tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53141909207155973572024-03-21T07:25:03.150-07:00California State Park StoriesThe announcement that 70 State Parks will close within a year left many Californians feeling an unspeakable loss. This blog follows my travels to each one. It serves to honor the staff and volunteers who keep the parks (and thus place) alive in our minds, and bears witness to the vitality parks bring to the people of California and the world.Tova Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135295071010769753noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5314190920715597357.post-31248509502146103332011-07-20T07:35:00.000-07:002011-07-26T13:02:28.719-07:00Day 13: San Pasqual Battlefield SHP, Fort Tejon SHP, and Tule Elk State Reserve<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> 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The battle took place on December 6, 1846 and had no clear outcome.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3hjSDsJnEAUgQAJo97AyHWcpl0-k0ifX48KET5lRJh_Ksrv4YOSYTvbePYz2S4ZYjZTrNCci4GXlKPsnMPyY_WB6lgLCa5fudzXJXs-mNMPf2odDtWl3wpFBtJ2FIRvOqepoENRqe5qE/s1600/100_0308.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3hjSDsJnEAUgQAJo97AyHWcpl0-k0ifX48KET5lRJh_Ksrv4YOSYTvbePYz2S4ZYjZTrNCci4GXlKPsnMPyY_WB6lgLCa5fudzXJXs-mNMPf2odDtWl3wpFBtJ2FIRvOqepoENRqe5qE/s320/100_0308.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633140564371384322" border="0" /></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >The park holds living history events in which the battle is re-enacted and the public can enjoy period crafts and music.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span 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The Fort is a grim and necessary reminder of the European conquest of California and the United States; it was created to control local Indian populations. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >As I wandered about the buildings and other displays in the 102 degree heat, I noticed the heaviness of the uniforms worn by the soldiers; they appeared to be made mostly of wool with long sleeves, long pants, and tall boots. I also took note of the sour and disgruntled look of most of the Europeans depicted in the images, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >and wondered if the Europeans had dressed more </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihusZkoDTeRE4csmzJbJJXSgl8qZoUHTJMmGVZOBtv1KG2n6iLDdf0FKL_MgIF6otV8v0gll0Bfef5ogur2phbWzgLX6YFUbtAGIhyphenhyphenWMDiVeYdmXGk6x6ql4kknQvNJbVZPfYyfw31ENU/s1600/100_0315.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihusZkoDTeRE4csmzJbJJXSgl8qZoUHTJMmGVZOBtv1KG2n6iLDdf0FKL_MgIF6otV8v0gll0Bfef5ogur2phbWzgLX6YFUbtAGIhyphenhyphenWMDiVeYdmXGk6x6ql4kknQvNJbVZPfYyfw31ENU/s320/100_0315.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633150513646295170" border="0" /></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >appropriately for the climate would they have been less cranky?<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >I left Fort Tejon after dousing myself in a sprinkler and headed off to Tule Elk State Reserve in Buttonwillow.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;">Once again, I found myself withering along 1-5 in the tenacious summer heat with a plethora of welts from mosquito bites begging to be scratched beneath sweat softened skin. One of the most intriguing phenomena about travel and adventure is the apparent amnesia we have about the inevitable suffering we experience during our adventures; the delight we take in relaying said suffering to others post-trip, and finally, craving the suffering and heading out again.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3-Etwfcp4TPfw0qkv4-wm9Pu_eVAF44onBAwSJ0k4rAEd7uQ_dQowpeNupb-RLcUrAjFlkN5t2V5oHFRaFDK_0XTyVFU8tMe8bJ1ZVY4EreC1Al3k6tZt_u7aGWqN2WnloOnsFzVxX0/s1600/100_0326.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3-Etwfcp4TPfw0qkv4-wm9Pu_eVAF44onBAwSJ0k4rAEd7uQ_dQowpeNupb-RLcUrAjFlkN5t2V5oHFRaFDK_0XTyVFU8tMe8bJ1ZVY4EreC1Al3k6tZt_u7aGWqN2WnloOnsFzVxX0/s320/100_0326.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633141776732811778" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="times new roman"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >The first time I visited Tule Elk State Reserve it was as a scientific aide for the Department of Fish and Game. At that time the reserve was very dry because the agency in charge of the water had diverted it elsewhere. With the temperature at its high for the day (103 degrees), I pulled into the shaded parking lot of the reserve which was much cooler than I expected. The area now looked like Tule Elk habitat with marsh and reeds and maintained a delightfully cool temperature because of the presence of the water which had been returned to the reserve since my last visit.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="times new roman"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Tule Elk were nearly extinct when Henry Miller, </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxudskLuP_m82Gl_AdMVjyP-IFLEP-TaJJjLwGtXOf04ePYFkzG3nB7gqOpKhyXkvCA3zBVXo_iEQ5kAbJKGxQie0IENvUD2KP6up0Z3wUeYIKMImWibNwjf72GVIH9gNNS86wSLk6aVk/s1600/100_0328.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxudskLuP_m82Gl_AdMVjyP-IFLEP-TaJJjLwGtXOf04ePYFkzG3nB7gqOpKhyXkvCA3zBVXo_iEQ5kAbJKGxQie0IENvUD2KP6up0Z3wUeYIKMImWibNwjf72GVIH9gNNS86wSLk6aVk/s320/100_0328.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633141770410334290" border="0" /></a></span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >a rancher, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >began the effort to preserve the species in 1874. The elk are managed by the California Department of Fish and Game, but housed all over the state. They can be found at the Tule Elk State Reserve and at Point Reyes National Seashore among other places. I wonder what will become of the herd here? Does the closure of this park effect Fish and Game, and if so , how?<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Without my binoculars I was forced to use the zoom of my camera (perhaps with better results) to find the elk. 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2011</span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >To get to San Diego, I traveled through the San Bernardino National Forest. The rock formations fascinated me. From a distance, the mountains looked like giant rounded boulders covered in dark green moss; <span style=""> </span>angles and formations of light gray rock jutted out abruptly in all directions from behind the green. This intense beauty lasted until the smog burned my eyes, and a thick layer of brown capped the lower atmosphere on the horizon demarcating the density of the region’s "civilization".</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Lush and cool, my stay at Palomar Mountain provided </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HnNTp7l94HCnYWaPRWoJ9sqIBbDgddJ_XV7JqvEzJCEeFlGFYBaRKBk2oWTztW27pDjMFZLtwB5uRw_Q8d2rLHs41Q8JKhyy0wG1IvMhx9gVTg5bvf3AGvPTjQm2asJ-22FngpySIP0/s1600/100_0286.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HnNTp7l94HCnYWaPRWoJ9sqIBbDgddJ_XV7JqvEzJCEeFlGFYBaRKBk2oWTztW27pDjMFZLtwB5uRw_Q8d2rLHs41Q8JKhyy0wG1IvMhx9gVTg5bvf3AGvPTjQm2asJ-22FngpySIP0/s320/100_0286.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631438119498322898" border="0" /></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >relief from the harsh splendor of the desert. The road to Palomar Mountain State Park moves quickly from near sea level to 5500 feet and offers spectacular views to passengers; I don't recommend sight seeing for drivers. The road keeps the tight turns coming. The southwestern side of the mountain appears to have seen a fire somewhat recently as there is little brush and fire scarred trees. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >The campsites at Palomar Mountain State Park are shaded and family friendly. I found a lush spot under some chatty acorn woodpeckers. 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To my delight, I discovered coin operated showers and two quarters rolling about the floor of my car in the morning; I reveled in my 4 minute cold to luke warm shower. </span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Before heading out for San Pasqual Battlefield State </span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Historic Park, I wandered around the pond and watched a group of little birds splashed with yellow chitter and zip about. 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mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >14 June, 2011</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Saddleback Butte State Park is located in Joshua tree territory near Lancaster. By the time I arrived at 11:00 a.m., it was nearly 100 degrees. I looked at the sign for the trail head then up at the exposed butte and back again. The heat crinkled the atmosphere and the complete absence of shade meant no hike today unless I wanted to feed the coyotes and turkey vultures (not a bad funeral if you ask me); however, I decided I am not ready to die just yet. As an alternative, I sat sweltering in the campground under one of the shade and wind shelters constructed and maintained by park staff and poured out several small puddles of water from my gallon jug for the flies with the hope that, perhaps, they would stop accosting me. I daydreamed about spring or fall weather and imagined the view from the top of the butte.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MLXzwuqNXQv9lJ6vOCh7Kjwb_7fOAsfUQ7pzfVBsx9Ob4TB96vC66PKjhYzomSyMgYQwD1jq535wFUfY-xV0Pg6EdJgzDLkUSvHOSf7za8yFdplrA0sX0jkGG_7NrGOvxgFMhOdvnrk/s1600/100_0274.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MLXzwuqNXQv9lJ6vOCh7Kjwb_7fOAsfUQ7pzfVBsx9Ob4TB96vC66PKjhYzomSyMgYQwD1jq535wFUfY-xV0Pg6EdJgzDLkUSvHOSf7za8yFdplrA0sX0jkGG_7NrGOvxgFMhOdvnrk/s320/100_0274.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628103105861819602" border="0" /></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >The Joshua trees impressed me with their size and Dr. Seuss-like morphology. The last remnants of the winter’s snow drizzled down mountain tops in the distance like icing on a great rocky Danish. The red rock blazed against the green of the Joshua trees and the deafening blue of the sky.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >The scene possessed a likeness to old western movies. If I hadn’t known better, I would have expected to hear the call of a loon. A loon is a water bird whose feet sit so far back on its body (an adaptation for diving and fishing underwater) that if it ends up on land it cannot walk; therefore, the decision of Hollywood film makers to use the loons call as a hallmark of the desert is both hilarious and maddening to bird nerds like myself.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="times new roman"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOgMz3wM9utwNIvwDQKMBPmBcv-kZ0RIWGUd2r74_U0KG2oz1Mg6yvFXAYdslM24zTI-d6DWSvUTd4DanLvPaBuc-iEbYp5H0V-Qk_3Ju9IbLPfNFCi3zD322N8La4VjA3nm-LufRO3M/s1600/100_0271.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOgMz3wM9utwNIvwDQKMBPmBcv-kZ0RIWGUd2r74_U0KG2oz1Mg6yvFXAYdslM24zTI-d6DWSvUTd4DanLvPaBuc-iEbYp5H0V-Qk_3Ju9IbLPfNFCi3zD322N8La4VjA3nm-LufRO3M/s320/100_0271.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628103094771334002" border="0" /></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Despite the beauty of the park; it is also extremely harsh. Instead of camping at Saddleback Butte, I decided to move on to Palomar Mountain and the cooler temperatures of San Diego county.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="times new roman"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >On my way out of Lancaster, I stopped at Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park just down the road from Saddleback Butte. Unfortunately, the park is only open to the public on the weekends, and school tours on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A brochure for Antelope Valley that I picked up later at Fort Tejon describes an incredible experience, and I longed to walk the paths under the rocky bluff where the museum is located, and learn about the culture indigenous to the area.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27Eu5J-gqjkzHBJPsI5aiRV1in82p-QwjIUeXo_zP-syUAv3AXQK0tSwXzFBuyUrL7EW-ty4fvTzIW2Uoj07f54qJEDj1PqyQUCgzdVAP1xXnVowghb72Hnn2bUn2GtkgHf_GipZkTgk/s1600/100_0276.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27Eu5J-gqjkzHBJPsI5aiRV1in82p-QwjIUeXo_zP-syUAv3AXQK0tSwXzFBuyUrL7EW-ty4fvTzIW2Uoj07f54qJEDj1PqyQUCgzdVAP1xXnVowghb72Hnn2bUn2GtkgHf_GipZkTgk/s320/100_0276.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628103109500861970" border="0" /></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Many indigenous cultures hold and maintain thousands of years of ecological knowledge within a variety of traditions. Places like Antelope Valley Indian Museum give us the unique opportunity to discover different ways of understanding the world, retaining knowledge, and interacting with the ecosystems in which we live. <span style=""> </span>If we chose to listen to the knowledge maintained by many of these societies, we could learn a lot about how to survive and make the best use of resources and how to begin to restore specific ecosystems and resources.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >A holistic yet unique management approach for each landscape, watershed, or ecosystem is much more conducive to effective land use management than the cookie cutter approach used by bureaucratic systems. When we work inside political systems instead of ecological ones, we tend to generalize in order to simplify and govern;however, our relationship with place is anything but simple. 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The people who work in and live in these parks understand the quirks (and there are many) of the buildings, trails, ecosystems, and sewer systems; to just simply stop maintaining them will cause more damage and cost more money in the long run. </span></p>Tova Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135295071010769753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5314190920715597357.post-38732872206730207902011-07-07T21:34:00.000-07:002011-07-08T06:34:39.220-07:00Day 11: Red Rock Canyon State Park (No, It's not on the list)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3qa9hzswaYWvADIPR4pKmgvUPjH82-6Ihy_RXkqJv_TaOj4iQmzs_wxmNwuxuZpplw7kn1-I6T2DqUG2eVYuWaM6cphGVW6yDmZJMYE2z7QVp3vEIhMRHsHaYldic8G2yTB3Eeut6aw/s1600/100_0263.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" 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Don’t panic, it’s not on the list.<span style=""> </span>I chose to stay at Red Rock because it is an hour closer to home than Saddleback Butte State Park, I love red rock, and this park has been on my list for a long time. This turned out to be a good choice, because I got a late start. As it was, I set up camp in the purple timbre of late evening and gusty winds. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The drive down 99, like I-5, is bleak; it is filled with industry, monocultures, and very little that would qualify as nature or culture, or perhaps more accurately, the relationship between nature and culture here creates the dismal and unimaginative landscape; it is an ecological condition created by the culture living inside that landscape.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">As I neared the golden folds of the Tehachapi’s I felt my body relax, and I began to breath smoothly. Despite the harshness of the desert, the experience of the Tehachapi’s feels less stark than the dusty industrial and wholly manipulated valley. The place still maintains a tangible pulse. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1uY_hgDquNDnh-zjfp4ezFJsX5Keib5zM6rsMsECrGJLGh9hFt1efzKCHppJi5uwAAdigJ4N-0Ky2xKl5xEk2itXbmBIhInfVXXZkbAlL3UEa0Fe5Ia7x6b3PEPurhaJERdPHf0qKr0/s1600/100_0264.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1uY_hgDquNDnh-zjfp4ezFJsX5Keib5zM6rsMsECrGJLGh9hFt1efzKCHppJi5uwAAdigJ4N-0Ky2xKl5xEk2itXbmBIhInfVXXZkbAlL3UEa0Fe5Ia7x6b3PEPurhaJERdPHf0qKr0/s320/100_0264.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626837807769565090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Just around the bend of the first few hills, however, a giant wind farm scarred the spine of the mountains as far as I could see. I am a proponent of green energy, but must admit that wind farms construct a colossal and menacing scene. As I sit in my air conditioned house, under my electric light, tacking away at my computer, I question whether we really need to use so much energy. It seems that with all the talk of zero emissions energy that conservation never becomes a serious part of the discussion.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="times new roman" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Additionally, so called green energy might be better called zero emissions energy. Green or eco-friendly or any other such terms imply that the technology is actually eco-friendly or at least maintains a neutral effect on ecosystems as a whole because it is zero emissions. This approach and terminology is narrow sighted; it behaves as if climate is the only factor in ecosystem health. For example, dams are on the whole one of the most destructive forms of energy I have come across, yet they are zero emissions. They disrupt the migration of anadromous fish such a salmon and thus destroying fish populations as well as the cultures dependent upon them. They permanently saturate habitat, disrupt vital nutrient and sediment cycles, and interfere with natural pollution filtration systems provided by healthy watersheds…but I digress.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXORh53kAbpJzYokLykfZjUPwchvFJn6GT9-mI-J6V_Ku87J_2HmWUmgNvGmj4DY_p4vG5tikbtL4_6hjb30ICg9bwOk6TIHTaQ7u4wo5pbLeG5SSfjrlFrirSc5_8_8zsUREpEPIxaNk/s1600/100_0261.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXORh53kAbpJzYokLykfZjUPwchvFJn6GT9-mI-J6V_Ku87J_2HmWUmgNvGmj4DY_p4vG5tikbtL4_6hjb30ICg9bwOk6TIHTaQ7u4wo5pbLeG5SSfjrlFrirSc5_8_8zsUREpEPIxaNk/s320/100_0261.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626837802403601842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Red Rock Canyon is gorgeous. Although I will not spend much time talking about it since it is not on the list. The night was gusty, but my tent held up—unlike my last trip to Death Valley where my devoted tent fell victim to70 mph gusts. In the morning, I did yoga in under the rising sun and wrote in my journal before breaking camp and heading south for Saddleback Butte.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p>Tova Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135295071010769753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5314190920715597357.post-4295117433916762362011-07-01T12:20:00.001-07:002011-07-01T13:04:21.589-07:00Day 10: Henry W. 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><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >12 </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">June, 2011</span></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Henry W. Coe State Park</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Photos by Andrea Guthrie*</span><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">“…while we may have been used to hiking long distances in other parks, the miles were much longer in </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Coe”</span></span></i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Barbara Bessey on </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Ranger Barry Breckling, <span style="font-style: italic;">From Under My Brim</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4gFPDYvxn-V0wKDpxjwWS6BfMbzCGLRKUWJu4a78YUWsh6voJZPJf8kazhVNdOd8d3HkOSo6sxRQMt3SlmRrQ8XqOl1jCk7D0SVPfgMzHGk1W9QzbxweOfuxKrmo7AUYKEE3vmVrTak/s1600/SPS12JuneCoeManzanita.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4gFPDYvxn-V0wKDpxjwWS6BfMbzCGLRKUWJu4a78YUWsh6voJZPJf8kazhVNdOd8d3HkOSo6sxRQMt3SlmRrQ8XqOl1jCk7D0SVPfgMzHGk1W9QzbxweOfuxKrmo7AUYKEE3vmVrTak/s320/SPS12JuneCoeManzanita.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624466739803777138" border="0" /></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >At 87,000 acres, Henry W. Coe is California’s largest State park. My Aunt and Uncle volunteered there for many years when they were living just a few miles from the park in Morgan Hill. I remember attending various picnics and family gatherings there as a child. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Today, I got lucky; my friend Andrea volunteered to drive to the park. A hiking buddy and a driver—Woo Hoo! What a treat! We initially arrived at the Hunting Hollow entrance in Gilroy. A good number of cars filled the parking lot and a group of backpackers prepared to take off on one of the longer backcountry trails; however, we decided to seek out the visitor’s center so we could get suggested hikes from the staff. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >The main entrance to Henry W. Coe lies at the end of a narrow and winding road with spectacular views of the surrounding countryside. The park itself consists of steep rolling hills of oak woodland and canyons, and consistently reminds me of Pooh Bear’s 100 acre wood only many times larger.</span></p> <p face="times new roman" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVu0ANanbDCgM0IqLJt0PRuGur7_ALoPspz1Ali_qcYFMimAokgKNuvMteuJMLcDomdCAKCNQ1RCkOpmdgG9Yvma_srCAJpJGZP5S8OzVakOGeM7Ee0vnPXfUqGJO9fnsWd3dYfQWpz8/s1600/SPS12JuneCoeRanger.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVu0ANanbDCgM0IqLJt0PRuGur7_ALoPspz1Ali_qcYFMimAokgKNuvMteuJMLcDomdCAKCNQ1RCkOpmdgG9Yvma_srCAJpJGZP5S8OzVakOGeM7Ee0vnPXfUqGJO9fnsWd3dYfQWpz8/s320/SPS12JuneCoeRanger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624466734238858610" border="0" /></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >At the visitor’s center we met Ranger John Verhoeven, an open and friendly man built for hiking. Andrea and I chatted with him about the park for quite some time, and he suggested a six mile hike which he helpfully highlighted on a map; he even suggested that if we wanted to avoid steep climb at the end of the hike that we do the loop clockwise. Thank you Ranger Verhoeven for that piece of advice. When he said steep, he meant steep; it felt like wearing mountain sized stilettos on the descent. We met some folks traveling up this hill who implored us to turn around.<br /></span></p><p face="times new roman" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEbXPWvpPRXmz3Rqgew5HoXIs0DzG78Go-zOi4Uxw5_fIH2ctlUsPCm1gxTG1HCK-U59gyfJwvgNecbbqPdEsQj6l22Fdsqmocd73LeQM3WL56jcFpcbbmmuwERCpHjsAYN9-dtUa2Vk/s1600/SPS12JuneCoePond.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEbXPWvpPRXmz3Rqgew5HoXIs0DzG78Go-zOi4Uxw5_fIH2ctlUsPCm1gxTG1HCK-U59gyfJwvgNecbbqPdEsQj6l22Fdsqmocd73LeQM3WL56jcFpcbbmmuwERCpHjsAYN9-dtUa2Vk/s320/SPS12JuneCoePond.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624466738145783394" border="0" /></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Lots of snags dot the region making excellent granaries for acorn woodpeckers, and the old watering holes for cattle remain as small ponds throughout the park. We saw a California striped racer and numerous bird species; wild flowers still populated some of the fields. A section of the trail travels past a grove of gigantic manzanitas and madrones.</span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >While in the visitor’s center, I picked up a book written by long time state park Ranger Barry Breckling. The book, <i style="">From Under My Brim: Stories from the California Coast Range</i>, is a compilation of pieces he wrote for the <i style="">The Ponderosa</i>. The book details the natural and cultural history of the area, and is a fun and </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWA2WWADSm22ihxLxl0LTYmTO6K8NdGXpzNOVwVqG-a2IAawfaOBQxyxLOZt5vhiaHijhbqWI2TABDPD3IDx6VnDBvKnf2Y7b8pPKZg-QEJbBv7FltucIQIzZNtxJPxz1P18-2ELeLMzU/s1600/100_0243.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWA2WWADSm22ihxLxl0LTYmTO6K8NdGXpzNOVwVqG-a2IAawfaOBQxyxLOZt5vhiaHijhbqWI2TABDPD3IDx6VnDBvKnf2Y7b8pPKZg-QEJbBv7FltucIQIzZNtxJPxz1P18-2ELeLMzU/s320/100_0243.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624468552545121970" border="0" /></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >light read—great for kids around a campfire.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >*Photo by Tova Fleming</span><br 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My friend Karl volunteered to be my guide again and off we went. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">We began our short stroll at the base of a bridge that crossed the river, traversed the fairly rocky but short trail to an outcropping of rocks, and then lounged like lizards on large boulders that protruded midstream. Stream is too modest a word for the power of the river on this particular day. The water roared to a deafening pitch, we had to yell to hear each other above it; it seemed the entire river turned to rapids—no frog water here.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Although, we did see a </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0KOfW0HImJsttCPABS6myDWd1dLYQ2w2OnoMuuMlmv-mHBuSkO3yjnI7E6XIXSpTKzZewMfeweTObnelfile5kqMl2bL2pXqxkgjfZo1dODQ_MihBNxnHdVuHJMwP-Z2qGw2ghr3N8s/s1600/100_0232.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0KOfW0HImJsttCPABS6myDWd1dLYQ2w2OnoMuuMlmv-mHBuSkO3yjnI7E6XIXSpTKzZewMfeweTObnelfile5kqMl2bL2pXqxkgjfZo1dODQ_MihBNxnHdVuHJMwP-Z2qGw2ghr3N8s/s320/100_0232.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618990884515288866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">frog, or perhaps a toad, my skill identifying amphibians is poor. Raptors, however, are another story, I caught a glimpse of what looked like a golden eagle and watched a turkey vulture soar.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">A waterfall emptied into the river just upstream, and I alternated my naps in a granite papasan carved out by the water with gazing out over the scene—a trance-like state induced by the rushing water. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The butterflies were much more active than I. Five small lavender butterflies danced around my head as I explored some the rocks near the waterfall. Western tiger swallowtails (<i style="">Papilius rutulus)</i> zipped and twirled together over and beside the river.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnLSLUnTYxzNT8AX6la41SVOan0_EmCRsd3A24VXRnuKxw0CLvmKyFXfAZXxJ4Xu6X5uvnNDsKpAi90rF7wTJMXuu-dcW5q4eXnyphYbOHx3k53O0nO_1lzPQDlw8eH5SR5Jv15HLdks/s1600/100_0228.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnLSLUnTYxzNT8AX6la41SVOan0_EmCRsd3A24VXRnuKxw0CLvmKyFXfAZXxJ4Xu6X5uvnNDsKpAi90rF7wTJMXuu-dcW5q4eXnyphYbOHx3k53O0nO_1lzPQDlw8eH5SR5Jv15HLdks/s320/100_0228.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619016625000605922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Later we decided to drive down to another part of the park and jostled down a dirt road in my little Corolla behind a small dark SUV whose movements revealed trepidation about continuing on. After a few minutes the SUV stopped, the driver and passenger got out and told us they were going to turn around. We were exploring new terrain, but felt confident enough in our direction to tell them there is a bridge across the river down here somewhere. The woman eyed us suspiciously, and decided that they would still turn around. We went around them and within a minute could hear the roar of the river.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The late rains made the hills around the trails lush with vegetation and a plethora of poison oak. There were still some wildflowers scattered about. At one point, the smell of lupine and wild rose was so strong I had to make sure I wasn’t imagining it. By late afternoon, the sunshine and the sound of the river put me into a bit of a stupor.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="times new roman" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwOf0iObp0WTZfE51f30KGHGk_YQ3waI8-sHtWwMRDpmiEu21fC9tGHzqWZ-RzaBOaA0rdULcWpOpEWrPunh-Xm7701fTfh2tY00By3kR7xAJHWaLagNY5MD65v9IEV3J0HElRPmZON4/s1600/100_0237.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwOf0iObp0WTZfE51f30KGHGk_YQ3waI8-sHtWwMRDpmiEu21fC9tGHzqWZ-RzaBOaA0rdULcWpOpEWrPunh-Xm7701fTfh2tY00By3kR7xAJHWaLagNY5MD65v9IEV3J0HElRPmZON4/s320/100_0237.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618990898220601170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">On our way home, we stopped to enjoy Nevada City and contributed to the local economy of the area surrounding the park. </span></p> <p 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style="font-family:times new roman;">June, 2011</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="">Castle Crags State Park, Shasta State Historic Park, and Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="">Up at 4:30 today to make it to Castle Crags State Park with enough time to explore and then make my interview with my friend and ex-boss retired Ranger Dave Horvitz at Shasta Historic State Park. I Left the house under a clear pink sky at 5:30 just fifteen minutes before sunrise. As I drove up I-5, the sweet smell of alfalfa spilled through my open window. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="">I love stealing a morning all to myself. Only a few travelers crawled along 5 like the first few ants on an abandoned lollipop. All is quiet now, but I sensed the inevitable swarm and scurried along and took in the sweetness of before I was inundated. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0St9dxCKmMJm3O18i1jxV8EW1mYefWFqkO6knUz471PLeYIkbb7lsif6a_pMrYtcxCgtjRMkG0efHeQkaaKoDZBaRfrG6uio1eym4nbr3tkWmY2-Nvks5NdQFR41G0CBHLdIiNAfIox8/s1600/100_0177.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0St9dxCKmMJm3O18i1jxV8EW1mYefWFqkO6knUz471PLeYIkbb7lsif6a_pMrYtcxCgtjRMkG0efHeQkaaKoDZBaRfrG6uio1eym4nbr3tkWmY2-Nvks5NdQFR41G0CBHLdIiNAfIox8/s320/100_0177.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616831504472094002" border="0" /></a><span style="">One of my favorite things about driving long distances in California is watching the landscape change—from the big sky, egrets, and open fields of the valley to oak woodland to conifer bearing mountain ranges. When Shasta came into view, I pulled over to gawk under its authority. Snow still covered the volcano from the tip of the cone down to as far as I could see.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="">As Castle Crags came into view, I had to force myself to stop mountain watching from the driver’s seat. The temperature dropped to 46 degrees by the time I reached vista point at Castle Crags State Park where viewed three </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0KI5iYy0-0Dexq7CcfM0hKZCPqEvSNBGppPvflojPY7Iyw0t4YMGfZ8k2ghfOx-gb6kthgyT91522oSZ0SHrvb233DtfoxVv5dnsGW43dSmNm6gcpbxw-C88i817GvjtTwfawHoU-Ts/s1600/100_0179.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0KI5iYy0-0Dexq7CcfM0hKZCPqEvSNBGppPvflojPY7Iyw0t4YMGfZ8k2ghfOx-gb6kthgyT91522oSZ0SHrvb233DtfoxVv5dnsGW43dSmNm6gcpbxw-C88i817GvjtTwfawHoU-Ts/s320/100_0179.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616831512591016610" border="0" /></a><span style="">distinct mountains: Shasta formed from volcanic rock, Castle Crags from granite, and the Trinity Alps from serpentine.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="">I met Dave and his dogs Ike and Dinah (aka Ole Prune) at his home behind Shasta State Historic Park where he lives with his wife Heidi, the Superintendent of five California State Parks including Shasta SHP, Castle Crags, and Weaverville Joss House, and their two sons. We strolled up to the museum where Dave introduced me to Jackie. Jackie worked in the museum which used to be the original courthouse for the booming mining town. Upon hearing about my interest in writing, Jackie showed me </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgWkAs2g1vfqdHQxqW8sFv26F0S6PHtfGhHA78B9zTKjrGIQiOHXBcLJ1BDFqN9-Tq-0l2uWYRYpAZDeMQiBAYcCA3hBnEO_2A1F1HPbOIwgo6A78S0qMDoeCYMDQ78y4icD5Q1JeEv4/s1600/100_0186.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgWkAs2g1vfqdHQxqW8sFv26F0S6PHtfGhHA78B9zTKjrGIQiOHXBcLJ1BDFqN9-Tq-0l2uWYRYpAZDeMQiBAYcCA3hBnEO_2A1F1HPbOIwgo6A78S0qMDoeCYMDQ78y4icD5Q1JeEv4/s320/100_0186.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616831525019801954" border="0" /></a><span style="">two fascinating old papers from the formation of the town. One was an old map drawn by hand. “They didn’t always orient their maps to the north” she told me as I gazed at the meticulously crafted sketch.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="">During a major forest fire a few years back, the park began packing up the the 98 paintings by California artists donated by Mae Helene Bacon Boggs that hang in the museum along with other artifacts such as a Native American basketry collection. The collection has since been unpacked, but it was a huge project. The museum, aka courthouse, is complete with functioning gallows (which were used twice), a ghost, and a jail in the basement.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>I walked with Dave a few hundred feet up the road there to an old cemetery. I felt like a Chihuahua walking with a Great Dane taking five steps to one of his; Dave is tall and a deft hiker from years of traversing backcountry wilderness. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuzOmt6Dzssys9bK5BS82A3xp_6P6MOfQaKYZStwlS3vNWol3RflwqPDGkuTHjGNtxzVbNbXRYqfJuNm5Qcwb1W9rDegXw571P9zGNRcOUW-Z4rWfMfkpWFxN535BwVf6OkHWloRuFco/s1600/100_0185.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuzOmt6Dzssys9bK5BS82A3xp_6P6MOfQaKYZStwlS3vNWol3RflwqPDGkuTHjGNtxzVbNbXRYqfJuNm5Qcwb1W9rDegXw571P9zGNRcOUW-Z4rWfMfkpWFxN535BwVf6OkHWloRuFco/s320/100_0185.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616835985166327682" border="0" /></a><span style="">Across the street the remnants of the town which once supported a population of more than one thousand people—more than live in Shasta today. The historic town includes a functional bakery and blacksmithing shop where local blacksmiths hold demonstration once or twice a month.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="">Dave is the embodiment of the American Park Ranger. He is fit, jovial, witty and sharp. He loves what he does and it shows. He beams when he talks about the parks, history, animals, environment, and even the quirky details of each park.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><i style=""><span style="">I will be posting my interview with Dave shortly, so stay tuned.</span></i><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMAIFN9Fm-wyNUB9RRf8j0oytQEmbBqoDfFkASNIhTGS8Z1x4ITOlyWnJ2zLQRqzlnXcr2PlukhNhEL-L_LWxR60tAKqr3-Q-6imr3MSYeBgrL7cd-OLAW9AA2Agwp4pHbs-UE5OLfH8/s1600/100_0190.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMAIFN9Fm-wyNUB9RRf8j0oytQEmbBqoDfFkASNIhTGS8Z1x4ITOlyWnJ2zLQRqzlnXcr2PlukhNhEL-L_LWxR60tAKqr3-Q-6imr3MSYeBgrL7cd-OLAW9AA2Agwp4pHbs-UE5OLfH8/s320/100_0190.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616835976920023506" border="0" /></a><span style="">On my way to Weaverville Joss House, I spotted two Bald Eagles soaring over Whiskeytown Lake. By the time I arrived, the sky darkened and it began to rain. <span style=""> </span>Inside the museum, I met Jack Frost a park interpreter born in the Grand Canyon. His father worked for national parks and mother worked for state parks. Jack is a full of energy, very kind, and shared his deep knowledge and passion about the Joss House with me and two other visitors. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="">The Joss House is a temple that is still in use today. Chinese migrants built it in 1873. These migrants were initially welcomed as workers, but when they showed up to mine for gold were retaliated against with vehemence. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1md5qFdWbTjg2c8DInf6AG0UWVonk5aZrQRpeLVv-bq9Zvasa89pm4moxv-Pp4l_hELWuyD7n7a90BUyiZEPAiXD06HlC62FQ2CxfPwBp28jPliWfTMccHWiBgxDfiKaPuAhkpTYVnRQ/s1600/100_0192.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1md5qFdWbTjg2c8DInf6AG0UWVonk5aZrQRpeLVv-bq9Zvasa89pm4moxv-Pp4l_hELWuyD7n7a90BUyiZEPAiXD06HlC62FQ2CxfPwBp28jPliWfTMccHWiBgxDfiKaPuAhkpTYVnRQ/s320/100_0192.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616835994765415682" border="0" /></a><span style="">The Joss House became a way of saying “We are staying” and of bringing a bit of their own culture with them. The large and magnificent furnishings of the temple were brought over from China in the late 1800’s by boat and train—quite an undertaking. All the temples like this one in China were destroyed during a period of unrest.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="">Joss House served not only as a temple, but also as the first school for Chinese American children in Northern Californian. In a small room adjacent to the room for worship is the caretaker’s quarters, and classroom. 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There will not be one gold rush historic map left north of Sacramento” Joss House serves more than 2000 school children a year, as does Shasta SHP. (As a side note Petaluma Adobe, also slated to close, serves 2000-6000 students per year).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">This urn is still used to burn prayers written on paper, so they will be heard by the spirits</span></span></span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12mzu-wlyNp5_rdPjkAefF7vS4o7BlBhVwkcK0j_y67Cen6v4tXFsbxWIXIOhg4PKAdKQtZx3SeTrc8xQQ_6bko8G9xPqLC3pQYfDIQBlE7HIFfFT17RgaIf7VYHgeEueznzBz_RHEtM/s1600/100_0206.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12mzu-wlyNp5_rdPjkAefF7vS4o7BlBhVwkcK0j_y67Cen6v4tXFsbxWIXIOhg4PKAdKQtZx3SeTrc8xQQ_6bko8G9xPqLC3pQYfDIQBlE7HIFfFT17RgaIf7VYHgeEueznzBz_RHEtM/s320/100_0206.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616836000361801122" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDskZqnv33vBT3w6ld_MXUqbiIBwWgU58CAXE9fq9JMrlCm7_j3GlfIFyk7A1PT5Btg33m4EPGLDk6EcZaXIUk1GmR9FIIqWd47gpMiHo0xTvdIjWV5vAsuG9tUfyf1RW8QOOkAFmHM5c/s1600/100_0188.jpg"><br /></a></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzy7jjCc9vWDElJFft9Wf2A-2wXhYxYEoVxSWg8Dvr0wIgsnei_FMAVm8OwqnM9WiJwUAYnX-mHeU7Z1yAWscvkjtHpdM1NAQXPQnd4eNiKG2CS7UKDKk8xW_D2jwvAI9jrydLxYbWzI/s1600/100_0181.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzy7jjCc9vWDElJFft9Wf2A-2wXhYxYEoVxSWg8Dvr0wIgsnei_FMAVm8OwqnM9WiJwUAYnX-mHeU7Z1yAWscvkjtHpdM1NAQXPQnd4eNiKG2CS7UKDKk8xW_D2jwvAI9jrydLxYbWzI/s320/100_0181.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616831516177020834" border="0" /></a></p>Tova Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135295071010769753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5314190920715597357.post-26769561739384845452011-06-05T18:49:00.000-07:002011-06-06T08:15:25.010-07:00Day 7: Samuel P. 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id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614922241064010338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">29 May, 2011</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Samuel P. Taylor State Park & Tomales Bay State Park</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >(Photos by Karl Cordtz*</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">)</span></span><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Once again, I am fortunate and grateful to have a friend accompany me on my trip. Karl met me at home this morning and became the focal point of doggy enthusiasm before we headed out to the parks. The sun beamed (an especially joyous thing considering our strange weather this year), and we decided to hike Samuel P. Taylor and then stop at Tomales Bay to chill out on the beach.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Samuel P. Taylor State Park sits on the western edge of San Rafael, and exemplifies the coastal redwood experience at the end of their range in the bay area. We began our hike from the picnic area surrounded by the boles of <i style="">Sequoia sempervirens</i>. People filled the park enjoying picnics, camping, and playing in the stream that runs through the middle of the park.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIihXU39X4uiluEIY8fAshXEkvWp4SShixh_VWCrZ7ZHqc0rdHfCC7R71qwD7-31XGlO-CC1UbEcChLPgVPGKPRSLqPYD3RZQKNxDVPk7g29B5UnS52i2vRDTowOTrpWqIRjsLJEDtj30/s1600/IMG_3203.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIihXU39X4uiluEIY8fAshXEkvWp4SShixh_VWCrZ7ZHqc0rdHfCC7R71qwD7-31XGlO-CC1UbEcChLPgVPGKPRSLqPYD3RZQKNxDVPk7g29B5UnS52i2vRDTowOTrpWqIRjsLJEDtj30/s320/IMG_3203.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614922249681590466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Because of its proximity to San Rafael, I suspect a lot of locals use this park. The first part of our walk was on a fire road being utilized by families with strollers, serious (and less serious) cyclists, and people with their dogs many of whom looked like they were on their way from somewhere to somewhere. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Recently, I read an article in <i style="">Land and People</i>, a magazine published by the Trust for Public Land, that explained the results of a study on the <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span>relationship between parks and human health. The parks most beneficial to people are situated in or near communities </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLSlBNuu6_FAYWpG25WTls3U6y3nQb9r2P4Eselc06teGTRYt5nc9x5ehd4QAw1-dbhJE3Az1F0mt726GM1uchO6TrexC_mi0IYSOwzqiUVGnkirefQaYwCRSHfA8lNbzMAfdVIapic8/s1600/IMG_3200.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLSlBNuu6_FAYWpG25WTls3U6y3nQb9r2P4Eselc06teGTRYt5nc9x5ehd4QAw1-dbhJE3Az1F0mt726GM1uchO6TrexC_mi0IYSOwzqiUVGnkirefQaYwCRSHfA8lNbzMAfdVIapic8/s320/IMG_3200.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614925490484499362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">and amenities. Samuel P. Taylor and Annadel State Parks provide a shining example of this type of park and reflect it in visibly high usage. Because legislators based closures partially on income, I wonder if the easy accessibility to these parks from areas where day use fees cannot be collected actually hurt them in the eyes of our utilitarian decision makers. Every time I visited either one, they appear to maintain high levels of use.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It took me a minute or 45 to adjust my legs to the steep hill to Barnabe Peak, but once I made it through the initial burn my energy seemed to double. Again, I appreciated my patient and skillful hiking partner who teaches backpacking classes, and hiked the John Muir trail traveling somewhere around 15 plus miles a day. Views of the surrounding hills, a reservoir, and Tomales Bay revealed themselves as we rose above the crowns of the redwoods. We stopped to take in the numerous views and look at some interesting flowers. A rogue dog trounced down a dangerously steep hill as we neared the peak, but his owners recovered him without incident. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="times new roman"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvlTyhvZvv10qsA1-5JrwIZzjDqAbjF_0o4mWKRiCEpFaVN-vvdh9-Ff1B5MaeATFDUXDIpAIDszwi3xBgWzIvlW-Ya1ZsDS-wFj7cg1qCENLfBULAfr8d6w54Tv8ZLZi8Zfo6Sra2zY/s1600/IMG_3209.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvlTyhvZvv10qsA1-5JrwIZzjDqAbjF_0o4mWKRiCEpFaVN-vvdh9-Ff1B5MaeATFDUXDIpAIDszwi3xBgWzIvlW-Ya1ZsDS-wFj7cg1qCENLfBULAfr8d6w54Tv8ZLZi8Zfo6Sra2zY/s320/IMG_3209.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614922259245328258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Numerous birds flitted about at and near the peak of the hill. An osprey soared over our heads, along with several turkey vultures and a red-tailed hawk. Two swallows fed a nest of hungry youngster at the lookout station that crowned the peak. The star of the show, however, turned out to be a raven playing on the gusty and plentiful wind around the peak. The raven soared then rolled upside down, turned right side up and then rolled over again; then he used his wings like a kind of hang glider and suspended himself and balanced in the drafts. This behavior continued the from the time we arrived to the time we left the peak—quite spectacular. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="times new roman"><span style="font-size:100%;">I, on the other hand, imitated a lizard and toasted myself on the warm cement at the side of the tower followed by some yoga to relieve my legs. Karl deftly climbed a metal pipe to the second floor of the tower to get a better look around. He also managed to take some really nice photographs.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="times new roman"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Karl ankle deep with sharks<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">* Photo by Tova Fleming</span></span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhxVvN6pu5iAwfcLYohMZNFwacbnQS8Z3fpnrrXUBgpLIjynAqLAY8eX339pZdiqTEWqHw0dXatSuF5dyE4eHA5C-BUhLv4qXMyUpNAWnsLqQKRsLhOe8Ge5OjtSl3bU-_Lrssw-2Xm7E/s1600/100_0164.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhxVvN6pu5iAwfcLYohMZNFwacbnQS8Z3fpnrrXUBgpLIjynAqLAY8eX339pZdiqTEWqHw0dXatSuF5dyE4eHA5C-BUhLv4qXMyUpNAWnsLqQKRsLhOe8Ge5OjtSl3bU-_Lrssw-2Xm7E/s320/100_0164.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614922238238811282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Our next stop, Tomal</span><span style="font-size:100%;">es Bay State Park, lies at the end of a 45 minute car ride. The bay is protected and the waves are small compared to the rest of the unprotected shoreline. The main beach teamed with people, so we took a light jaunt, sans hiking boots, along a lush wooded trail of bay trees dripping with lichen that ran through several picnic areas with stunning views of the bay. We arrived at pebble beach, immediately lost the shoes, and waded into the water. Cormorants fished and very soon I spotted fins just above the surface of the water. At first I thought the fins were the flippers of a seal, but was soon proven wrong. By the end of the afternoon, I saw what I estimate to be 12 or more sharks swarming in the water,and riding waves into shore—sometimes coming as close as five feet. They appeared to be sand tiger sharks. They swarmed and breached; one came two or three feet out of the water before crashing back down. I’ve never seen anything like it.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0k9Mvo-Ejrg2lrBMhe8yFwd6RQDnkdyg399i-2nPdShFm1OZmpiAbTyX1949VQx9S-jHRe0Gm2j-YBQgfVoW2gfyxsARe3TWBxzHWVbv-vPuR30x-Ifwrw9XqsI0pvHRASc50djmTAKE/s1600/IMG_3221.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0k9Mvo-Ejrg2lrBMhe8yFwd6RQDnkdyg399i-2nPdShFm1OZmpiAbTyX1949VQx9S-jHRe0Gm2j-YBQgfVoW2gfyxsARe3TWBxzHWVbv-vPuR30x-Ifwrw9XqsI0pvHRASc50djmTAKE/s320/IMG_3221.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614925499656607330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Today, Karl brought a book of Robinson Jeffers poetry and we took turns reading the poetry of coastal California. I found this experience even more powerful than the Snyder we read the day before; perhaps, because of the overwhelming sensory experience of the ocean—the smell, touch, and feel of it are completely unique and sensual. This in combination with Jeffers potent and well crafted language is just something everyone must experience. Jeffers made my favorite poets list today.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Hiking out with mud and sand encrusted feet, we disturbed a gray fox searching for scraps on oneof the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">picnic tables. On the way home, we stopped in Petaluma at Punjabi Burrito, a restaurant that basis its food on Indian cuisine then mixes it Mexican and Jamaican. I highly recommend stopping there too. 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It contained some giant rolls of insulation, an electric coffee pot, and the buildings only source of heat, a big iron stove—a square variation on the pot belly. However, the old classroom captivated our attention. It held rows of old honey colored desks with ornamental iron braces. Each desk connected itself to matching wooden chairs. There were brass name plates fastened to the left corner of each desk, perhaps in honor of donors. Chalkboards leaned on walls all around the room. The chalkboard at the front of the room hung above a platform on which the instructor would stand to lecture. (This particular configuration makes me grateful for the lecture halls and literally level playing field of today’s paddleless classrooms).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">We spent a good deal of time here as the space is very interesting. It made a great amphitheater for reading Snyder aloud, and would make a good place for photographer (who is better than me) to explore. Karl and I are both musicians, and we wondered about the acoustics and possibilities for recording music here. 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Like my dog reminds me every time we take a walk in the rain, the exhilaration of being cold and wet is dependent upon getting out of the rain and the cold.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="times new roman" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Before we left the park, we stopped at the small historic town at the entrance of the park, and warmed up inside the visitor’s center. The ranger settled fees for campsites, told people about the campfire program (I’m now dying to go), and warned people that, yes, this is bear country. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8muHnt4I00Tae9Acl0OzriAMg-vE_1jPcsP5QTq9J-StvVdGCkmBqyLy72Um2bwduw_f71t3BB4yDeBM5Vs0YERhrFeoN3-Rj-VYnVPh-WehxpP3mnJ4ZAAXzCzPiVMXbX1J0YhyeKhA/s1600/100_0142.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8muHnt4I00Tae9Acl0OzriAMg-vE_1jPcsP5QTq9J-StvVdGCkmBqyLy72Um2bwduw_f71t3BB4yDeBM5Vs0YERhrFeoN3-Rj-VYnVPh-WehxpP3mnJ4ZAAXzCzPiVMXbX1J0YhyeKhA/s320/100_0142.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613791964196884338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">In the time of the Western expansion into California, many of the bears were California grizzlies, a distinct species of grizzly now extirpated. 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style="font-size:100%;">Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The second try is the charm. My first excursion to Petaluma Adobe State Historic park took place on a Saturday; unfortunately, the park only opens on weekdays due to staffing shortages. Here is an important note if you plan on visiting the park (and, of course) I suggest you do: the park will be open only on the weekends from10-5 pm beginning in June.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The park is two miles off of Lakeville Highway in Petaluma and is near to a suburban neighborhood and school at the edge of the classic Sonoma County landscape complete with rolling hills and oak woodland.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AQQn-Ke2hO8U_BGnouvCAL0ZIzPSB-ddCXIzRw5do-91kAqIfXVSXlv_qyMzOAhyEPF4JEVWhOUWXSN5zXCN87-yjZ05Du0aKo9GY_3vbmawR4IAdhMM_nHdnh1KXPK9vHyzO75j9xg/s1600/SPSPetalumaAdobeMe.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AQQn-Ke2hO8U_BGnouvCAL0ZIzPSB-ddCXIzRw5do-91kAqIfXVSXlv_qyMzOAhyEPF4JEVWhOUWXSN5zXCN87-yjZ05Du0aKo9GY_3vbmawR4IAdhMM_nHdnh1KXPK9vHyzO75j9xg/s320/SPSPetalumaAdobeMe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612580858855101410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">The parking and picnic area are situated slightly below the main residence of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, the central feature of the park. A little bridge crosses a stream before the wide path ascends to the main attraction. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">My knowledge about the history of California is limited predominantly to natural history, and I am grateful for the chance to catch up on some lessons of human history here. I wandered through the doorway marked “ENTRADA” in yellow. A beautifully constructed historical display greeted me. Being a kinesthetic person I enjoyed the chance to touch the Mexican saddle and sheep pelt on display. I lived next door to sheep for some time, but never got the opportunity to touch one. Their wool is surprisingly soft.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I entered the main courtyard to pay my fee to tour the park, and met the Park Interpreter Phil who kind enough to chat with me a while. Phil began as volunteer docent 1991 and has been a park employee now for 15 years. Phil is a true storyteller with a pleasing pace, and gestures that leave his audience hanging on each word. He wanted specifically to work at Petaluma Adobe, but I didn’t get a chance to ask him why as a group of school kids arrived for a tour. I got the impression that he is a history buff and that I just barley chipped the surface of what he knows. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsMDtT5hPKjxmW9xCVdMkiMThQ8WMbf3ujMMyNtKQaNvV0wvX3vgG5H1sVhjE6CY3LtO61boREQMMHDpFKxUWueW7sEQNaBMf9SsxjYlcZxZcLIkInnpDL3XPJaGuLFLpQ7ATHXA6PJQ/s1600/SPSPetalumaAdobeServantsQ.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsMDtT5hPKjxmW9xCVdMkiMThQ8WMbf3ujMMyNtKQaNvV0wvX3vgG5H1sVhjE6CY3LtO61boREQMMHDpFKxUWueW7sEQNaBMf9SsxjYlcZxZcLIkInnpDL3XPJaGuLFLpQ7ATHXA6PJQ/s320/SPSPetalumaAdobeServantsQ.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612580859351038434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">No one knows how Vallejo got water to the residence Phil told me. There are several theories and historians argue about it which should please them as I don’t know a historian, scientist or other academic that doesn’t like to engage in a fervent debate. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="times new roman" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;">One theory holds that Vallejo engaged the young Indian boys who lived along the stream that now runs past the parking lot to bring water up the hill in buckets. This would have been an extremely labor intensive and daily routine, especially considering that there may have been 30 to 40 people living in the residence, a blacksmith, and cooks all needing water. I can attest to the grueling nature of hauling buckets of water up (and downhill) as I volunteered at the then newly relocated Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue. The rescue is situate on a steep hill and because it was still under construction the only water spigots were at the top of the hill and thus the hauling of water which often took me four or more hours to supply a few dozen animals.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="times new roman" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The second theory is that Vallejo had a well constructed at the residence, yet there is no evidence for this with one exception. A woman and long time resident of the area who had frequented the park told my guide that a staircase once ran from the area near the office of the park to the second floor landing, and that there was a well at the base of the staircase. During the restoration of the building, workers found fired brick in the spot where the well was said to have been located; however, these bricks date to the recent American period. It is likely that the bricks were used to cover the well or even fill it, but I guess we will have to leave it to the historians to duke it out.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiCxzUsCHQ5rwyAyVv7Y2cXUROkZ-druTMmujurnebLtofSqYHe6F3tGe2HhYoU3-7lCzbRkHwib-6jfJnNeRFFtEYAW4hfkxrkiOnr-ktMmlbbIMVhuvxaUp8P1hf7SXt0PxuSBtUBM/s1600/SPSPetalumaAdobeCactus.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiCxzUsCHQ5rwyAyVv7Y2cXUROkZ-druTMmujurnebLtofSqYHe6F3tGe2HhYoU3-7lCzbRkHwib-6jfJnNeRFFtEYAW4hfkxrkiOnr-ktMmlbbIMVhuvxaUp8P1hf7SXt0PxuSBtUBM/s320/SPSPetalumaAdobeCactus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612580847387009650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Not far from the residence a young relative of Vallejo, decided to engage a grizzly bear in a solitary rodeo. Common practice of the day was to rope grizzlies in groups as both sport and self defense, but they did not do this alone. A grizzly bear is an extremely formidable foe and can run as fast as a horse. “Image what would happen if you only roped one foot” Phil said. I cringed. Regardless of the potential danger the young man, an expert horseman, charged the grizzly; the bear charged back then dropped out of sight and the ground dropped out of sight. An angry frightened man, horse, and grizzly found themselves together in a ravine. Legend has it that the bear climbed out first with the assistance of the man who gave its rear end a mighty shove!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">We are lucky to have storytellers like Phil to keep and restore this knowledge to our memories and culture. The stories provide us with a cultural and personal identity that moves through both space and time.<span style=""> </span>I am so grateful to him for sharing his extensive knowledge with me.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Petaluma Adobe sponsors several historic events throughout the year, and has a resident burro and horse who I caught taking a siesta.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8IT1hOSbO5jnERdWt8IKvspU_HJzHao6_2Fh7ZDkAxpOX4B9906n9G2pc2h7z3R3CMJuH-dBLPJCr8t5_i0NQwhbsD55IbLRBsDWWhPI2XNxCXNlw4rgmI3FEYYc8mia0T9BOTXfGGA/s1600/SPSPetalumaAdobeBurro.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" 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115%;font-size:100%;" > 24 May, 2011</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Day 4: Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park & Bothe-Napa Valley State Historic Park</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >I inadvertently arrived at Bale Grist Mill on a day reserved for school field trips. The parks helpful volunteer staff allowed me to sit in on a lecture (as long as I stayed out of the way) about the mill and a demonstration of the 36 foot waterwheel with a group of kids from a Vallejo school on a field trip. I saw at least two different school groups there that day. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >As it turns out, the guide told the kids Earnest Bale widowed his Mexican wife with six kids when she was just 28. The mill did not become successful until this young widow Maria improved the facilities. She is responsible for what is at the mill today. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Mill’s were a central stop in communities. Farmers brought their wheat to be milled, hung out, and swapped stories. Today, I spoke with a couple of volunteers who spent time volunteering not only at the mill, but also in Oregon and Washington State Parks where they gave whale watching tours.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >It seems that many historic parks work in conjunction with non-profit organizations, but a lot of red tape stands in the way of them being able to run parks effectively by themselves. I wonder if perhaps it is time to rethink the legalities concerning non-profit and park partnerships in order to save these parks.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Another issue seems to be the difficultly of keeping the less “developed” parks open. The relationship and support given to historic parks raises the question in my mind: would anyone be interested in forming non-profits to help manage and maintain “less developed” state park by creating opportunities of traditional resource management practices? This is also a valid historic condition, and one may be of interest to the indigenous people of California, ecological restorationists, and historians. A study recently conducted in National Parks explored traditional management as a way to restore and manage park resources by restoring ecological integrity and cultural relationships in the region.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Nappin' in Napa</span></span><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVglKh5offSvo1w3sgC3J314VxKnA3aJtqrSRUTrdtBJ1nEsTTLXVDHsZOKxsJGE7K2KBk7AKmd2MhZ5vXWw_JDLJHoMKGlJAwYqm7w64maIyWpUQyyKmpHjtikwmKejiypaTRK6iQmI/s1600/SPSNapaBotheMe.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVglKh5offSvo1w3sgC3J314VxKnA3aJtqrSRUTrdtBJ1nEsTTLXVDHsZOKxsJGE7K2KBk7AKmd2MhZ5vXWw_JDLJHoMKGlJAwYqm7w64maIyWpUQyyKmpHjtikwmKejiypaTRK6iQmI/s320/SPSNapaBotheMe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612144129843358466" border="0" /></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Bothe-Napa Valley State Park</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="times new roman"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Feeling very sleepy as I arrived at Bothe-Napa Valley State Park (which incidentally has an amazing Native American plant demonstration garden), I decided to join the other park visitors by having a good lounge. Several people were scattered throughout the picnic area with their faces buried behind newspapers and books while their well secured dogs divvied up their afternoon in blocks of snoozing and sniffing the breeze<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >There is a 1.2 mile trail that leads from Bothe-Napa Valley State Park to Bale Grist SHPwhich passes by an </span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >old cemetery and the mill pond.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGsMd6APZsg7Q-wt0ITMUjVNoXdJHKQIGz0YK0Hedq8tlHhdoqul9sgy0pxRnQxMuId7ikv9lUIZfD7-9VZI2pNCkXaVKw1ByZlnwNdoqz2W5Oocm7qfm8Oe_X8LVLAXl0lDIGkm-qts/s1600/SPSNapaBotheSign.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" 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font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >23 May, 2011</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Day 3: Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >I arrived at L</span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >eland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park </span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >in the State’s Capitol around t</span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >wo</span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" > in the aftern</span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >oon. You c</span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >annot to</span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >ur the mansion without a guide, so I roamed around the gift shop and struck </span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >up a conversation with the man behind </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIDHoJQgcQEyNwUob5xQogrRjcxDJ8a3X0o9-WhfruPZI8PWvldUhwMUnz7M1ZdsF994YTsRaQj9vd193srrsZXtJWzesH841jUbMcATI61uBC-j082tAYy1HVZSKMpIUVKti0ct2bXY/s1600/GovenorsMansionFlower1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIDHoJQgcQEyNwUob5xQogrRjcxDJ8a3X0o9-WhfruPZI8PWvldUhwMUnz7M1ZdsF994YTsRaQj9vd193srrsZXtJWzesH841jUbMcATI61uBC-j082tAYy1HVZSKMpIUVKti0ct2bXY/s320/GovenorsMansionFlower1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610683962424125410" border="0" /></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >the counter. As usual, I am glad I did. State Park Employees typically possess an impressive library of knowledge not only about the park where they work at, but also about nearby parks, restaurants, accommodations and the local community. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Fortunately for me, the man I spoke with worked at least four of the State Historic Parks in Sacramento including the Governor’s Mansion—the next stop on my list. He recommended that I tour it first; I took his advice. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Upon my arrival, the tour guide at the Governor’s Mansion commended my friend’s advice and my decision to take it. The Governor’s Mansion is smaller than the Leland Stanford Mansion and did not receive the same amount of funding (somewhere around $22 million) for restoration. The Governor’s mansion is the architectural version of what Eric Higgs, author of <i style="">Nature by Design</i>, would call a “freak landscape”—a landscape that has been altered so many times that it begs the question, what is normal?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >In ecological restoration, restorationists must decide what historical period to restore a landscape to. Restoration goals also depend on what they are restoring for: ecological services, an entire landscape, or a specific species. In the case of the Governor’s Mansion we might say that “normal” would be the original Victorian design; however, because we are talking about the restoration of a building, we do not need to worry about the functionality of ecosystems, and I find the mix of furniture from Victorian to the 1960’s quite interesting. There is a quirky mix of the original burgundy velvet drapery and pink shag rugs—someone even painted the toenails on the claw foot tub a sassy shade of red. The remodeling and decor represents each of the governors and the governor’s families that lived in the house, and thus becomes an architectural landscape of democracy representing change and impermanence of political power in the United States.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >The architecture of the mansion is exquisite and responds to the physical landscape of the Sacramento region. Downtown Sacramento sits at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers. Before the dikes and levees were built, the area experienced massive flooding. Our guide told us the worst recorded flood of the area lasted for four months, and that people could row boats out their front door and travel as far south as Stockton. Thus, the mansion is built very high off the ground; the first floor is actually the basement, so visitors enter the front door on the second floor. This type of basement is called a “Delta basement”; the homes built this way around the Sacramento area are called “high water homes”. I can’t help but love the way language and naming reflects the natural systems and cycles of a region.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:100%;" >Our tour guide possessed an incredible amount of knowledge about the building and conveyed it with passion. Some of my favorite revelations concerned the petticoat mirrors at each fire place, and the purpose of the beautiful ceiling medallions at the center of each rooms; I don’t want to reveal too much here and highly recommend you take the tour.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNuMJgt1Z0B_Q_LuIpiwM7FLFyDGSgGu3LOvJ6YuJRVrcqYdBBoGQqs3L5sNwRwJfP2fH6sAiH2XHHyxkk_2Q3JR2E0e5r9P66Dhym34gMUii1CnPER9RxDm3TLzs17_U0F3-zOejCaQ/s1600/GovernorsMansionFlower2.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNuMJgt1Z0B_Q_LuIpiwM7FLFyDGSgGu3LOvJ6YuJRVrcqYdBBoGQqs3L5sNwRwJfP2fH6sAiH2XHHyxkk_2Q3JR2E0e5r9P66Dhym34gMUii1CnPER9RxDm3TLzs17_U0F3-zOejCaQ/s320/GovernorsMansionFlower2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610683973841428178" border="0" /></a></p>Tova 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style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="font-size:85%;">Wolf House, Jack London SHP</span><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rkzw8lQFqvDDvdmiCIIFCOqA_lAoXx8hPBASIIl8N4iu6Ua_xvgSaOsqoy1C7_D_0olyB8nW13EdepC5j6ZckWDSYYGhek7Qu05dPO58pD0qQkXUFqDUGeCZFCEMCHzcEx_lp0Vhdpg/s1600/JackLondonMe.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rkzw8lQFqvDDvdmiCIIFCOqA_lAoXx8hPBASIIl8N4iu6Ua_xvgSaOsqoy1C7_D_0olyB8nW13EdepC5j6ZckWDSYYGhek7Qu05dPO58pD0qQkXUFqDUGeCZFCEMCHzcEx_lp0Vhdpg/s320/JackLondonMe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609968320973042642" border="0" /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">With the ever increasing homogenization of landscape of the contemporary and globalized world, national, state, and regional parks play a vital part in our sense of place. They provide a vehicle for our experience with unique and local landscapes and ground us in both space and time.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Our contemporary stories (literature, movies, and television) no longer resonate with place, but instead maintain a tight foucs on human centered spheres and abstractions. Settings for modern drama typically involve urban, industrial and increasingly cyber landscapes. Just think about how much time you spend watching people stare at computer screens and talk into cell phones when you watch television and movies. It’s kind of scary. Don’t get me wrong, I love science fiction and crime solving capers as much as the next person; I just think there is a serious imbalance between abstract and physical reality in the contemporary psyche.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I haven’t spent too much time at historical parks; however, after spending an afternoon at Olompali and Jack London State Historic Parks the power of historic parks to story (and restory) landscape really hit me. These are intentionally storied landscape, and in an age in which we are bombarded my information from the newly created spaces of the cyber world, these parks help us remember our history and relationship to real physical places rather than abstractions. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Leslie Marmon Silko writes that landscape contains the stories of the tribes of the Southwest. In conjunction with the communal and collective memory of the oral stories held by the people (each person being responsible for a specific story or segment of story), the landscape behaves like a library, bookmark, and perhaps even a card catalogue. When people pass by, they remember and tell the story. The relationship of landscape and story does not end here. The landscape does not simply contain the stories of the people like a book holds the written word, but it also plays an active role as a character in the stories. Often this character is more important than the people in the story. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I recognize a very similar relationship between story and place at Jack London and Olompali historic parks. Olompali alone holds over 8000 years of stories. What a library! The community of people who create and maintain historic parks combine oral interpretation and recitation of stories, written signs and literature, art and museum exhibits, and landscape to tell a story to a large and seemingly disjointed community. These stories and places work together to reveal a deep and intrinsic connection between people, place, and identity. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Additionally, the physical aspects of parks, Jack London’s grave, the ruins of Wolf House, and the carefully crafted and well worn trails in the park, tell their own stories.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I stood at the grave of the two children of a man who lived in this spot before Jack London. Their headstones were not made of stone but were carved into wood. Only the inscription on “Little David[’s]” markers could still be read. A giant tree stood at the foot of the graves, so close in fact that roots and graves must intermingle. I imagined the children transformed becoming part of that tree. 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It is hard not to imagine that Jack and his wife basking as well.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Jack London SHP was filled with visitors young, elderly, white, Middle Eastern, African American… I spoke with briefly with the woman running the kiosk who told that she has a deep family connection with the park but was so busy helping park visitors that I didn’t get a chance to speak with her about that history. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">At Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, I spoke with a passionate and animated volunteer in the Visitors Center. “People come from all over the world to experience these parks” she said. 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A experienced hiker raring to take on a intense hike spoke to a volunteer to find the best trail and finally decided on the five hour hike, while families with young children played by the stream, and a group of 15 to 20 girls and their chaperones prepared to have a picnic.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I saw an unusual amount of wildlife in pairs of two: two quail, two ravens, two fawns sprung up from the brush and bounded away as I sauntered passed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPZcAgq7uF7pGBygWIiSpvOYrgWlJaB84QfKuumgEq0qP9VYNE7q8gEjgvh39TIilBXolvOUcpqoW6jGYUYOBLlxCIAB5qZqQt7__NwQHLIuJsPwXhJDBadlj489wdetS97b91uielaiY/s1600/SugarloafButterfly.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPZcAgq7uF7pGBygWIiSpvOYrgWlJaB84QfKuumgEq0qP9VYNE7q8gEjgvh39TIilBXolvOUcpqoW6jGYUYOBLlxCIAB5qZqQt7__NwQHLIuJsPwXhJDBadlj489wdetS97b91uielaiY/s320/SugarloafButterfly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609975711934649026" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sugarloaf Ridge State Park</span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">At the end of the day after I stopped at the East West Café in Santa Rosa (they have the most incredible basil vinaigrette) for dinner, I made my way to Annadel State Park. 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line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >“Those who know me personally will attest that I am often more </span><span style=";font-family:";" >comfortable communing with </span><span style=";font-family:";" >shrubbery than with people.” </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" > I arrived at Olompali State Historic Park at </span><span style=";font-family:";" >1:30 on a Saturday with </span><span style=";font-family:";" >the idea that the visitor center would be staffed between noon and 3pm. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIxpI47yefWtBP3YMViZWY3BTqEKEgzuH9ERxMoQOxFvZdmgNFSThLBQAlJmqsRE1u487r7snwPC86AEhA2Fluvk2NCeCY5vZ98BnO9eV-Q_ISCWXH4YrMHFPl8_DqF60OzO-5YfzoPE/s1600/OlompaliLandscape.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 162px;" 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In fact, I </span><span style=";font-family:";" >wasn’t sure where the visitor center was. The entrance to the park is sprinkled with structures from various time periods and plaques explaining about each building but nothing marked the elusive center. The parking lot held about ten cars—only one family was in sight. They were picnicking; when lunch was finished their picnic evolved into a game of Frisbee with a bonneted toddler who called out “Hiiii” as I passed. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >As I wove from sign to sign, I discovered that this space records, tells and holds a tremendous amount history in a relatively small space. Evidence suggests that the site of Olompali supported human populations from as early as 6000 BC. It is the site of the largest Coastal Miwok village; the name Olompali means “southern village”. When the Eurpoeans came to this area, it already served as a hub for trade.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >There are remnants of buildings, roads, and gardens from the Mexican, Spanish, and contemporary California. The property has changed hands so many times since the 1850’s it is difficult to keep the record straight. Among other things Olompali supported several ranches, a hippie commune frequented by Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead, and a swim club. Several other families and couples descended from the parks 2.75 mile loop as I made my way to the end of the historic buildings.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >On my way out I peeked in the window of the most likely building for the Visitors Center, stacks of maps I longed for sat locked inside. I left my business card and request for stories under the door, and headed back toward the parking lot.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" > As I walked down the gravel road, a State Park truck rolled up and sat idling next to a car in the lot. The driver hopped out adorned in a State Park uniform. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" > “Hi”<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" > “Hello”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" > “How’re you doin”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" > “Good thanks”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" > In less than the time it took to say those four lines, I reasoned (with no evidence from him) that this man obviously doesn’t want to be bothered, as he began loading his cooler and street clothes into the second vehicle, and I had done my duty by slipping my business card under and note about the project under the door. I bounded past him on tip toe, jumped in my car, and sped off without asking any relevant questions. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" > On the way out of the park I lambasted myself for being a giant chicken. This in itself is an interesting concept as I have never seen a chicken be particularly fearful of anything. In fact, chickens appear quite confident particularly when you think consider the number of critters that want to eat them.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >I did manage to snap a few photos of this resident staff member (see lizard below. There were lizards, a gorgeous snake who posed patiently for a picture that I botched, turkeys, and a large assortment of boisterous birds. I plan to return to Olompali to hike the trail.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ekkAWPTCry71YdYiDQYyQJcJXbqYM9AsqWOb1xbzeY5IM5AKGb40_ba7p66HkTrW__Zjunf253FGadzIronsobs3UsVPp6cEux0vT6z3RRQke7l8euy6lbsEWM9ZzL74IZuba-AfQY0/s1600/OlompaliLizard.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ekkAWPTCry71YdYiDQYyQJcJXbqYM9AsqWOb1xbzeY5IM5AKGb40_ba7p66HkTrW__Zjunf253FGadzIronsobs3UsVPp6cEux0vT6z3RRQke7l8euy6lbsEWM9ZzL74IZuba-AfQY0/s320/OlompaliLizard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609956100331962018" border="0" /></a></p>Tova Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135295071010769753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5314190920715597357.post-66507880974053922232011-05-20T07:03:00.000-07:002011-05-21T09:44:22.443-07:00WelcomeCalifornia State Parks play an active role in our lives; they are animated protagonists in our stories. They house our culture, our weddings, birthdays, family reunions, vacations, and anniversaries. They play the role of jester, companion, confidant, adversary, business partner, and friend.<br /><br />These parks embedded themselves into my psyche at a very early age. They play an active role in my imagination, memories, present, and future. The pending closure of 70 of our parks struck me with an awful force.<br /><br />To lose so many; to see so many lose their livelihoods; to lose access to these places that educate, accompany, and support us throughout our lives is tragic. The passionate response of fellow park lovers told me that I am not alone in this feeling.<br /><br />In acknowledgment of this collective loss and to honor the dedicated men and women (both staff and volunteers) who work to maintain these places for the people of California, I decided to bear witness to each one of these 70 State Parks by traveling to each one and collecting and sharing the stories of the staff, volunteers, visitors, and local community.<br /><br />It is my hope that this effort will help bring a public voice and awareness to the vitality California State Parks bring to the people of CaliforniaTova Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135295071010769753noreply@blogger.com0