Today we went discovering. We thought Paradise would be an interesting place to begin. On the road there, it was evident there had been recent fires although it was still very pretty with deep canyons to one side. Everything is dry here and the temperature about 80-85 which feels very nice. We ended up in Paradise and randomly chose a road on our GPS called Angel Dr. When we go to a town we don't know, we have to choose a road for our GPS so it might as be "Angel Dr" It ended up being in a residential neighborhood and had a cross street of Heavenly Place. (See Photo) We found not much in Paradise so headed to Oroville. Lots more to do there starting with the Chinese Museum. Kinda strange but sort of interesting. I took a picture of a Pomelo Fruit tree. It grows very large grapefruit type fruit that ripen in about February. These here were very large and from what they said, they have a very thickk rind. (See photos)After the Chinese Museum we went to lunch at Roxy's Poppy Deli where you can see we had fresh yummy sandwiches which we ate half of and are having the other half for dinner. (see photo) To end our visit in Oroville we drove to the dam which is the world's tallest earthen dam. Interesting...and there was a trail that lead from the dam back to town. Claude thought it would be fun to ride the trail but to me it looked like a nightmare of loose gravel and steep slopes so I dropped him at the top and he was to meet me at the bottom near the chinese museum. After awhile I got a phone call from him, out of breath and he gave me the intersection of two streets to come get him. I put it in the GPS and headed to the rescue but it was out in the sticks to the GPS lost the signal. It did give me a dotted line "as a bird flies" so I weaved my way back into the hills and there he was, red as a beet and looking rather worn out and sweaty. That was about the last of the investigating for the day and we headed back to the coach since it was getting dark. We will leave here tomorrow, knowing this is an interesting area but not where our dream second home will be. Stay tuned for more adventures.
3 comments:
Annie,
What's been happening the past two days? You see I have learned how to sign on and post my photo. What else can I learn?
Is this private between you and I, or is it public?
It would be cool if you could somehow show a map and where you have been...is that available to you?
Love, Colleen
Hi Colleen, Cute picture! I think what you say is available to others. Yep, I was thinking a map would be very cool. I have no idea if there is one online we can use with way points or something. Thanks for leaving a comment. I might miss a day or two if nothing too interesting happens. I don't want to bore anyone too much with trivial stuff. Love, Me
Colleen, anyone can read what you post when you reply to someone's blog if they have it for public to see...so fun to watch where they are traveling and what they are doing
love beanie
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