All the Gold in California

Note I miscued this this last night.
 Sorry, but here it is live and in color.

Historical Photo:
 Yes Lisa, even before the automobile, folks loved the beach. Long Beach in LA

I remember this song 

by the Gatling Brothers:

 All the gold in California

Is in the bank in the middle of Beverly Hills

In somebody else's name.

So if you're dreamin' about California,

It don't matter at all where you've played before.

California's a brand-new game.

I have a friend that lives there and calls it ‘Crazyfonia.’ But no matter one’s thoughts of the other coast, it is an absolutely beautiful state.

             
Our first time in California just relaxing was 1983. Sherry usually does the map reading, we entered the state on I-15. We drove southwest to San Diego. The weather was great and everything was green. I will not cover it but we did something fairly ignorant, we crossed the border drove thru Tijuana and south looking for a good restaurant we had heard about.  Then back to the States.

We hooked up the little pop-up camper we were towing and headed to LA. We found a nice park, not realizing we were next door to Disney Land. Then started the tourist thing.


            (Hollywood bowl) 

      (The girls with Debbie Reynolds star at Grumman's) 

We drove by the Crystal Cathedral.  (On a later trip we visited a church service) there.
We drove out to see the Queen Mary which then was a Hotel. Not sure if it still is.  

California is a huge state and steeped in history I would not want to live there. Sherry would be wondering when the next Quake might happen!



Nite Shipslog
California Facts:

1.    California's Mount Whitney measures as the highest peak in the lower 48 states. Its most famous climb is Mount Whitney Trail to the 14,495 feet summit. Wilderness permits are required.

2.    Alpine County is the eighth smallest of California's 58 counties. It has no high school, ATMs, dentists, banks, or traffic lights.

3.    In the late 1850s, Kennedy Mine, located in Jackson, served as one of the richest gold mines in the world and the deepest mine in North America.

4.    In city of Pacific Grove, there is a law on the books declaring the molestation of monarch butterflies to be illegal.

5. Several celebrities are buried at Hillside Cemetery in Culver City. Included gravesites are those of Al Jolson, George Jessel, Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, and Percy Faith. 
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