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Foggy On the Other Side of the Bluff943 viewsThat fog is there (and only there) most of the summer, that's why it's called Sunny Fortuna.
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Canyon Creek Hike, Trinity Alps1195 viewsThe snow was just beginning to filter through the trees. Going in was shirt-sleeve weather but during the night the snow had started falling and it was time to hustle back to the trail head.
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Falling Rocks462 viewsThe name of the band...
They are performing at Clendenen's Apple Orchard during the Apple Harvest festival.
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Salt Point, Mendocino County769 views
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Salt Point, Mendocino County701 viewsDramatic jutting of striated sedimentary rock. It tells many stories.
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Arroyo Seco925 viewsWith the heavy spring rains the Arroyo Seco bursts into bloom. The eroded rock formations surrounding the valley are very unusual and remind one of giant sculptures. The sparsely visited Arroyo Seco River valley is located on the inland side of the California coastal range just below Big Sur and directly behind 5000-foot-high Cone Peak. Mission San Antonio is a short distance away and was part of the California mission system working its way north to the port of Monterey. The best time to visit the Arroyo Seco is in the spring when temperatures are cool. Opening day of trout season on the Arroyo Seco River is usually around the first of May and was the original reason for this first visit.
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Redwood Rivulet990 views
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Rain Forest877 viewsAlong the Avenue of the Giants a little bit south of Pepperwood
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Dianthus On the Rocks745 views
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The Band Puts on a Show274 viewsApple Harvest Festival
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Pacific Lumber Company Log Pond, ca. 1960630 viewsOne of the largest in the area, the Scotia Pond had a storage capacity of 12 million board feet of lumber. Employees used pike poles to guide the logs to the sawmill.
Notes from a pond monkey:
"After lunch you come back and discover that the wind has changed and the logs have all drifted back across the pond. (Note: the wind ALWAYS blows the wrong way at EVERY sawmill. Seems like they PLAN it that way!). So grab the old 'idiot stick' (16 foot long aluminum pike pole) and walk around the edge of the pond until you can get out on some timber. Line up a bunch of these 'pecker poles' and then start prying them over to the bull chain. You pry them over by sticking the pike pole down to the bottom of the pond, and then pry them over in the general direction of the bull chain. You better have them lined up evenly, or you can't steer 'em. Not only that, but the turn could break up, and you would have to line them all up again if you had time. Nothing to it: just watch your step or you will find out the hard way about that old adage, 'easy as falling off a log' and the guy that made THAT one up wasn't just bumping his gums, by gum."
"Just in case any of you readers should ever want to be a pond monkey, here are a few fool proof rules to go by: Never ride a lone log out beyond reach of other logs as you just might run aground on a sinker and have to swim back. Always run zig-zag over the logs, and never, never zig when you ought to zag! Keep loose chunks of bark out of your corks, and watch for loose bark on the logs. Always wear wool underwear because no matter how cold and wet you get, you are always warm and dry! Watch your step when a load of logs is dumped into the pond! That's also the best time to break up a floating jam. If you do fall in, don't try to climb out on the SIDE of a log, as it just keeps turning. Climb out on the END of a log. If you are on nights, don't EVER light a cigarette while on a log as the flash will blind you and you will fall in."
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Patrick's Point 1920s505 views
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Pacific Sunset1402 viewsPhoto courtesy of Mike Johnson.
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