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California Zephyr, Day 3
Reno, Nevada
Incredibly, as recently as 2005, the railroad through Reno crossed eleven downtown streets on the level -
full story. Here we see Lake Street and Evans Avenue crossing over the railroad.
Poor quality - train decided to move just at the moment of shooting
California
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View out of the rear of the train.
Truckee
California 2012 itinerary
I created the above before we set off to the USA. Partly because of the unfortunate fatal accident suffered by Prospero (my tablet PC) - see ++++ - but mainly because California turned out to be much bigger than I thought, the only places on the list that we managed to visit were the last three.
San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge
The massive pillar behind which the sun is rising looked to me like a late addition but it is part of the original design. Cables-wise the structure is two separate suspension bridges and this pillar, called the Center Anchorage corresponds to the land side anchorages at either end.
Jason Jenkins caught this view
Griffon Hotel, Steuart Street
Ferry Plaza
Going to collect RV
Cabrillo Highway
Half Moon Bay
Cameron's Restaurant & Inn
Cabrillo Highway
Waddell Bluffs
I think these loops are a second line of defence against falling material.
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz is a bit like Blackpool with palm trees. It was a Sunday and busy so we just drove straight through after seeing the recently created
roundabout - a very unusual feature in the US. See
this article.
Moss Landing
Jetty Road, Moss landing. We watched these people for at least half an hour trying to get these two horses into an horse box - they just would not go. The people were still trying when we left.
Monterey
Cannery Row
Laguna Seca
This building is known as the White House!
Monterey
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Jellies
They call these just "jellies", not "jelly fish" because, however big they are, they still count as
plankton: sea animals incapable of swimming against a current.
Not a jelly but Roger's face repeated multiple times in a demonstration of jelly symmetry.
Note the Buddhist monks at top right.
Pacific Grove
Yankee Point
The Big Sur
Bixby Creek
Point Sur
Elephant seals
San Simeon
Morro Bay
Los Alamos
Solvang
Gaviota Pass
Ventura
Railway station
Surf
Malibu
Palisades del Rey
La Brea Tar Pits
Looking very incongruous, this three storey building stands just opposite the tar pits.
This mess is on the sidewalk (Brit: pavement) just outside the tar pits site. I think it is a tar pit that has escaped.
Pit 91
Clothes ruined by being worn in the dig.
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