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| Morrow Rock, from high on a hill at a park; awesome sight. The rock was once a volcano...there were a series of volcanoes going inland, you could see the formations |
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| Didn't go up to the castle, stopped at the visitor center |
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| Lookout at Ragged Point, 20 mi. north of Morro Bay |
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| Another view of Ragged Point |
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| Having Coffee in Morrow Bay with Cookie's friend Janet (formerly from Iron Mt) We had the best weather in morrow bay, warmer and sunny |
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| We walked by the Morro Rock, which was once a volcano...and watched the waves come over the breakwaters. |
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| Oops, now we are bk in Santa Clarita with brother Earl, My twin |
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| HUNTING MOON ROCKS NORTH OF MORROW BAY...LOTS OF ROCKHOUNDS THERE...MOONROCK IS A PARTICULAR TRANSLUCENT ROCK, GOOD FOR JEWELRY, THEY SAY. WE FOUND A COUPLE OF THEM. |
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| On Moonrock Bay.. |
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| Believe it or not, this is called "NITWIT RIDGE", built by an eccentric old man..he kept adding strange things to his house of rock; for instance (enlarge by clicking) notice toilets on the left, and upper left are more toilets, and on the right also is a stack of tire rims. After he died, vandals ransacked the house, but then it was put in order and one can go on a tour of the place. We just looked from the road. Very interesting! |
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| CACTUS BUDS ABOVE, AND DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THE FLOWER ON THE BOTTOM. WE SAW MOST OF THE FLOWERS BLOOMING IN THE MORROW BAY AREA WHERE IT WAS WARMER. |
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| MORE TRIP PICS LATER...THIS IS A HOCKEY GANG AT HELMINEN'S TOROLA'S HELMINEN'S, KANGAS. WINTER 2013 |
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| JAMES & GRETCHEN BINONIEMI FROM MENAHGA..VISITING A FEW WKS. AGO |
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| JULIA (TERVO) ANDERSON WITH HER NEW BABY CORBIN |
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| THE "MAVERICK" TABLES AT MC DONALD'S IN HOUGHTON I SUPPOSE THEY DISCUSS POLITICS, WEATHER, HOCKEY, ETC. AND SOLVE THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS. EVERY MORNING DURING THE WEEK. click to enlarge to identify |
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| THEY TOLD ME THAT ALL THE GUYS DIDN'T SHOW UP THAT MORNING THAT I SAW THEM....SUPPOSED TO BE ONE MORE TABLE OF GUYS. |
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| Stayed at Janet & Curt Frame's, friends of Cookies...janet took us up the coast to see the sights. This is moonrock bay, where you can find the moonrock, a special translucent looking stone...lots of rockhounds there. |
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| by the sacred rock where only the indians can climb it if they want...water was super-dangerous with it's tides...the water was splashing right over the breakwall and you could actually see the strong wild and whirling currents. |
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| In the harbor of Morrow Bay...the rock i mentioned above is from a series of volcanos going inland. |
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| From high up on a cliff |
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| Janet took us high in the mts...beautiful scenery and switchback roads. in the background, right in the middle of the pic. below the blue mt. is the rock shown in above pics. |
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| I forgot to mention my cousin Shirley Weeks, we visited her in Ventura, CA. She is Uno Palokangas's daughter. First time we met her. She's 88 years old, sharp as a tack and uses her computer every day. |
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| The flowers were not in full bloom, altho i managed to spot more blooms in Morrow Bay than anywhere else. This a succulent plant...the head of this plant is at least 12 to 14 inches across. |
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| I don't know what this flower is, but it sure is beautiful!! |
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| EARL & FAMILY: ALICE, BETH, SHIRLEY, EARL & LYNN AT OUR BIRTHDAY PARTY (MINE, EARL, SHIRLEY AND A GRANDSON) |
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| EARL...SAT UP LATE THE FIRST NIGHT AND WENT DOWN MEMORY LANE! |
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| VISITED THE PAUL GETTY MUSEUM OF ART...WE WERE THERE FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS, AND SAW ONLY 1/8TH, IT SO HUGE. HERE WE ARE WAITING FOR THE TRAM TO TAKE US UP THE HILL TO THE MUSEUM |
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| INSIDE BY ONE OF MY FAVORITE PNTNGS |
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| FROM A BALCONY OVERLOOKING THE GARDENS. THEY WERE NOT BLOOMING AT THIS TIME, BUT YOU COULD SEE THE DESIGN. THE TREES ON THE LEFT HAVE THE SHADOWS OF THE BRANCHES, BUT THEY LOOK LIKE ROOTS. |
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| A VIEW FROM ONE OF THE BALCONIES LOS ANGELES IN THE BACKGROUND |
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| ENTERING THE MUSEUM GROUNDS |
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| MY FAVORITE PAINTING OF ALL! |
