What your 'oil money' has bought them.

Here's another sight in Dubai. A relatively new tourist destination, Dubai has gained in popularity in the last 7 years. It is esentially a desert city with superb infrastructure, liberal policies and excellent tourist amenities. Just 5 hrs from Europe and 3 hrs from most parts of Asia, Dubai makes a great short break for Shopping, Partying, Sunbathing, Fine Dining, Sporting Events and even a few Sinful Pleasures. It is a city of superlatives. For the fastest, biggest, tallest, largest and highest, Dubai is the destination. This is called Wild Wadi and of course, this is where the gas/oil money is going. A million dollars is nothing for these people. If you want to see more pictures I have put on here, please click on 'Dubai' below.

I notice that there are people from Dubai checking out this blog. Any of you want to give us some insight to your unique place. Thank you...dave Just click 'comments'

Back to Hayward

Arrived back home in Hayward last night after the long, 9 hour drive from Roseburg. Noticed gas prices..... Ashland (filled up) at $4.29 per gallon; drove by Anderson, CA and they had the lowest price I've seen in awhile...$4.09 per gallon and of course, I put in just enough to make it home. In Hayward, the price had dropped to $4.19 from $4.35 on July 17, before we left.

So, next up for us will be the Hayward Zucchini Festival which is held at Kennedy Park on Hesperian Blvd. Has gone downhill over the years, as more of a 'beer-guzzling, music listening' crowd has attended.

Will be in Casa de Fruta in Hollister for Labor Day Weekend, doing one of Mike Knapp's Craft Fairs. Probably the Pittsburg Seafood Festival after that and then the Castro Valley Fall Festival.

Loading up the motor home was not easy on Monday morning, since a number of vendors had not taken their things down. We took everything down and placed it alongside the curb and then brought the motor home over and parked alongside our space as close as possible. So happy to get out of Fat City.