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Beautiful shot!
And I love saying 'San Ysidro'. The sound of it .. and this lovely photo .. .. make me want to go there.
Makes me want to go there!
2 years agoReally? Then you probably haven’t been out the Bitterwater Valley either. Another nice one, but no churches or chateaus. Stay tuned.
2 years agoNo problem... I know they are almost exactly like their brothers on the east side of the Sierras... which we often unsuccessfully tried to catch when I was growing up. (The only one we ever got was the one my sister saved from a dog and raised from when it was still a blind baby with eyes still closed.) And they are really twitchy, especially this time of year.
2 years agoWow - how different that place would look in summer! I would always enjoy a ride along a strike-slip fault though :-) It would be hard to keep my eyes on the road looking at all the evidence of the earth moving.
James Dean was from a town called Fairmount about 30 min north of my hometown. They have a big James Dean Memorial Rod Run every year and my hot-rodding dad always took his car to that event. I did a pencil rubbing of James Dean's grave on a large sheet of paper when I was in college for one of my friends who was a big fan. As far as I know that grave rubbing is still hanging on the wall of the quirky cabin he lived in at the time at CSU's mountain campus :-)
Wow. I’ve spent a bit of time in Paso Robles and I didn’t even know that Parkfield existed. Thanks for opening my eyes to another unexplored corner of my native state. And you don’t have to buy me a coffee. :)
2 years agoWell gosh, Bruce. You’re bviously lobbying (successfully) for a free cup of coffee next week, but thanks nonetheless.
And I agree with you, btw: Parkfield looks like it would be a fine place to weather the big one, especially if there be cookies.
Sorry to let you down again, but I never got close to one. Tomorrow though.
2 years agoThis is a pure example of a Scott bike journal post: informative and beautiful. He recalls a sad moment in history but optimistically shows us the beauty that is now; an oak tree that has shed some large limbs - beautiful as they lay where they fell, undisturbed. Because of a slight electronics failure he doesn't know where Rachael is but does not get overly concerned. It maybe gives him even more time and freedom to get in close with birds. His photos are beautiful in their peacefulness: a row of dark trunked trees, a line of black cows, a road winding its way up a gorgeous hill and disappearing. The line of tall, dark power poles is visually striking in the minimalist landscape. Scott's curiosity and art of composition provide us with beautiful observations. Most of us would not see anything there but thanks to Scott we are given quite a lot. He also informs us of a nice place to stay should we ever visit (and want to risk death). It looks like the perfect place to die in an earthquake.
"Our goal is the end of the pavement....a goal we both know only one of us will obtain today." I'd say you both attained your goals, Team Anderson. What a team! Thank you.
Was kinda hoping for a shot of the ground squirrels. They are a threatened species, being located only in the S. J. Valley. Not that I could distinguish it from the previous species you posted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Joaquin_antelope_squirrel
Great shot of that acorn woodpecker!
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Acorn_Woodpecker/id
Oh yeah .. never mind, then!
Perhaps a better road for Mr. Grumby's fancy motorbike.
Bird with red toupee
Bright-eyed stare, arrogant smile
His feather-do pride!
If you’re a masochist I suppose. It looks like a 20+ percent pusher to me.
2 years ago
You should! Pretty sure you’d like it down here. A nice midwinter break.
2 years ago