Eastern Mojave Vegetation Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation | U. S. Highway 101 |
| Tom Schweich |
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| Locations: Eureka.
| Eureka
|  Southport Landing Bed & Breakfast
This was one of the best bed and breakfast experiences I've had.
| | Locations: Loleta.
| LoletaLoleta is a small town by the side of US Highway 101. |  Loleta Cheese Company Locations: Loleta.
The Loleta Cheese Factory is a interesting one-hour stop to watch the cheese being made.
| | Locations: Scotia.
| ScotiaLumber town in northern California, owned by Pacific Lumber Company.
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 Heisler locomotive at the Scotia Museum.
Heisler geared locomotive at the Scotia Museum. |
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CDF helicopter takes off from the Eel River with water to dump on a small fire.
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River at Dyerville (site) Locations: Eel River.
The railroad bridge at Dyerville. |
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| Dyerville (Site)The former site of Dyerville is on a bluff on the west side of the confluence of the North and South Forks of the Eel River. Across the river, to the south, is Founders Grove of Humboldt Redwoods State Park. | Other Articles: California Highway 1: at US Highway 101 Locations: Leggett. | LeggettJunction: California Highway 1, a twisty road that follows the California coast all the way to San Juan Capistrano. |
Junction: Redwood Highway to California Highway 128, west through the Anderson Valley, and Boonville, to the California coast just south of Mendocino.
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| Cloverdale
| Other Articles: California Highway 128: at USHwy101
Junction: California Highway 128, on the south end of Cloverdale.
| | Other Articles: US Interstate 580: 01000
Junction: U. S. Interstate 580, west across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, to Oakland, and Interstate 5 in the San Joaquin Valley.
| | Other Articles: Sir Francis Drake Boulevard: 88000
Junction: Sir Francis Drake Blvd, west to Point Reyes. |
| Other Articles: California Highway 1: Mill Valley Locations: Mill Valley.
| Mill ValleyJunction: California Highway 1. |
 Golden Gate
Bridge Locations: Golden Gate Bridge.
Golden Gate Bridge | | Other Articles: California Highway 1: San Francisco Junction:
California Highway 1. | | Locations: San Francisco.
| San Francisco
| Other Articles: Interstate 80: 12000 Junction: U. S.
Interstate 80. | | Other Articles: US I-280: at US Hwy 101 Junction: US
Interstate 280 | |
 San
Bruno Mountain as seen from Alameda. Locations: San Bruno Mountain.
San Bruno Mountain. | | Other Articles: CA Hwy 92: 60000 Junction:
California Highway 92, west to Half Moon Bay, or east across the San Mateo Bridge to Hayward.
| | Other Articles: US I-880: in San Jose | San Jose
| Other Articles: US I-280: at US I 680 US I-680: at US Hwy101
Junction:
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| Literature Cited: Locations: Gilroy. | GilroyJohn Gilroy, a Scotch sailor and the first permanent non-Spanish settler in California, was left ashore in Monterey in 1814 by the Hudson's Bay vessel Isaac Todd because he was sick with scurvy. He settled in the Santa Clara Valley and married into a Mexican land grant family, whose rancho eventually became called "Gilroy's" (Gudde, 1969, p. 120). | Other Articles: California Highway 152: 25940 Junction:
California Highway 152, east through Pacheco Pass to US Interstate 5 and California Highway 99 in the San Joaquin Valley.
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DeLorme's Northern California Atlas and Gazetteer above | 37° North. DeLorme's Southern California Atlas and Gazetteer below. | Other Articles: CA Hwy 25: at US Hwy 101 Junction:
California Highway 25, south to Hollister, then past the east side of Pinnacles National Monument.
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Junction:
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|  Fremont Peak from San Juan Valley Locations: Fremont Peak. San Juan Valley.
View southeast across the San Juan Valley to Fremont Peak.
| | Other Articles: California Highway 156: 10000 Junction:
California Highway 156, southeast to San Juan Bautista, and east to Hollister.
| | Other Articles: Crazy Horse Canyon Road: 10000
Junction: Crazy Horse Canyon Road, south through Crazy Horse Canyon to San Juan Grade Road and Old Stage Road.
| | Other Articles: California Highway 68: 62000 Junction:
California Highway 68. |
|  The
city of Salinas in the Salinas Valley as seen from Fremont Peak.
Locations: Salinas. | Salinas
| Other Articles: Old Stage Road: 90000
Junction:
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| Gonzales
|  Salinas Valley and the Sierra de Salinas
Locations: Camphora. Camphora |
|  Farmland near Soledad, Salinas Valley. Other Articles: Field Notes: 11-Nov-05 near Soledad Locations: Salinas Valley. Junction: Front
Street, north end of Soledad. |
|  Front Street in Soledad. Other Articles: Field Notes: 11-Nov-05 Locations: Soledad. | Soledad
| Other Articles: California Highway 146: at US Hwy 101
Junction: California Highway 146, at the south end of Soledad.
| California Highway 146 goes east to Pinnacles National Monument. | Locations: Salinas River.
Salinas River | | Other Articles: Arroyo Seco Road: at US Hwy 101 Junction: Arroyo
Seco Road | | Other Articles: El Camino Real: at US Hwy 101 Junction: El
Camino Real, north of Greenfield. |
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| Greenfield
| Other Articles: El Camino Real: at US Hwy 101 Junction: El
Camino Real, south of Greenfield. |
| Other Articles: County Route G14: at US Hwy 101 Junction: Jolon
Road, County Route G14. | Jolon Road roughly parallels US Highway 101 from near King City through the countryside and back to US Highway 101 near Bradley. |  Broadway
Street, the main street of King City. Other Articles: CR G-13: at US Hwy 101 Locations: King City.
| King City
| Other Articles: Monterey County Route 15: at US Hwy 101
Junction: Monterey County Route G15, north through King City and the east side of the Salinas River.
| | Other Articles: Lockwood San Lucas Road: at US Hwy 101 CA Hwy 198: at US Hwy 101
Junction:
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| Other Articles: Lockwood San Lucas Road: at US Hwy 101
Junction: Lockwood-San Lucas Road, southwest through the hills to Lockwood.
| | Other Articles: County Route G18: 30000 Junction: Jolon
Road, County Route G18
| Also known as "Jolon Road," makes a nice alternative to US Highway 101 if you want to get off the highway for a bit. Also, it is the way to Mission San Antonio de Padua. |
Bradley Exit. | |  Mission San Miguel Other Articles: Field Notes: 20020120020 River Road: in San Miguel Locations: San Miguel. | San MiguelJunction: River Road, in San Miguel. |
| Paso Robles below … | Other Articles: Spring Street: at US Highway 101 N Junction: Spring
Street, exit south for main street of Paso Robles. |
| Other Articles: California Highway 46: 722000 County Route G14: at US Hwy 101 Junction:
California Highway 46, east to Lost Hills, then Wasco and California Highway 99.
| | Other Articles: California Highway 46: Paso Robles Locations: Paso Robles. | Paso Robles |  Rejuvenated Hot Spring After San Simeon Earthquake.
Locations: Paso Robles. A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck
the central California coast on December 22, 2003 at 11:15:56 am (PST). The event was located 11 km NE of San Simeon, and 39 km WNW of Paso Robles, where the brunt of the damage and casualties occurred. Two deaths occurred due to a building collapse in Paso Robles.
| The magnitude 6.5 temblor ruptured a hot springs aquifer and as much as 1,000 gallons per minute of sulfurous water is pouring out of the ground at the City Hall parking lot. The rupture was caused by the quake because it started the same day. It first appeared as a steaming spring about 4 inches high and 24 inches in diameter in the Paso Robles City Hall Parking lot (P. Rafferty, pers. comm.). |  Rejuvenated Hot Spring After San Simeon Earthquake.
Locations: Paso Robles. The warm water has the rotten-egg
smell typical of hot springs. State water officials said the sulfurous water does not pose a public health threat but may be harmful to the Salinas River ecosystem. In addition to sulfur, the water could contain other dissolved minerals that could be toxic to fish. The warm temperature of the water may also be harmful. The water was being channeled into the city's storm drain system, which eventually empties into the Salinas River.
| | Literature Cited: Locations: Paso Robles. When I first saw the
rejuvenated hot spring, Friday, 26 December 2003, a hole about 10 feet deep and 30 feet in diameter had been dug in the parking lot. Various approaches to pumping out the water were being tried. A pump was lowered part way into the pit, but several days later it had been removed. City officials have not figured out a way to stop the flow.
| |  Collapsed roof in downtown Paso Robles. 
Failed brick veneer. Locations: Paso Robles.
The Acorn Building, shown here collapsed, was built in 1892 of unreinforced masonry. It had a third story clock tower that was a highlight of Paso Robles architecture. The two women who perished in this earthquake were killed by falling debris under the collapsing roof.
| |  Rejuvenated hot spring after 6 days.
Locations: Paso Robles. As reported by David Sneed in the
San Luis Obispo Tribune on Tuesday, 30 December 2003, the city is unsure how to plug hot springs flow.
| | Other Articles: Spring Street: at US Hwy 101 South Junction: Spring
Street, exit north for main street of Paso Robles. |
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Paso Robles above… | | Other Articles: California Highway 46: 748000 Junction:
California Highway 46, west through the Santa Lucia Range to California Highway 1 near Cambria.
| |  View of Atascadero on a hazy winter afternoon.
Other Articles: California Highway 41: Atascadero Locations: Atascadero.
| Atascadero
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Santa Margarita Feed and Supply Other Articles: California Highway 58: Santa Margarita Locations: Santa Margarita. | Santa MargaritaJunction: California Highway 58, east to Bakersfield and then Barstow. |  Aerial view of San Luis Obispo. 
View of San Luis Obispo from Bishop's Peak
Other Articles: California Highway 1: San Luis Obispo Locations: San Luis Obispo. | San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo was founded as the Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa in 1772 by Father Junípero Serra. The mission was named after Saint Louis, a 13th Century Bishop of Toulouse, France. Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa was the fifth mission in the California chain of 21 missions along El Camino Real. The closest mission to the south is La Purisima Concepcion, while the closest mission to the north is San Miguel Arcangel.The City of San Luis Obispo serves as the commercial and cultural hub of California’s Central Coast, as well as being the county seat of San Luis Obispo County. One of California’s oldest communities, the city was was first incorporated in 1856. With a population of 44,000, the City is located eight miles from the Pacific Ocean and is midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles at the junction of Highway 101 and scenic Highway 1. A well-known state university and my alma mater, California Polytechnic State University, is located on the north edge of town. | Other Articles: California Highway 1: Pismo Beach Locations: Pismo Beach. | Pismo BeachJunction: California Highway 1. | Other Articles: CA Hwy 166: north of Santa Maria Junction:
California Highway 166, east through the Cuyama Valley to the San Joaquin Valley.
| | Other Articles: CA Hwy 166: in Santa Maria California Highway 176: at US Hwy 101
Junction:
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| Santa Maria
| Other Articles: California Highway 154: at US Hwy101
Junction: California Highway 154, for Los Olivos, and the back way to Santa Barbara over San Marcos Pass. Also access to California Highway 176 and Foxen Canyon is accessible via this exit.
| | Other Articles: California Highway 1: Las Cruces Locations: Location Anchor: "CALasCruces" not found in tblLocations | Las CrucesJunction: California Highway 1, north through Lompoc to Pismo Beach and US Highway 101 again. Also gives access to Jalama Beach. | Literature Cited: Locations: Dos Pueblos Canyon.
Bridge over Dos Pueblos Canyon. The beach informally named Naples Beach is at the mouth of this canyon.
| Follmi et al. (2005) examined phosphogenesis and organic carbon preservation in the Monterey Formation to revisit the Monterey hypothesis that increased carbon deposition reduced atmospheric carbon and led to cooling of the Earth's climate. Follmi et al. (2005) reject the hypothesis because the rate of carbon deposition was quite modest, among other reasons. | Locations: Naples.
| | Other Articles: California Highway 154: in Santa Barbara Junction:
California Highway 154, San Marcos Pass Road. |
| Locations: Santa Barbara.
| Santa Barbara
| Other Articles: California Highway 33: near Ventura
Junction: California Highway 33, north through Ojai and many other points to Coalinga.
| | Locations: Ventura.
| Ventura
| Other Articles: California Highway 1: Oxnard Locations: Oxnard.
| OxnardJunction: California Highway 1. |
| Literature CitedA list of all literature cited by this web site can be found in the Bibliography.
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| Campion, L. F. 1984. Historical use of geothermal resources at Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County,. California Geology. 37(6):119-122. 1985. Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Follmi, Karl B., Christophe Badertscher, Eric de Kaenel, Peter Stille, Cedric M. John, Thierry Adatte, Philipp Steinmann. 2005. Phosphogenesis and organic-carbon preservation in the Miocene Monterey Formation at Naples Beach, California -- The Monterey hypothesis revisited. GSA Bulletin. 117(5/6):589-619. {TAS-pdf} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Gudde, Erwin G. 1969 (3rd Ed.). California Place Names. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1969. {TAS} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| | Date and time this article was prepared: 5/8/2008 9:43:05 AM |
