U.S.A. - San Diego, California - 22.10.1962

 California Poppy.

Growing wild in fields and along roadsides, this is the state Flower of California.

San Diego, California - 20.10.1962

Dear Pen,

     I'd tell you what we call these flowers if I could spell it, anyway it's not poppies!  I've seen plenty growing along the roadsides really good they look too.

     Love Nan

 Top View - Cotton as it comes in from the field.  At the left may be seen baled cotton ready for shipment.

Bottom View - Sugar beet seed field.  One of the many agriculture industries of California.

San Diego, California - 20.10.1962

Dear Tim,

     Saw many cotton fields on my way here from San Mateo, watched the machines harvesting it and saw it being sucked up into the mill by enormous vaccum cleaner sort of gadget.

     love Nan

 Carrot Harvest

San Diego, California - 20.10.1962

Dear Merry,

     Lots and lots of carrots, yes? no?  Somehow, I never imagined carrots being harvested like this, or that carrots were harvested for that matter.

     Love Nan

San Diego, California - 20.10.1962

Dear Nick,

     I hope you are not getting tired of my sending animal cards to you, I like them so much myself and can't help buying them.

     Love Nan

U.S.A. - Santa Cruz, California - 27.9.1962

Motel Lengyel

1717 Sequel Avenue in Santa Cruz, California. Phone 2640

A new and modern 20-unit owner-managed motel offering a variety of accommodations, close to all points of interest.

Motel Lengyel. Santa Cruz, California - 27.9.1962

Dear Pen,

     We are here for the night, a most sumptuous apartment, leave tomorrow, going just anywhere we feel like, great fun.

       Love Nan

 Fisherman's Wharf, Santa Cruz, California

Motorists may drive the entire half mile length out over Monterey Bay to visit its many fish markets, seafood restaurants and gift shops.  It is a favorite spot for wharf fishing as well as the headquarters for deep see fishing trips and sight-seeing cruises.  

Photograph by Vesta Dick.

Motel Lengyel. Santa Cruz, California - 27.9.1962

Dear Tim,

     Haven't been along this wharf yet but hope to tomorrow.  We did drive past it, I think I saw some seals on the rocks just a bit further on.

     Love Nan

West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, California

A view from scenic West Cliff Drive along the ocean palisades.  When in bloom the many varieties of Mesembryanthemums (ice plant) drap the cliffs with a colorful carpet.

Photograph by Vester Dick.

Motel Lengyel. Santa Cruz, California - 27.9.1962

Dear Mer,

     We drove along this part today, too late for the flowers though.  Also, there was a mist so the Pacific did not look blue either.

     Love Nan

Santa Cruz Beach

Mile-long Santa Cruz Beach is the hub of California's famous seashore vacation-lands.  The renowned Casino and Boardwalk with it's new super amusement attractions are pleasure landmarks that front one of the world's safest and most popular salt water stands.

Motel Lengyel. Santa Cruz, California - 27.9.1962

To.  Nicholas Rodd.

     With love Nan

U.S.A. - San Mateo, California - 21.8.1962

 Lombard Street, San Francisco, between Leavenworth and Hyde, popularly known as 'The Crookedest Street in the World.'

c/o P. G. McFarland, 1215 Oak Street, San Mateo, California - 21.8.1962

 Dear Pen,

     This is the motorist's nightmare, I have no doubt.  Ask your female parent to send you kid's measurements within the next few weeks so as I can send you some trifles for Christmas.

     Love Nan

 Alaska's First Airline has been serving Alaska since 1924 and now provides regular schedules to 85 communities throughout interior and Arctic Alaska.

c/o P. G. McFarland, 1215 Oak Street, San Mateo, California - 21.8.1962

Dear Tim,

     As usual I have a feeling I've sent this card before.  This is the sort of plane I travelled by from Juneau to Anchorage.

     Love Nan

A Milepost Card

Excursion boat MV 'Discovery' of Fairbanks, Alaska, is a 'Paddlewheeler' which tours the Tanana River in the summer.

c/o P. G. McFarland, 1215 Oak Street, San Mateo, California - 21.8.1962

Dear Mer,

     I spent a whole morning on this steamer, great fun.  The Captain built it in his back yard.  His son, who is about your age and is named Johnnie, can steer it without any help.

     Love, Nan

Wien Polar Tours offer High Adventure on Top of the World.  The true land of the Midnight Sun.  A fascinating, unspoiled, incredibly different vacation discovery.

c/o P. G. McFarland, 1215 Oak Street, San Mateo, California - 21.8.1962

Dear Fish (Nick),

     The dogs that pulled the sled I rode in didn't look as clean and snowy white as these do, perhaps these has an extra go in the washing machine just  because they were having their picture taken.

     Love Nan

U.S.A. Eureka, California - 22.7.1962

Chandelier Drive Thru Tree.  California

In Underwood Park on U.S. 101, the Redwood Highway, this massive drive-thru tree is 315 feet high with a diameter of 21 feet at the base.

Eureka Inn, Eureka. California - 22.7.62

Dear Pen,

     Went through miles and miles of redwood forest today, absolutely magnificent.  Stop overnight at Portland, Oregon, tomorrow night, an 11 hour bus trip, the silly bus leaves here at quarter to 7am and I'm not amused.

     Love Nan.

The heavily forested regions of the West make lumbering one of it's important industries.

Eureka Inn, Eureka. California - 22.7.62

Dear Tim,

     These are rather nice little sticks, aren't they?  Tell all your family and the Cobcrofts (and of course yourself) that I will be at the Nordale Hotel, Fairbanks, Alaska from 7th August until 10th, and they had better jolly well have letters there for me, marked 'to await arrival'.

     Love Nan.  

Redwood Rest Room

This unique Redwood Rest Room is located at Grundy's Redwood Terrace, on the Redwood Highway, 22 miles south of Garberville, California.

Eureka Inn, Eureka. California - 22.7.62

Dear Merry,

     This is a cutie, isn't it?   There was a buffet meal here tonight and I counted 50 different things to eat and there were even more than that.  I didn't eat some of all 50, but I did eat too much.

     Love Nan.

Along California's Rugged Coast, Redwood Highway, California

With it's driftwood textured by the sea, California's rugged coast line, big and breathlessly beautiful, invites you to play, picnic and horseback ride along it's shore.

Dear Fish (Nick)

     I think the two kids on the beach look like you and Pennie.  I bet you've never seen horses paddling, have you?

     Love Nan.

U.S.A. San Diego - 21.7.1962

 Animal Color Series

From the San Diego Zoo

Flamingos

With San Diego Zoo Tour Bus in background.

San Diego, California - 21.7.62

Dear Pen,

     I fly to San Francisco tomorrow, start for Seattle on Sunday morning, will be on the ship to Alaska Monday.

     Love Nan.

Animal Color Series

From San Diego Zoo

Indian Elephant

1116 Reed Ave, San Doiego, California.

To. Nicholas Rodd,

with love, Nan

U.S.A. San Diego, California - 20.6.62

 Animal Color Series

From the San Diego Zoo

Flamingos

With San Diego Zoo Tour Bus in background.

San Diego, California - 21.7.62

Dear Pen,

     I fly to San Francisco tomorrow, start for Seattle on Sunday morning, will be on the ship to Alaska Monday.

     Love Nan.

El Cortez Hotel

San Diego, California

Located high on a hill overlooking San Diego Bay.  The famous glass elevator gives a view unequaled elsewhere in the city.  R.W. Chase photographer

San Diego, California.  20.6.62

Dear Tim,

     Went up in this Elevator last time I was in America, it's fantabulous.

     Love Nan.

The El Cortez Hotel

San Diego, California

A marvelous view of the ciry is to be seen from the famous glass elevator.  The travalator  connects the hotel with the Travalator Motor Hotel, across the street.

San Diego, California 20.6.62

Dear Mer,

     Susy and I have walked on this moving footpath at best you just stand and it walks.

     Love Nan

Animal Color Series

From San Diego Zoo

Indian Elephant

1116 Reed Ave, San Diego, California.

To. Nicholas Rodd,

with love, Nan

U.S.A. Santa Barbara, California - 19.6.62

 Santa Barbara Mission

Beautifully situated on a hill in suburban Santa Barbara.  Known as the QUEEN Mission established by the Franciscan Fathers in 1786 and continuously supervised by the Order since that date.

Ambassador by the Sea Hotel, Santa Barbara, California - 19-6-62

Dear Pen,

     I arrived at the McFarlands yesterday and we took off after 2pm today for San Diego, have driven 350 miles, 200 more to go tomorrow.  Beautiful Scenery.

     Love Nan.

Yacht Harbor, Santa Barbara, California

Southern California's mile high Coast Range forms a colorful backdrop for this colorful city.

 Santa Barbara has enjoyed immense growth in the last ten years.

Ambassador by the Sea Hotel, Santa Barbara, California - 19-6-62

Dear Tim,

     This is a super Motel, Iva Mai Macfarland and I are staying overnight on our way to San Diego.

     Lots of love, Nan

Santa Barbara, California

A popular resort and attractive residential city Santa Barbara is encircled by the Pacific Ocean and the Mountains.  Famous Mission Santa Barbara is located on a hill overlooking the city and the sea.

Ambassador by the Sea Hotel, Santa Barbara, California - 19-6-62

Dear Mer,

     I'm writing this in bed, that is why the writing is so bad.

     With love, Nan

 Cabrillo Blvd., Santa Barbara, California

Surf and sand beckons visitors along palm-lined avenues of the 'Fiesta City.'

To.  Nicholas Rodd,

     With love, Nan.

U.S.A. California - 2.4.1962

 To. Penelope Rodd

With love, Nan

 To. Meredith Rodd

With love, Nan

 To. Nicolas Rodd

With love, Nan

U.S.A. - San Francisco, California - 23.10.1959

A paradise for tourists, California contains a land area of 156,803 sq miles, with every contrasting extreme of topography and climate to be found in U.S. with highest (Mt Whitney) and lowest (Death Valley) points in U.S. 

Capital, Sacramento, population, nearly 11,000,000.  Leads world in production of motion pictures.  Rich in production of petroleum, mineral products and cotton, furnishes bulk of nations' supply of farm produce.  Second largest state in Union.

San Francisco, California - 23.10.1959

Dear Pen,

     We went along the line marked with X'.     Saw masses and masses of cotton and grapes growing, also Mt Shasta.  We've had a good trip on the ship so far we have a big cabin with proper beds, not bunks.  Lots of fog all the way from Vancouver, fog horn makes a horrible noise.  Nice and sunny here though.
     Lots of love, N & S

San Francisco - 23.10.1959

Dear Merry,

     I am writing this in bed in my cabin.  Sue and I saw Fisherman's Wharf this morning and we went for a bus trip this afternoon into a forest of simply huge redwood trees.  We leave here tomorrow I think your next card will be from Honolulu.

     Lots of love, N & S

U.S.A. - Disneyland, L.A. - 11.10.1959

 Disneyland is a magic kingdom built on 160 acre site in Anaheim California.  This card was designed by the Artists of the Walt Disney Studio, and distributed by the Art Corner at Disneyland.

To Pennie,

Lots of love, Nan

 Disneyland is a magic kingdom built on 160 acre site in Anaheim California.  This card was designed by the Artists of the Walt Disney Studio, and distributed by the Art Corner at Disneyland.

To Meredith,

Lots of love, Nan