While it has been several decades now since I have lived there, I've been low-key about my time there.
As a northern California Native (born and raised), I have many friends there, and have travelled all over the state (it's a BIG state, so there's still a lot to see). You've visited some of my favorite places all ready, and you've chosen some EXCELLENT tree country for your upcoming visit. I have a 'WNTS Trip Report-Tehipite Valley' coming up soon, that includes the North Fork of the Kings River, from an adventure I had in 1973. Key words might be something like " Gorge of Despair, Tehipite Dome, Castle Creek Falls, "8'dbh western red cedars", rattlesnakes, etc. I already know my upcoming New Year's resolution! I'm going to wade into decades of slides, negatives, an prints currently closeted or 'storage unit-ed', and import them into the digital image world. There is some good fodder there for WNTS Trip Reports! -Don From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENTS] canyon oak Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:53:22 -0500 Don, My wife and I went out to CA last April to see Big Sur and then drive the different biomes from Big Sur to the east of Joshua Tree NP. Once you get east of the coast there is lots of open country, isolation, and diverse habitat/niches. We're going to spend 2 weeks out at Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia NPs next May. Gary On Dec 1, 2009, at 10:47 PM, DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]> wrote: Doug- It's hard to believe, but if you go east of the stretch from San Diego to LA, about 50 miles, you end up in really wonderful motorcycle or sportscar roads going through forests, woodlands, and grasslands before hitting some serious desert country. One of our favorite wineries (called In the Middle of Nowhere Winery!) was started there in the early thirties. -Don > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 18:45:23 -0800 > From: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ENTS] canyon oak > To: [email protected] > > Don, > > I certainly understand why you might want to stay away from much of the more > populated areas of southern California but there are always interesting > pockets of beauty everywhere you look...even here! > > I really don't know exactly what the fire burned at Palomar SP. I wish we had > more time there. We got in one afternoon and left the next morning. Not > enough time to do much exploring but I was mostly looking for some nice > canyon oaks which were very easy to find as they were everywhere in the > campground. Only one other person was at the campground the night that we > were there. Very nice! Much nicer than our experience at Cuyamaca Rancho SP > where some jokers decided to bring the city with them...ugh! > > Doug > > > > --- On Sun, 11/29/09, DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: [ENTS] canyon oak > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 10:58 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > Doug- > > > > Your post is proof positive of the good side of > > southern California...I'm seldom a defender, not > > having ANY affection for high density populations > > ANYWHERE. > > > > While I've not been to Cuyamaca Rancho SP, I was sent > > with a USFS firefighting crew to protect the Palomar SP and > > later the Observatory...I do recall the oaks, but confess > > that my attention was focused on the big-cone douglas fir, > > one a few relict stands statewide, and they were doing well > > there...felt good to be protecting them...hope they made it > > through the last series of fires that you refer to...mine > > were during the late eighties. > > > > -Don > > > > > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] Chat with Messenger straight from your Hotmail inbox. Check it out -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] _________________________________________________________________ Chat with Messenger straight from your Hotmail inbox. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1.aspx?ocid=PID23879::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-ww:WM_IMHM_4:092009 -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
