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Small Town Anywhere, USA. Cutler, California.
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Yep. Oranges grow here too.
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From four boxes to one. the dot on the corner of the box is one of 90,000 labels.
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About penny size this will finish the label around the wine bottle neck.
Since I had the rest of the day to get home, I detoured and headed east to visit a tree.
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At the new park entrance. That looks big....
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It is big.
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Look closely. Once, this tree was much bigger!
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At the base of the tree, this opening is around ten feet across.
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And it is not uncommon to see Redwoods with fire scars.
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But this was catastrophic. Maybe lightening blasted the top off the tree.
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Hmmm. No snow this year. Let's go see about that.
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Can't go here.
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Couldn't even get to the gate.
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Snow had frozen to ice. Didn't even wet the tires.
You would have loved the movie..... I grabbed the camera, in my right hand and stepped out, and CRASH! fell on my right side and elbow. Oh. Ice.
Getting up would have been an interesting show.
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Then, when I took the photo, I heard the truck slipping back until it hit a dry spot a couple feet behind the rear wheel.:shock:
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So I went over and...couldn't go there either.
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So I parked and had this weird dream about the Hoss and Little Joe and....
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Frustrated, I decided to get a toddy.
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Odd. American made foreign cars.
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Cute part froze man made lake.
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Pretty view.
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An absolute dive. I've seen barns with more style and personality. The bathroom wasn't even clean.
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And I couldn't even ski.
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And they sure didn't need these.
So I started back...down from 7,000 feet to sea level.
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More of that old frozen snow.
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Down hill from now on.
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Into the foothills. What do you suppose caused the ruts?
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Back through cropland, with trees with Howie Long haircuts.