United States - 2012 July

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Gore Canyon

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Gore Canyon through which we are about to pass is seen in the in distance

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Gore Canyon ?

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Grand Junction

Clifton

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It took half an hour with Google maps and street view but I am confident that the map links on this image point to the building in the foreground. View is looking northwest.

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California Zephyr, Day 3

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Reno, Nevada

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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.

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Poor quality - train decided to move just at the moment of shooting

California

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https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/67652868

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View out of the rear of the train.

Truckee

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California 2012 itinerary

San Francisco Railway Museum
Phillips, Spallas, and Angstadt, LLP., Three Embarcadero Center, Suite 550; Phone: 415-278-9400 - contact Cormac Fawsitt, see my user talk
Temperance Flat Dam - no photo
Yosemite
Mono Lake
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
Yorba Linda Friends Church - no photo
Business Expo Center - no photo
Morningside Hospital - no article
La Brea Tar Pits
The Haworth Institute, 436 North Bedford Drive, Suite 105; Phone: 310-273-3000 - map
Palisades del Rey - no photo

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

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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.

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Jason Jenkins caught this view

Griffon Hotel, Steuart Street

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Ferry Plaza

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The San Francisco Belt Railroad used to run here

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Going to collect RV

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Cabrillo Highway

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Half Moon Bay

Cameron's Restaurant & Inn

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Cabrillo Highway

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Pigeon Point Lighthouse

Waddell Bluffs

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I think these loops are a second line of defence against falling material.

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Santa Cruz

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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.

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Moss Landing

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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.

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Cannery Row

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More "no dumping" photos

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Laguna Seca

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This building is known as the White House!

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Monterey

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Monterey Bay Aquarium

Jellies

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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.