Did we take a wrong turn in County Kerry???
Young fruit trees to the horizon 
Lettuce to the horizon 
Food grows where water flowsThe Mojave Desert has to be the most inhospitable place in North America. We spent a couple of days in the desert after leaving Las Vegas and starting our move north. The US military loves the place. In addition to Edwards Air Force Base, there are numerous testing ranges, logistics bases and a few “who knows what they are” bases in the desert. Add in a few boron mines (A little test……who remembers Wagon Train and Twenty Mule Team Borax?) and a couple of the world’s largest junk yards and, that pretty much sums up the Mojave Desert. However, there are more Joshua Trees than in Joshua Tree National Park.
BUT…….start to climb into the Sierra Nevadas and, in the space of five miles, you could be in Ireland!!!! The hill and mountain sides are a lush green, with millions of wildflowers in the mountain meadows. Trees reappear. People and habitation become apparent. It’s a different world!
Across the Sierras, we entered the San Joaquin Valley, another of “America’s breadbaskets”. We drove for over 100 miles surrounded by factory farms and orchards, stretching to the Sierras to the east and the Coastal Range to the west. Some individual orchards were miles long by miles wide. Local fruit and nuts are available everywhere. Roadside billboards broadcast “Food Grows Where Water Flows”, highlighting the importance of that resource. The systems of dikes, levees, pumps and irrigation systems are a major engineering feat. Our RV Park is even in the middle of almond orchards. Free almonds after dark!!!
BUT…….start to climb into the Sierra Nevadas and, in the space of five miles, you could be in Ireland!!!! The hill and mountain sides are a lush green, with millions of wildflowers in the mountain meadows. Trees reappear. People and habitation become apparent. It’s a different world!
Across the Sierras, we entered the San Joaquin Valley, another of “America’s breadbaskets”. We drove for over 100 miles surrounded by factory farms and orchards, stretching to the Sierras to the east and the Coastal Range to the west. Some individual orchards were miles long by miles wide. Local fruit and nuts are available everywhere. Roadside billboards broadcast “Food Grows Where Water Flows”, highlighting the importance of that resource. The systems of dikes, levees, pumps and irrigation systems are a major engineering feat. Our RV Park is even in the middle of almond orchards. Free almonds after dark!!!
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How well I remember Ronny Reagan and Death Valley Days. Check out this YouTube video for an hilarious sendup of Ron, then of Laurel & Hardy on heroin -- truly amusing!
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