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| Spring growth in the Mariposa Grove: what are these things? We forgot to ask the rangers.... |
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| The interestingly named "Faithful Couple" tree: above, it splits into two giant trunks and then soars; which occasions the question...who names these trees? and why not "Schizophrenic Tree"? |
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| The so-called "Bachelor and Three Graces" clump, which I have re-christened "The Menage a Quattre avec Voyeur" clump; in future visits, I will endeavor to more appropriately rename all the trees in the Grove |
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| Our site off of 5S 17; we both needed to recuperate from P-induced colds |
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| We drove on to Fresno and spent the afternoon with the nice folks at Sportsmobile West--a custom-camper firm we've always admired--and then spent the night with Rich Sam...a firm we do not admire, but which permits scum like us to park free over- night; we always try to park near the "outdoor living" department; according to Bernie Sanders, the immediate descendants of Sam Walton own more than the lowest 40% of the American people |
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| The real estate west and south of Fresno was as flat as I have seen, although, happily, it was mostly planted in vineyards; I think this must be where $2.49 Chuck must originate; mile after mile after mile |
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| We lunched here, at the James Dean "Heaven Tree," just a few hundred yards from where he and his Porsche 550 Spyder ended their careers; icon of icons... |
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| Route 41 took us all the way to Morro Rock on Morro Bay |
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| And the beautiful electric plant adjacent... |
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| San Simeon, Hearst Castle: Rosebud; been there, done that, in 1990, we think |
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| Kite surfing |
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| Thus |
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| And thus |
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| And thus |
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| In the Big Sur |
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| The hills to the east...California, especially the high country, is a tinderbox... |
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