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Fern Canyon at Daybreak

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  It has been a while since I have blogged anything, let alone travel.   But it is July 2024, and we are going through the California/Oregon Coast on our way to our annual Shakespeare pilgrimage in Ashland, Oregon, a gathering of a few friends and family. July 11was our first full day in Mendocino. One of my favorite walks, the trail through Fern Canyon in Van Damme State Park, has been closed due to storm damage for the last couple of years, so I decided to walk through there at daybreak. The canyon is hard to photograph decently and I can’t say I totally succeeded to catch the mystical green light there, but here’s what I did do. A few of the later images capture some of the more spectacular damage that the winters of 2021-22 and 2022-23 did here.
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A Few New Pens: OMAS and Pelikan

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 Come visit us and se what's new in 2024, with many more to come.
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Pens for the Holidays

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 I have just finished adding a select dozen or so new pens for the holidays. A few teasers, and all can be found on the website,
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A Walk through the Forest

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 Title says it all.
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Mostly Flowers: Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens

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It's been forever since my last travel post and we are in our favorite spot (or at least one of them) on the coast. Seems a good time to post. Any time you are in the area, a visit to the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens will reward you with tons of beautiful plants, dramatic ocean vistas and the main subject of this post, flowers:
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A New Consignment

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 Mostly Pelikans, vintage and modern, with a fine assortment of others. Most pens are in near mint to excellent condition.  I have not yet priced them, but see the attached spreadsheet and, as always feel free to contact me at  rickpropas@comcast.net
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More Interesting Backroads and a Turbocharger Calls it Quits

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 So the final day of the trip took us through the Coastal Valley, into the western edge of California's Central Valley, and then home.  Again lots of driving, but it was punctuated by a couple of interesting stops. These images almost speak for themselves. Here is where the Pacific and North American plates converge, with predictable results Parkfield bills itself as the Earthquake capital of California, note the motto on the stack of the boiler Some views of Parkfield. No, this not the entirety of the lodge. It has about a dozen  rooms throughout the village Not a one street town No, this is not mass transit The historic school undergoing renovation. In truth, it is a pleasant crossroads. We are toying with returning on Mother's Day with our spouses for the bluegrass festival California's scenery is, for many folks, alien. We call it "green and golden."  Nowhere is it as clearly on display as in the central portion of the state. Rosa, who Sharon sent along to kee
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