some pics of california's central valley

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jennifer408

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• Jul 15, 2014

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husband took some pics of the central valley on our way up to Lodi, ca. to pick up the oliver.

Whew !!!
mapquest said that Lodi was 2.5 hours away, it took 20 hours to make 2 trips to pick the stuff up and return the rental trailer. didn't get home till 4:00 am,we slept most of yesterday.

 

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howdy1960

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• Jul 15, 2014

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Very pretty country. I grew up in the hills of CNY so don't know if could get used to that much flat.

 

Goose

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• Jul 15, 2014

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Did you go through, or past, Visalia? That's a nice town. My wife had an uncle who lived there.

We visited him once, and slept through a 4.0 earth quake.

 

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Nancy Howell

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• Jul 15, 2014

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That area must be heavily irrigated. California is going through the worst drought in 100 yrs.

Pretty country, but a little too flat for me. I like the hills and trees of east Tx.

 

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Sean Feeney

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• Jul 15, 2014

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I wouldn't call the 9th picture that flat, no
pictures of tractor.

 

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MarkWV

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• Jul 15, 2014

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thanks for pics, really looks dry. Hope you guys get some rain to help with drought

 

SweetFeet

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• Jul 15, 2014

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I wasn't expecting it to be that flat in a valley.
Always interesting to see photos of other areas.

Would love to be able to drive out to a citrus or
peach orchard and buy some fresh off the tree. (Only
apple orchards around here.)

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Jul 15, 2014

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Remember the song aboot 40 years ago that he said, I'm stuck in Lodi again?

 

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Larry NEIL

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• Jul 15, 2014

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Thanks for sharin the photos Jennifer.
Spent some tome exploring areas of the central vally including Napa wine country. For a Midwest country boy, agriculture is a lot different there that it is from where I come from.

 

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37chief

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• Jul 15, 2014

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About every summer in the 50's during the hottest month, Dad, Mom, and us three kids, would take the 350 mile trip up the valley. to visit his dad in chowchilla ca. I can remember just about all the way up cotton was growing. Now mostly fruit trees. Stan

 

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Mike M

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• Jul 15, 2014

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Where are the fires and mudslides ?

That's all I know of from the TV news.

 

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ShadetreeRet

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• Jul 15, 2014

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Verrry interesting! Thanks for sharing.

 

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keh

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• Jul 15, 2014

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Nce pics. CA has some nice farmland, all it needs
is water! Looks like the trees have drip
irrigation. That's what they used in the Napa
Valley vinyard we toured. Don't recognize the
trees.

Sweet feet, we have peach orchards in SC, just not
as many as in the past. No comparision between a
peach off the tree and one shipped in. I like the
just before they get too ripe.

KEH

 

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larry@stinescorner

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• Jul 15, 2014

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very nice pictures,I have never been anywheres near there,,,,thanks,,,, just another great thing about this site,you get to travel without traveling!

 

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sd pete

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• Jul 15, 2014

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Nice pics! I had a couple of buss rides there in
1968. Went from Moffett Field to Fresno.

 

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black

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• Jul 15, 2014

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Nice countryside Jen --- thanks for sharing .

Larry in Ont.

 

showcrop

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• Jul 15, 2014

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Jennifer, Have you ever been to Tulare Lake?

 

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37chief

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• Jul 15, 2014

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1968 is when I left Moffett Field, and the Navy for good. Stan

 

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jennifer408

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• Jul 15, 2014

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(quoted from post at 05:42:38 07/15/14) Did you go through, or past, Visalia? That's a nice town. My wife had an uncle who lived there.

We visited him once, and slept through a 4.0 earth quake.

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hi, no, Visalia is to the south east of us and Lodi is to the north east.

 

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jennifer408

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• Jul 15, 2014

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(quoted from post at 10:52:34 07/15/14) Where are the fires and mudslides ?

That's all I know of from the TV news.

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didn't see any along the way, well better luck next time.

 

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jennifer408

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• Jul 15, 2014

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(quoted from post at 07:08:40 07/15/14) I wasn't expecting it to be that flat in a valley.
Always interesting to see photos of other areas.

Would love to be able to drive out to a citrus or
peach orchard and buy some fresh off the tree. (Only
apple orchards around here.)

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yea, it's nice to go up and pick an orange off a tree and eat it, when i lived in the bay area there was always a neighbor that had an orange tree and would give them away for free. on our way some of the trees we saw were peach, apricot , almond, walnut, orange, and we saw a sign for cherries, but not the trees. locally we see a lot of cherry, almond, apricot, english walnut, pistachio, apple, pomegranate (yuck), and im sure im forgetting a few. we live next to what that they call "america's salad bowl" where we see a lot of strawberries and raspberries and every kind of lettuce there is. (note to self) gotta take some pics some time.