What could so many beehives be doing in one tree? Answer, becoming pine cones gigantus! I used to think that California was called the golden state because of the gold rush. Now I think it is because every summer the grass turns a golden color What could be better than a twisty road following a babbling brook? You can almost see it saying babble babble babble How about one following a roaring creek? Cache Creek near Clear Lake in CA July 8th and I'm leaving my son and his wife to start my trek home. This will be the last time that I visit them at their old home. Their new home is close by and for a couple of minutes I was treated to VIP parking. These two were selling firewood I was more interested in this surfer wagon I've been seeing several Burgmans that have been towing trailers on this trip. I think that is a SilverWing with a sidecar. For the last couple of days I've been referring to this as Gustave's Launch I thought about it for a minute...............after all