the Pacific Ocean
Valentine’s Day along Highway 1 near Pacific Valley in California
February 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Valentine’s Day along Highway 1 near Pacific Valley in California
Our first date was on Valentine’s Day 1987. Over the years, we celebrated by staying home and cooking. Sometimes we’d go out for dinner in early February and you’d look at me and say, “Does this count as Valentines dinner?” We’d both laugh. I wish you were here to celebrate today - and every day.
February 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Our first date was on Valentine’s Day 1987. Over the years, we celebrated by staying home and cooking. Sometimes we’d go out for dinner in early February and you’d look at me and say, “Does this count as Valentines dinner?” We’d both laugh. I wish you were here to celebrate today - and every day.